Hope Summers

Personal Info

Birthday

June 7, 1896

Day of Death

1979-06-22

(83 years old)

Place of Birth

Mattoon, Illinois, USA

Hope Summers

Biography

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.

Known For

Little House on the Prairie

The Andy Griffith Show

M*A*S*H

The Rifleman

Hawaii Five-O

Dr. Kildare

Adam-12

Petticoat Junction

Filmography

1987
Evil Town
as Alice Wylie (as Hope Summer)
1978
Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws
as Marcie
Foul Play
as Ethel
1975
Dr. Shagetz
as Alice Wylie
1974
Death Sentence
as Emily Boylan
Our Time
as Biology Teacher
Indict and Convict
as Mrs. Potter
1973
Charley Varrick
as Mess Vesta
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
as Laura
1972
Where Does It Hurt?
as Nurse Throttle
Get to Know Your Rabbit
as Mrs. Beeman
1969
The Learning Tree
as Mrs. Kiner
1968
The Shakiest Gun in the West
as Celia
Rosemary's Baby
as Mrs. Gilmore
1966
Penelope
as Shop Lady (uncredited)
The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
as Susanna Blush
1965
The Hallelujah Trail
as Mrs. Hasselrad
1964
One Man's Way
as Mrs. Elwood Thompson
1963
Spencer's Mountain
as Mother Ida
1962
The Couch
as Mrs. Quimby
1961
The Children's Hour
as Agatha
Claudelle Inglish
as Ernestine Peasley (uncredited)
Homicidal
as Martha Adrims (Uncredited)
Angel Baby
as Woman at Revival Meeting (uncredited)
Parrish
as Mary (uncredited)
1960
Inherit the Wind
as Mrs. Krebs - Righteous Townswoman
1959
Hound-Dog Man
as Jewell Crouch
Edge of Eternity
as Motel Attendant
1958
I Want to Live!
as Ethel - Policewoman on Bus (uncredited)
1957
Zero Hour!
as Older Woman
1954
Son of Man
as Miss Johnson
1950
Better Use of Leisure Time
as Mrs. Michaels (uncredited)