Hope Summers
Actor
Born June 7, 1896 in Mattoon, Illinois, USA
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".
Filmography
Evil Town
Alice Wylie (as Hope Summer)
Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws
Marcie
Foul Play
Ethel
Snip
Aunt Polly
Starsky & Hutch
Welcome Back, Kotter
Dr. Shagetz
Alice Wylie
Death Sentence
Emily Boylan
Chico and the Man
Little House on the Prairie
Addie Bjornesen
Our Time
Biology Teacher
Indict and Convict
Mrs. Potter
Charley Varrick
Mess Vesta
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
Laura
M*A*S*H
Nurse Meg Cratty
Where Does It Hurt?
Nurse Throttle
Get to Know Your Rabbit
Mrs. Beeman
Night Gallery
The Learning Tree
Mrs. Kiner
Mayberry R.F.D.
Clara Edwards
Adam-12
Clara Fisher
Hawaii Five-O
Minnie Leona Moroney
5 Card Stud
Customer in General Store (uncredited)
The Shakiest Gun in the West
Celia
Rosemary's Baby
Mrs. Gilmore
The Second Hundred Years
Mrs. Hansen
Penelope
Shop Lady (uncredited)
That Girl
Love on a Rooftop
The Pruitts of Southampton
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
Susanna Blush
The Hallelujah Trail
Mrs. Hasselrad
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Bewitched
One Man's Way
Mrs. Elwood Thompson
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
Mrs. Rutledge
Petticoat Junction
Mabel Denton
Spencer's Mountain
Mother Ida
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Couch
Mrs. Quimby
The Children's Hour
Agatha
The Dick Van Dyke Show
The New Breed
Mrs. McCurtin
Dr. Kildare
Madge
Claudelle Inglish
Ernestine Peasley (uncredited)
Homicidal
Martha Adrims (Uncredited)
Angel Baby
Woman at Revival Meeting (uncredited)
Parrish
Mary (uncredited)
The Andy Griffith Show
Clara Edwards
My Three Sons
Inherit the Wind
Mrs. Krebs - Righteous Townswoman
Hound-Dog Man
Jewell Crouch
Edge of Eternity
Motel Attendant
Dennis the Menace
Mrs. Burns
The Third Man
Irate woman
Law of the Plainsman
Mrs. Dodge
I Want to Live!
Ethel - Policewoman on Bus (uncredited)
The Rifleman
Peter Gunn
Zero Hour!
Older Woman
Maverick
The Thin Man
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Marie Tallendier
Gunsmoke
Ellen Cade
Son of Man
Miss Johnson
Letter to Loretta
Nurse O'Brien
General Electric Theater
Elizabeth
Private Secretary
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Better Use of Leisure Time
Mrs. Michaels (uncredited)