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Hope Summers (1896–1979)

Actress

Versatile, dark-haired actress 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, or a deceptive threat as her witch character proved to be to Mia Farrow's quivering pregnant wife in Rosemary's Baby... See full bio »

Born:

Sarah Hope Summers
in Mattoon, Illinois, USA

Died:

(age 83) in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Still of Johnny Cash and Hope Summers in Little House on the Prairie
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1987 Evil Town
Alice Wylie
 
1978 Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws
Marcie
 
1978 Foul Play
Ethel
 
1978 Another Day (TV series)
Olive / Olive Gardner
– Episode #1.4 (1978) … Olive
– Room for One More (1978) … Olive
– Episode #1.2 (1978) … Olive
– Episode #1.1 (1978) … Olive Gardner
 
1978 This Is the Life (TV series)
– Episode dated 17 March 1978 (1978)
 
1977 Lust of a Eunuch
Judith Bowen (uncredited)
 
1976 Little House on the Prairie (TV series)
Addie Bjornesen
– The Collection (1976) … Addie Bjornesen
 
1976 Snip (TV series)
Aunt Polly
 
1975 Welcome Back, Kotter (TV series)
Ms. Riley
– Mr. Kotter, Teacher (1975) … Ms. Riley
 
1975 Starsky and Hutch (TV series)
Sarah Wilson
– Savage Sunday (1975) … Sarah Wilson
 
1975 Chico and the Man (TV series)
Lucille Nelson
– Garage Sale (1975) … Lucille Nelson
 
1974 Death Sentence (TV movie)
Emily Boylan
 
1974 Our Time
Biology Teacher
 
1973 M*A*S*H (TV series)
Nurse Meg Cratty
– The Trial of Henry Blake (1973) … Nurse Meg Cratty
 
1973 The Girl with Something Extra (TV series)
– All the Nudes That's Fit to Print (1973)
 
1973 Charley Varrick
Mess Vesta
 
1973 Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
Laura
 
1972 Banacek (TV series)
Mrs. Liddell
– To Steal a King (1972) … Mrs. Liddell
 
1972 The Paul Lynde Show (TV series)
– Howie Comes Home to Roost (1972)
 
1972 Where Does It Hurt?
Nurse Throttle
 
1972 Get to Know Your Rabbit
Mrs. Beeman
 
1971 Rod Serling's Night Gallery (TV series)
Lettie Moore (segment "The Dark Boy")
– The Dark Boy/Keep in Touch - We'll Think of Something (1971) … Lettie Moore (segment "The Dark Boy")
 
1971 Hawaii Five-O (TV series)
Minnie Leona
– The Bomber and Mrs. Moroney (1971) … Minnie Leona
 
1970 Bewitched (TV series)
Carolyn
– Samantha's Old Man (1970) … Carolyn
 
1970 Adam-12 (TV series)
Clara Fisher
– Log 69: Cigarettes, Cars, and Wild, Wild Women (1970) … Clara Fisher
 
1970 Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV series)
Mrs. Whittaker
– Epidemic (1970) … Mrs. Whittaker
 
1968-1970 Mayberry R.F.D. (TV series)
Clara Edwards
– The New Housekeeper (1970) … Clara Edwards
– The Mayberry Float (1970) … Clara Edwards
– The Mayberry Road (1970) … Clara Edwards
– The Church Play (1968) … Clara Edwards
– The Panel Show (1968) … Clara Edwards
 
1969 The Flim-Flam Man (TV movie)
Debbie Packard
 
1969 The Learning Tree
Mrs. Kiner
 
1968 That Girl (TV series)
Miss Marker
– Eleven Angry Men and That Girl (1968) … Miss Marker
 
1968 5 Card Stud
Customer in General Store (uncredited)
 
1968 The Shakiest Gun in the West
Celia
 
1968 Rosemary's Baby
Mrs. Gilmore
 
1961-1968 The Andy Griffith Show (TV series)
Clara Edwards / Clara Johnson / Bertha Edwards / …
– Mayberry R.F.D. (1968) … Clara Edwards
– The Church Benefactors (1968) … Clara Edwards
– Aunt Bee's Cousin (1967) … Clara Edwards
– Aunt Bee and the Lecturer (1967) … Clara Edwards
– Opie's Group (1967) … Clara Edwards
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1967 The Second Hundred Years (TV series)
– No Experience Necessary (1967)
 
