Acting
Hope Summers
Born June 7, 1896 · Mattoon, Illinois, USA
Died June 22, 1979 · aged 83
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 …
Known For
Rosemary's Baby · 1968Rosemary's Baby
★ 7.81968
MovieDramaHorror
A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the purpose of starting a family.
Foul Play · 1978Foul Play
★ 6.31978
MovieComedyMystery
A shy San Francisco librarian and a bumbling cop fall in love as they solve a crime involving albinos, dwarves, and the Catholic Church.
The Children's Hour · 1961The Children's Hour
★ 7.71961
MovieDrama
An unruly student at a private all-girls boarding school scandalously accuses the two women who run it of having a romantic relationship.
Inherit the Wind · 1960Inherit the Wind
★ 7.71960
MovieDrama
Schoolteacher Bertram Cates is arrested for teaching his students Darwin's theory of evolution. The case receives national attention and one of the newspaper reporters, E.K. Hornbeck, arranges to bring in renowned defense attorney and atheist Henry Drummond to defend Cates. The prosecutor, Matthew Brady is a former presidential candidate, famous evangelist, and old adversary of Drummond.
Charley Varrick · 1973Charley Varrick
★ 7.41973
MovieCrimeThriller
Charley Varrick robs a bank in a small town with his friends, but instead of obtaining a small amount of money, they discover they stole a very large amount of money belonging to the mob. Charley must now come up with a plan to not only evade the police but the mob as well.
5 Card Stud · 19685 Card Stud
★ 6.31968
MovieWesternMystery
After a card shark is caught cheating, he is taken out and lynched by the drunkards he was playing against. Soon afterwards, the men who were in the lynch mob start being murdered, one after another; all by hanging.
Penelope · 1966Penelope
★ 5.41966
MovieComedyCrime
When Penelope gets married to banker James Elcott, she finds him too preoccupied with work to pay much attention to her, so she robs his bank in disguise. After she confesses to her psychiatrist, Greg Mannix, he offers to return the money for her, as he is secretly in love with her. However, he abandons the money when the police approach. Penelope becomes determined to admit to the crime, but neither James nor the police believe her story.
The Hallelujah Trail · 1965The Hallelujah Trail
★ 6.11965
MovieWesternComedy
A wagon train heads for Denver with a cargo of whisky for the miners. Chaos ensues as the Temperance League, the US cavalry, the miners and the local Indians all try to take control of the valuable cargo.
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5 Card Stud · 19685 Card Stud
★ 6.31968
MovieWesternMystery
After a card shark is caught cheating, he is taken out and lynched by the drunkards he was playing against. Soon afterwards, the men who were in the lynch mob start being murdered, one after another; all by hanging.
Customer in General Store (uncredited)
I Want to Live! · 1958I Want to Live!
★ 7.01958
MovieDramaCrime
Brazen perpetual offender Barbara Graham tries to go straight but she finds herself implicated in a murder and sent to death row.
Ethel - Policewoman on Bus (uncredited)
Angel Baby · 1961Angel Baby
★ 6.11961
MovieDrama
A woman who believes she has been chosen by God to heal people is taken in by a greedy promoter and his shrewish wife to make the rounds of the rural South.
Woman at Revival Meeting (uncredited)
Evil Town · 1987Evil Town
★ 3.81987
MovieHorror
A mad scientist seeks eternal youth by developing a drug derived from human pituitary glands, aided by the local townsfolk, who help abduct visitors to their town for his experiments.
Alice Wylie (as Hope Summer)
Claudelle Inglish · 1961Claudelle Inglish
★ 5.21961
MovieDrama
A young daughter of poor farmers is forced by her mother to ditch her young boyfriend in order to marry an old rich neighbor but the girl rebels by becoming the town's harlot.
Ernestine Peasley (uncredited)



































