Hope Summers
Born in Mattoon, Illinois, USA — Jun 07 1896• Died Jun 22 1979
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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 th…
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Hope Summers's Credits
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Bewitched
M*A*S*H
Nurse Meg Cratty
The Andy Griffith Show
Clara Edwards
Adam-12
Clara Fisher
Hawaii Five-O
Minnie Leona Moroney
Maverick
Little House on the Prairie
Addie Bjornesen
My Three Sons
The Beverly Hillbillies
Starsky & Hutch
Dr. Kildare
Madge
Petticoat Junction
Mabel Denton
The Rifleman
The Dick Van Dyke Show
That Girl
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Peter Gunn
Night Gallery
Gunsmoke
Ellen Cade
Dennis the Menace
Mrs. Burns
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Marie Tallendier
Mayberry R.F.D.
Clara Edwards
The New Breed
Mrs. McCurtin
Chico and the Man
The Third Man
Irate woman
The Second Hundred Years
Mrs. Hansen
Law of the Plainsman
Mrs. Dodge
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
Mrs. Rutledge
Welcome Back, Kotter
Letter to Loretta
Nurse O'Brien
The Thin Man
Rosemary's Baby
Mrs. Gilmore
Private Secretary
Love on a Rooftop
The Pruitts of Southampton
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Inherit the Wind
Mrs. Krebs - Righteous Townswoman
General Electric Theater
Elizabeth
Charley Varrick
Mess Vesta
Glynis
The Hallelujah Trail
Mrs. Hasselrad
Zero Hour!
Older Woman
Foul Play
Ethel
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
Susanna Blush
The Children's Hour
Agatha
Hound-Dog Man
Jewell Crouch
The Shakiest Gun in the West
Celia
Angel Baby
Woman at Revival Meeting (uncredited)
Death Sentence
Emily Boylan
Spencer's Mountain
Mother Ida
Penelope
Shop Lady (uncredited)
Get to Know Your Rabbit
Mrs. Beeman
I Want to Live!
Ethel - Policewoman on Bus (uncredited)
Parrish
Mary (uncredited)
Our Time
Biology Teacher
Homicidal
Martha Adrims (Uncredited)
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
Laura
Edge of Eternity
Motel Attendant
Another Day
The Learning Tree
Mrs. Kiner
Indict and Convict
Mrs. Potter
Dr. Shagetz
Alice Wylie
Evil Town
Alice Wylie (as Hope Summer)
Where Does It Hurt?
Nurse Throttle
Snip
Aunt Polly
One Man's Way
Mrs. Elwood Thompson
Claudelle Inglish
Ernestine Peasley (uncredited)
The Couch
Mrs. Quimby
Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws
Marcie
Son of Man
Miss Johnson
Better Use of Leisure Time
Mrs. Michaels (uncredited)