1967 Gomer Pyle: USMC (TV series)
Clarice
– The Secret Life of Gomer Pyle (1967) … Clarice
 
1966 Penelope
Shop Lady (uncredited)
 
1966 The Phyllis Diller Show (TV series)
Gigi
– Phyllis Goes Commercial (1966) … Gigi
– Phyllis, the Cookie Tycoon (1966) … Gigi
– Phyllis, the Milkmaid (1966) … Gigi
 
1966 Love on a Rooftop (TV series)
Sybil Bennington
– My Husband, the Knight (1966) … Sybil Bennington
 
1966 The Beverly Hillbillies (TV series)
Miss Pringle
– Jethro Goes to College (1966) … Miss Pringle
 
1966 The Double Life of Henry Phyfe (TV series)
– Phyfe and the Code Book: Part 2 (1966)
– Unfriendly Persuasion (1966)
 
1966 The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
Susanna Blush (uncredited)
 
1965 Petticoat Junction (TV series)
Mabel Denton
– The Crowded Wedding Ring (1965) … Mabel Denton
 
1965 The Dick Van Dyke Show (TV series)
Lady with Dog
– Odd But True (1965) … Lady with Dog
 
1965 The Hallelujah Trail
Mrs. Hasselrad (as Hope Sommers)
 
1965 No Time for Sergeants (TV series)
– Will's Misfortune Cookie (1965)
 
1964 My Living Doll (TV series)
Edwina
– I'll Leave It to You (1964) … Edwina
 
1964 My Three Sons (TV series)
Mrs. Donaldson / Mrs. Drake
– A Touch of Larceny (1964) … Mrs. Donaldson
– The Substitute Teacher (1964) … Mrs. Drake
 
1964 One Man's Way
Mrs. Elwood Thompson
 
1962-1964 Make Room for Daddy (TV series)
Jenny - Copa Club Cleaning Woman
– Howdy, Neighbors (1964)
– The Big Fight (1962) … Jenny - Copa Club Cleaning Woman
– Useless Charley (1962) … Jenny - Copa Club Cleaning Woman
 
1964 Hazel (TV series)
Edna
– Hot Potato a La Hazel (1964) … Edna
 
1958-1963 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Della Bass / Ellen Cade / Jen
– Legends Don't Sleep (1963) … Jen
– Old Fool (1960) … Della Bass
– Gypsum Hills Feud (1958) … Ellen Cade
 
1963 Glynis (TV series)
Carrie Cobb
– Keep It Cool (1963) … Carrie Cobb
 
1963 The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (TV series)
Mrs. Rutledge
– The Day of the First Suitor (1963) … Mrs. Rutledge
 
1963 Spencer's Mountain
Mother Ida
 
1963 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (TV series)
– High Society (1963)
 
1960-1962 The Untouchables (TV series)
Mrs. Letta Hodges / Neighbor
– Elegy (1962) … Mrs. Letta Hodges
– The Rusty Heller Story (1960) … Neighbor (uncredited)
 
1962 It's a Man's World (TV series)
– Drive Over to Exeter (1962)
 
1962 The New Breed (TV series)
– Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here (1962)
 
1962 77 Sunset Strip (TV series)
– The Long Shot Caper (1962)
 
1962 Rome Adventure
Mrs. Stillwell (uncredited)
 
1962 Dr. Kildare (TV series)
Madge
– The Bronc-Buster (1962) … Madge
 
1962 The Couch
Mrs. Quimby, Landlady
 
1961 The Children's Hour
Agatha (Tilford's maid)
 
1961 Claudelle Inglish
Ernestine Peasley (uncredited)
 
1961 Homicidal
Mrs. Martha Adrims (uncredited)
 
1961 Angel Baby
Roman at Revival Meeting (uncredited)
 
1961 Parrish
Mary (uncredited)
 
1958-1960 The Rifleman (TV series)
Hattie Denton
– Seven (1960) … Hattie Denton
– The Fourflusher (1960) … Hattie Denton
– The Prodigal (1960) … Hattie Denton
– The Vision (1960) … Hattie Denton
– A Time for Singing (1960) … Hattie Denton
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1960 Inherit the Wind
Mrs. Krebs - Righteous Townswoman
 
