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Hope Summers


Gender: Female

Place of Birth: Mattoon, Illinois, USA

Birthday: 07/06/1896

Death: 1979-06-22

Hope Summers could portray a friendly neighbor or companion as she did for Frances Bavier's Aunt Bee character on many episodes of The Andy Griffith Show (1960) or a seemingly amiable Satanist in Rosemary's Baby (1968). Born in Mattoon, Illinois, she developed an early interest in the theater. Graduating from Northwestern School of Speech in Evanston, Illinois, she subsequently taught speech and diction there. This, in turn, led to her the head position in the Speech Department at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, teaching students privately on the side as well. In the 1930s Hope began to focus on acting. She found work in community and stock theaters in Illinois and earned some notice for putting on one-woman shows such as "Backstage of Broadway." She made use of her vocal eloquence by building up her resumé on radio, performing in scores of dramatic shows, including "Authors' Playhouse," "First Night," "Ma Perkins", and "Step-Mother". In 1950 Hope transferred her talents to the new medium of television and earned a regular role on the comedy series Hawkins Falls: A Television Novel (1950). By the age of 50 she was customarily called upon to play slightly older than she was, appearing in a number of minuscule matron roles in such films as Zero Hour! (1957), Hound-Dog Man (1959), Inherit the Wind (1960), Spencer's Mountain (1963), The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966), Charley Varrick (1973) and her last, Foul Play (1978). She never had any major stand-out roles in movies; TV would be a more prolific choice of medium. Her gently stern, old-fashioned looks allowed her to be a part of many small-town settings, including Dennis the Menace (1959) and Petticoat Junction (1963), and in various western locales such as Maverick (1957) and Wagon Train (1957). She played a rustic regular for many years on The Rifleman (1958). Usually assigned to play teachers, nurses and other helpful, nurturing types, her characters were also known to be inveterate gossips. Hope worked until close to the end of her life, passing away from heart failure in 1979.


Evil Town
Movie
Evil Town
Alice Wylie (as Hope Summer)
02/06/19873.9
Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws
Movie
Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws
Marcie
03/11/19780.0
Foul Play
Movie
Foul Play
Ethel
14/07/19786.3
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TV
Another Day
08/04/19780.0
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TV
Snip
Aunt Polly
30/09/19760.0
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TV
Starsky & Hutch
10/09/19757.2
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TV
Welcome Back, Kotter
09/09/19757.1
Dr. Shagetz
Movie
Dr. Shagetz
Alice Wylie
01/01/19750.0
Death Sentence
Movie
Death Sentence
Emily Boylan
02/10/19745.7
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TV
Chico and the Man
13/09/19745.8
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TV
Little House on the Prairie
Addie Bjornesen
11/09/19747.9
Our Time
Movie
Our Time
Biology Teacher
10/04/19747.5
Indict and Convict
Movie
Indict and Convict
Mrs. Potter
06/01/19740.0
Charley Varrick
Movie
Charley Varrick
Mess Vesta
19/09/19737.3
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
Movie
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
Laura
31/03/19734.7
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TV
M*A*S*H
Nurse Meg Cratty
17/09/19727.9
Where Does It Hurt?
Movie
Where Does It Hurt?
Nurse Throttle
24/07/19725.1
Get to Know Your Rabbit
Movie
Get to Know Your Rabbit
Mrs. Beeman
07/06/19725.0
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TV
Night Gallery
16/12/19707.8
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TV
Mayberry R.F.D.
Clara Edwards
23/09/19685.7
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TV
Adam-12
Clara Fisher
21/09/19687.1
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TV
Hawaii Five-O
Minnie Leona Moroney
20/09/19687.0
The Shakiest Gun in the West
Movie
The Shakiest Gun in the West
Celia
10/07/19686.2
Rosemary's Baby
Movie
Rosemary's Baby
Mrs. Gilmore
12/06/19687.8
Penelope
Movie
Penelope
Shop Lady (uncredited)
10/11/19665.6
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TV
That Girl
08/09/19666.1
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TV
Love on a Rooftop
06/09/19665.0
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TV
The Pruitts of Southampton
06/09/19665.3
The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
Movie
The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
Susanna Blush
20/01/19666.7
The Hallelujah Trail
Movie
The Hallelujah Trail
Mrs. Hasselrad
23/06/19655.9
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TV
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
25/09/19647.1
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TV
Bewitched
17/09/19647.9
One Man's Way
Movie
One Man's Way
Mrs. Elwood Thompson
26/02/19644.0
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TV
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
Mrs. Rutledge
29/09/19635.3
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TV
Glynis
25/09/19630.0
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TV
Petticoat Junction
Mabel Denton
24/09/19635.8
Spencer's Mountain
Movie
Spencer's Mountain
Mother Ida
16/05/19636.7
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TV
The Beverly Hillbillies
26/09/19626.8
The Couch
Movie
The Couch
Mrs. Quimby
21/02/19626.1
The Children's Hour
Movie
The Children's Hour
Agatha
19/12/19617.7
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TV
The Dick Van Dyke Show
03/10/19617.4
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TV
The New Breed
Mrs. McCurtin
03/10/19617.0
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TV
Dr. Kildare
Madge
27/09/19615.4
Claudelle Inglish
Movie
Claudelle Inglish
Ernestine Peasley (uncredited)
20/09/19615.5
Homicidal
Movie
Homicidal
Martha Adrims (Uncredited)
26/07/19616.5
Angel Baby
Movie
Angel Baby
Woman at Revival Meeting (uncredited)
14/05/19616.0
Parrish
Movie
Parrish
Mary
04/05/19615.4
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TV
The Andy Griffith Show
Clara Edwards
03/10/19607.5
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TV
My Three Sons
29/09/19606.4
Inherit the Wind
Movie
Inherit the Wind
Mrs. Krebs - Righteous Townswoman
07/07/19607.7
Hound-Dog Man
Movie
Hound-Dog Man
Jewell Crouch
11/11/19594.7
Edge of Eternity
Movie
Edge of Eternity
Motel Attendant
02/11/19596.5
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TV
Dennis the Menace
04/10/19596.7
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TV
Law of the Plainsman
Mrs. Dodge
01/10/19596.0
I Want to Live!
Movie
I Want to Live!
Ethel - Policewoman on Bus (uncredited)
18/11/19586.9
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TV
The Rifleman
30/09/19587.0
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TV
Peter Gunn
22/09/19586.5
Zero Hour!
Movie
Zero Hour!
Older Woman
13/11/19576.7
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TV
Maverick
22/09/19576.8
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TV
The Thin Man
20/09/19577.6
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TV
State Trooper
25/09/19565.0
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TV
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Marie Tallendier
02/10/19557.7
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TV
Gunsmoke
Ellen Cade
10/09/19556.5
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TV
Letter to Loretta
Nurse O'Brien
20/09/19535.8
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TV
Private Secretary
01/02/19535.0
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TV
General Electric Theater
Elizabeth
01/02/19535.5
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TV
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
05/10/19516.0