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Hope Summers‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1896-06-07

Popularity

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Hope Summers

Mattoon, Illinois, USA

Hope Summers

Mattoon, Illinois, USA

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1896-06-07

Popularity

star3.3

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. 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.

Movie Credits

Rosemary's Baby

Rosemary's Baby‌
star7.8
calendar 1968

The Children's Hour

The Children's Hour‌
star7.7
calendar 1961

The Shakiest Gun in the West

The Shakiest Gun in the West‌
star6.2
calendar 1968

Foul Play

Foul Play‌
star6.3
calendar 1978

One Man's Way

One Man's Way‌
star4.0
calendar 1964

Charley Varrick

Charley Varrick‌
star7.3
calendar 1973

Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies

Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies‌
star4.7
calendar 1973

Homicidal

Homicidal‌
star6.5
calendar 1961

Spencer's Mountain

Spencer's Mountain‌
star6.7
calendar 1963

Indict and Convict

Indict and Convict‌
star0.0
calendar 1974

Where Does It Hurt?

Where Does It Hurt?‌
star5.1
calendar 1972

Get to Know Your Rabbit

Get to Know Your Rabbit‌
star5.1
calendar 1972

Our Time

Our Time‌
star7.5
calendar 1974

Parrish

Parrish‌
star5.4
calendar 1961

The Ghost & Mr. Chicken

The Ghost & Mr. Chicken‌
star6.7
calendar 1966

Zero Hour!

Zero Hour!‌
star6.7
calendar 1957

Inherit the Wind

Inherit the Wind‌
star7.7
calendar 1960

Claudelle Inglish

Claudelle Inglish‌
star5.5
calendar 1961

Angel Baby

Angel Baby‌
star6.0
calendar 1961

Edge of Eternity

Edge of Eternity‌
star6.5
calendar 1959

Penelope

Penelope‌
star5.6
calendar 1966

Evil Town

Evil Town‌
star3.9
calendar 1987

The Hallelujah Trail

The Hallelujah Trail‌
star6.0
calendar 1965

Dr. Shagetz

Dr. Shagetz‌
star0.0
calendar 1975

Hound-Dog Man

Hound-Dog Man‌
star4.7
calendar 1959

Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws

Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws‌
star0.0
calendar 1978

The Couch

The Couch‌
star6.1
calendar 1962

I Want to Live!

I Want to Live!‌
star6.9
calendar 1958

Death Sentence

Death Sentence‌
star5.7
calendar 1974

Tv Credits

The Andy Griffith Show

The Andy Griffith Show‌
star7.6
calendar 1960

Welcome Back, Kotter

Welcome Back, Kotter‌
star7.2
calendar 1975

M*A*S*H

M*A*S*H‌
star7.9
calendar 1972

Love on a Rooftop

Love on a Rooftop‌
star5.0
calendar 1966

My Three Sons

My Three Sons‌
star6.5
calendar 1960

Starsky & Hutch

Starsky & Hutch‌
star7.2
calendar 1975

Little House on the Prairie

Little House on the Prairie‌
star8.0
calendar 1974

Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O‌
star7.1
calendar 1968

The Dick Van Dyke Show

The Dick Van Dyke Show‌
star7.4
calendar 1961

That Girl

That Girl‌
star6.1
calendar 1966

Chico and the Man

Chico and the Man‌
star5.8
calendar 1974

The Beverly Hillbillies

The Beverly Hillbillies‌
star6.9
calendar 1962

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.‌
star7.1
calendar 1964

The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters

The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters‌
star5.3
calendar 1963

Petticoat Junction

Petticoat Junction‌
star5.8
calendar 1963

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Night Gallery

Night Gallery‌
star7.8
calendar 1970

Bewitched

Bewitched‌
star7.9
calendar 1964

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater‌
star5.5
calendar 1953

Glynis

Glynis‌
star0.0
calendar 1963

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents‌
star7.7
calendar 1955

Dennis the Menace

Dennis the Menace‌
star6.7
calendar 1959

Peter Gunn

Peter Gunn‌
star6.5
calendar 1958

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars‌
star6.5
calendar 1951

The Thin Man

The Thin Man‌
star7.6
calendar 1957

Private Secretary

Private Secretary‌
star5.0
calendar 1953

The Pruitts of Southampton

The Pruitts of Southampton‌
star5.3
calendar 1966

The Rifleman

The Rifleman‌
star7.0
calendar 1958

Law of the Plainsman

Law of the Plainsman‌
star6.0
calendar 1959

The New Breed

The New Breed‌
star7.0
calendar 1961

Dr. Kildare

Dr. Kildare‌
star5.4
calendar 1961

State Trooper

State Trooper‌
star5.0
calendar 1956

Letter to Loretta

Letter to Loretta‌
star5.8
calendar 1953

Another Day

Another Day‌
star0.0
calendar 1978

Maverick

Maverick‌
star6.8
calendar 1957

Snip

Snip‌
star0.0
calendar 1976

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Mayberry R.F.D.

Mayberry R.F.D.‌
star5.7
calendar 1968

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater‌
star5.5
calendar 1953

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater‌
star5.5
calendar 1953

Adam-12

Adam-12‌
star7.1
calendar 1968

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars‌
star6.5
calendar 1951

Mayberry R.F.D.

Mayberry R.F.D.‌
star5.7
calendar 1968

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents‌
star7.7
calendar 1955