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Sarah Hope Summers, better known as Hope Summers, was an American character actress known for her work on CBS's The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry RFD, portraying Clara Edwards.
Birth Name
Sarah Hope Summers
Born
Saturday, 07 June 1902
Died
Friday, 22 June 1979
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Rosemary's Baby: A Retrospective | (archive footage) | 2000 |
| Evil Town | Alice Wylie (as Hope Summer) / Mrs. Wylie | 1987 |
| Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws | Marcie | 1978 |
| Foul Play | Ethel | 1978 |
| Another Day | Olive / Olive Gardner | 1978 |
| Welcome Back, Kotter | Ms. Riley | 1975 |
| Starsky and Hutch | Sarah Wilson | 1975 |
| Death Sentence | Emily Boylan | 1974 |
| Chico and the Man | Lucille Nelson | 1974 |
| Our Time | 1974 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Rosemary's Baby: A Retrospective | (archive footage) | 2000 |
| Evil Town | Alice Wylie (as Hope Summer) / Mrs. Wylie | 1987 |
| Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws | Marcie | 1978 |
| Foul Play | Ethel | 1978 |
| Another Day | Olive / Olive Gardner | 1978 |
| Welcome Back, Kotter | Ms. Riley | 1975 |
| Starsky and Hutch | Sarah Wilson | 1975 |
| Death Sentence | Emily Boylan | 1974 |
| Chico and the Man | Lucille Nelson | 1974 |
| Our Time | 1974 | |
| Little House on the Prairie | Addie Bjornesen | 1974 |
| Charley Varrick | Mess Vesta | 1973 |
| The Girl with Something Extra | Stella | 1973 |
| Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies | Laura | 1973 |
| M*A*S*H | Nurse Meg Cratty | 1972 |
| The Paul Lynde Show | Ticketseller | 1972 |
| Where Does It Hurt? | Nurse Throttle | 1972 |
| Get to Know Your Rabbit | Mrs. Beeman | 1972 |
| Banacek | Mrs. Liddell | 1972 |
| Night Gallery | Lettie Moore (segment "The Dark Boy") | 1969 |
| The Learning Tree | Mrs. Kiner | 1969 |
| Marcus Welby, M.D. | Mrs. Whittaker | 1969 |
| Mayberry R.F.D. | Clara Edwards | 1968 |
| Adam-12 | Clara Fisher | 1968 |
| Hawaii Five-O | Minnie Leona Moroney | 1968 |
| 5 Card Stud | Customer in General Store | 1968 |
| The Shakiest Gun in the West | Celia | 1968 |
| Mia and Roman | Self | 1968 |
| Rosemary's Baby | Mrs. Gilmore | 1968 |
| The Second Hundred Years | Mrs. Hansen | 1967 |
| Penelope | Shop Lady | 1966 |
| That Girl | Miss Marker | 1966 |
| Love on a Rooftop | Sybil Bennington | 1966 |
| The Phyllis Diller Show | Gigi | 1966 |
| The Ghost and Mr. Chicken | Susanna Blush | 1966 |
| The Hallelujah Trail | Mrs. Hasselrad | 1965 |
| My Living Doll | Edwina | 1964 |
| Gomer Pyle: USMC | Clarice | 1964 |
| Bewitched | Carolyn | 1964 |
| One Man's Way | Mrs. Elwood Thompson | 1964 |
| Glynis | Carrie Cobb | 1963 |
| Petticoat Junction | Mabel Denton | 1963 |
| The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters | Mrs. Rutledge | 1963 |
| Spencer's Mountain | Mother Ida | 1963 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | Miss Pringle | 1962 |
| The New Loretta Young Show | Mrs. Teesdale | 1962 |
| It's a Man's World | The Salvation Army Woman | 1962 |
| Rome Adventure | Mrs. Stillwell | 1962 |
| The Couch | Mrs. Quimby | 1962 |
| The Children's Hour | Agatha - the Tilford Maid / Agatha | 1961 |
| The New Breed | Mrs. McCurtin | 1961 |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show | Lady with Dog | 1961 |
| Hazel | Edna | 1961 |
| Dr. Kildare | Madge | 1961 |
| Claudelle Inglish | Ernestine Peasley | 1961 |
| Homicidal | Mrs. Martha Adrims | 1961 |
| