Hope Summers
Biografia
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.
Filmografia
Filmy i seriale od najnowszych
Evil Town
Film • 1987
jako Alice Wylie (as Hope Summer)
Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws
Film • 1978
jako Marcie
Nieczyste zagranie
Film • 1978
jako Ethel
Another Day
Serial • 1978
Snip
Serial • 1976
jako Aunt Polly
Starsky & Hutch
Serial • 1975
Welcome Back, Kotter
Serial • 1975
Dr. Shagetz
Film • 1975
jako Alice Wylie
Death Sentence
Film • 1974
jako Emily Boylan
Chico and the Man
Serial • 1974
Mały Domek na Prerii
Serial • 1974
jako Addie Bjornesen
Our Time
Film • 1974
jako Biology Teacher
Indict and Convict
Film • 1974
jako Mrs. Potter
Charley Varrick
Film • 1973
jako Mess Vesta
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
Film • 1973
jako Laura
M*A*S*H
Serial • 1972
jako Nurse Meg Cratty
Where Does It Hurt?
Film • 1972
jako Nurse Throttle
Get to Know Your Rabbit
Film • 1972
jako Mrs. Beeman
Night Gallery
Serial • 1970
The Learning Tree
Film • 1969
jako Mrs. Kiner
Hawaii Five-O
Serial • 1969
jako Minnie Leona Moroney
Mayberry R.F.D.
Serial • 1968
jako Clara Edwards
Adam-12
Serial • 1968
jako Clara Fisher
5 Card Stud
Film • 1968
jako Customer in General Store (uncredited)
Najgorszy rewolwerowiec Dzikiego Zachodu
Film • 1968
jako Celia
Dziecko Rosemary
Film • 1968
jako Mrs. Gilmore
The Second Hundred Years
Serial • 1967
jako Mrs. Hansen
Penelope
Film • 1966
jako Shop Lady (uncredited)
That Girl
Serial • 1966
Love on a Rooftop
Serial • 1966
The Pruitts of Southampton
Serial • 1966
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
Film • 1966
jako Susanna Blush
Na szlaku Alleluja
Film • 1965
jako Mrs. Hasselrad
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Serial • 1964
Ożeniłem się z czarownicą
Serial • 1964
One Man's Way
Film • 1964
jako Mrs. Elwood Thompson
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
Serial • 1963
jako Mrs. Rutledge
Glynis
Serial • 1963
Petticoat Junction
Serial • 1963
jako Mabel Denton
Spencer's Mountain
Film • 1963
jako Mother Ida
The Beverly Hillbillies
Serial • 1962
The Couch
Film • 1962
jako Mrs. Quimby
Niewiniątka
Film • 1961
jako Agatha
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Serial • 1961
The New Breed
Serial • 1961
jako Mrs. McCurtin
Dr. Kildare
Serial • 1961
jako Madge
Claudelle Inglish
Film • 1961
jako Ernestine Peasley (uncredited)
Homicidal
Film • 1961
jako Martha Adrims (Uncredited)
Angel Baby
Film • 1961
jako Woman at Revival Meeting (uncredited)
Parrish
Film • 1961
jako Mary (uncredited)
The Andy Griffith Show
Serial • 1960
jako Clara Edwards
My Three Sons
Serial • 1960
Kto sieje wiatr
Film • 1960
jako Mrs. Krebs - Righteous Townswoman
Hound-Dog Man
Film • 1959
jako Jewell Crouch
Edge of Eternity
Film • 1959
jako Motel Attendant
Dennis the Menace
Serial • 1959
jako Mrs. Burns
The Third Man
Serial • 1959
jako Irate woman
Law of the Plainsman
Serial • 1959
jako Mrs. Dodge
Chcę żyć!
Film • 1958
jako Ethel - Policewoman on Bus (uncredited)
Sheriff of Cochise
Serial • 1958
jako Mrs. Martin (uncredited)
The Rifleman
Serial • 1958
Peter Gunn
Serial • 1958
Zero Hour!
Film • 1957
jako Older Woman
Maverick
Serial • 1957
The Thin Man
Serial • 1957
The Gale Storm Show
Serial • 1956
jako Angie Kirkham
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Serial • 1955
jako Marie Tallendier
Gunsmoke
Serial • 1955
jako Ellen Cade
Son of Man
Film • 1954
jako Miss Johnson
Letter to Loretta
Serial • 1953
jako Nurse O'Brien
General Electric Theater
Serial • 1953
jako Elizabeth
Private Secretary
Serial • 1953
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Serial • 1951
Better Use of Leisure Time
Film • 1950
jako Mrs. Michaels (uncredited)