Hope Summers
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.
Fotos
Películas (33)
Evil Town
1987 · Alice Wylie (as Hope Summer)
Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws
1978 · Marcie
Foul Play
1978 · Ethel
Dr. Shagetz
1975 · Alice Wylie
Death Sentence
1974 · Emily Boylan
Our Time
1974 · Biology Teacher
Indict and Convict
1974 · Mrs. Potter
Charley Varrick
1973 · Mess Vesta
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
1973 · Laura
Where Does It Hurt?
1972 · Nurse Throttle
Get to Know Your Rabbit
1972 · Mrs. Beeman
The Learning Tree
1969 · Mrs. Kiner
5 Card Stud
1968 · Customer in General Store (uncredited)
The Shakiest Gun in the West
1968 · Celia
Rosemary's Baby
1968 · Mrs. Gilmore
Penelope
1966 · Shop Lady (uncredited)
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
1966 · Susanna Blush
The Hallelujah Trail
1965 · Mrs. Hasselrad
One Man's Way
1964 · Mrs. Elwood Thompson
Spencer's Mountain
1963 · Mother Ida
The Couch
1962 · Mrs. Quimby
The Children's Hour
1961 · Agatha
Claudelle Inglish
1961 · Ernestine Peasley (uncredited)
Homicidal
1961 · Martha Adrims (Uncredited)
Angel Baby
1961 · Woman at Revival Meeting (uncredited)
Parrish
1961 · Mary (uncredited)
Inherit the Wind
1960 · Mrs. Krebs - Righteous Townswoman
Hound-Dog Man
1959 · Jewell Crouch
Edge of Eternity
1959 · Motel Attendant
I Want to Live!
1958 · Ethel - Policewoman on Bus (uncredited)
Zero Hour!
1957 · Older Woman
Son of Man
1954 · Miss Johnson
Better Use of Leisure Time
1950 · Mrs. Michaels (uncredited)
Series (42)
Another Day
1978
Snip
1976 · Aunt Polly
Starsky & Hutch
1975
Welcome Back, Kotter
1975
Chico and the Man
1974
Little House on the Prairie
1974 · Addie Bjornesen
M*A*S*H
1972 · Nurse Meg Cratty
Night Gallery
1970
Hawaii Five-O
1969 · Minnie Leona Moroney
Mayberry R.F.D.
1968 · Clara Edwards, Clara
Adam-12
1968 · Clara Fisher
The Second Hundred Years
1967 · Mrs. Hansen
That Girl
1966
Love on a Rooftop
1966
The Pruitts of Southampton
1966
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
Bewitched
1964
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
1963 · Mrs. Rutledge
Glynis
1963
Petticoat Junction
1963 · Mabel Denton
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
The New Breed
1961 · Mrs. McCurtin
Dr. Kildare
1961 · Madge
The Andy Griffith Show
1960 · Clara Edwards
My Three Sons
1960
Dennis the Menace
1959 · Mrs. Burns
The Third Man
1959 · Irate woman
Law of the Plainsman
1959 · Mrs. Dodge
U.S. Marshall
1958 · Mrs. Martin (uncredited)
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · Mrs. Bell
The Rifleman
1958 · Hattie Denton
Peter Gunn
1958
Maverick
1957
The Thin Man
1957
The Gale Storm Show
1956 · Angie Kirkham
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Marie Tallendier, Maid
Gunsmoke
1955 · Ellen Cade, Della, Jen
Letter to Loretta
1953 · Nurse O'Brien
General Electric Theater
1953 · Elizabeth, Mrs. Wagner, Aunt
Private Secretary
1953
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Old Lady