1960 Fury (TV series)
– The Witch (1960)
 
1959 The Detectives (TV series)
Grace' Boss
– The Long Drive (1959) … Grace' Boss
 
1959 The Gale Storm Show: Oh, Susanna! (TV series)
Angie Kirkham
– Family Reunion (1959) … Angie Kirkham
 
1959 Hound-Dog Man
Jewell Crouch
 
1959 Dennis the Menace (TV series)
Mrs. Burns
– Dennis Sells Bottles (1959) … Mrs. Burns
 
1959 Edge of Eternity
Motel Attendant (uncredited)
 
1959 Law of the Plainsman (TV series)
Mrs. Dodge
– Passenger to Mescalero (1959) … Mrs. Dodge
 
1959 Peter Gunn (TV series)
Landlady / Leather
– Edge of the Knife (1959) … Leather
– The Missing Night Watchman (1959) … Landlady
 
1959 Whirlybirds (TV series)
Mrs. Wagner
– Obsession (1959) … Mrs. Wagner
 
1959 Colt .45 (TV series)
Miss Pilgrim
– The Saga of Sam Bass (1959) … Miss Pilgrim
 
1959 Rescue 8 (TV series)
Dora
– If the Bough Breaks (1959) … Dora
 
1959 The Third Man (TV series)
– A Man Takes a Trip (1959)
 
1957-1959 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Aunt / Mrs. Wagner
– Train for Tecumseh (1959) … Aunt
– No Man Can Tame Me (1959) … Mrs. Wagner
– The Trail to Christmas (1957)
 
1959 Maverick (TV series)
Martha Abbott
– Brasada Spur (1959) … Martha Abbott
 
1956-1959 The Loretta Young Show (TV series)
Nurse O'Brian / Nurse O'Brien
– Sister Ann (1959) … Nurse O'Brian
– Three and Two, Please (1956) … Nurse O'Brien
 
1959 Divorce Court (TV series)
– Talbott vs. Talbott (1959)
 
1958 I Want to Live!
Ethel - Policewoman on Bus (uncredited)
 
1958 The Return of Dracula
Cornelia (uncredited)
 
1958 Bachelor Father (TV series)
Housekeeper
– Waiting Up for Kelly (1958) … Housekeeper
 
1957-1958 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
Old Lady
– Bluebeard's Seventh Wife (1958) … Old Lady
– Hands of the Enemy (1957)
 
1958 The Thin Man (TV series)
Letitia
– The Pre-Incan Caper (1958) … Letitia
 
1957-1958 Wagon Train (TV series)
Mae O'Malley / Wagon Train Passenger
– The Luke O'Malley Story (1958) … Mae O'Malley
– The Ruth Owens Story (1957) … Wagon Train Passenger
 
1957 Zero Hour!
Mrs. Summers
 
1957 Sally (TV series)
Woman Tourist
– Episode #1.7 (1957) … Woman Tourist
 
1957 State Trooper (TV series)
Helen Milliron
– Ride Til You Die (1957) … Helen Milliron
 
1956-1957 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Martha / Mrs. Walsh
– Design for November (1957) … Mrs. Walsh
– Criminal Code (1956) … Martha
 
1957 Date with the Angels (TV series)
Miss Wakefield
– High Fever (1957) … Miss Wakefield (uncredited)
– Mother by Proxy (1957)
 
1956-1957 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Maid / Marie Tallendier
– The End of Indian Summer (1957) … Maid
– The Perfect Murder (1956) … Marie Tallendier
 
1957 Private Secretary (TV series)
Della Loganbury
– Not Quite Paradise (1957) … Della Loganbury
 
1956 Big Town (TV series)
– Country Editor (1956)
 
1951-1952 Hawkins Falls: A Television Novel (TV series)
Belinda Catherwood
 
Show ShowSelf (1 title)
1968 Mia and Roman (documentary short)
Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
1993 Andy Griffith Show Reunion (TV special)
Herself
 

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TV commercials: Was the voice of "Mrs. Butterworth" in the long-running series of commercials for "Mrs. Butterworth" maple syrup

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