霍普·萨默斯
演员
33
电影
37
电视节目
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.
作为演员/演员
拿着步枪的男人
特立独行
安迪·格里菲斯秀
Clara Edwards
着魔了
英格尔斯家族
Addie Bjornesen
夏威夷 5-0
Minnie Leona Moroney
彼得·古恩
捣碎
Nurse Meg Cratty
迪克·范·戴克秀
我的三个儿子
亚当-12
Clara Fisher
衬裙交界处
Mabel Denton
洛斯贝弗利里科斯 (The Beverly Hillbillies)
基尔代尔博士
马奇
硝烟
Ellen Cade
星空与哈奇
夜间画廊
戈默·派尔,美国海军陆战队
那个女孩
阿尔弗雷德·希区柯克呈现
Marie Tallendier
丹尼斯的威胁
伯恩斯夫人
梅宝瑞 R.F.D.
Clara Edwards
私人秘书
罗斯玛丽的宝贝
Mrs. Gilmore
新品种
Mrs. McCurtin
平原人法
Mrs. Dodge
第三个人
Irate woman
奇科和男人
瘦人
杰米·麦克菲特斯的游记
Mrs. Rutledge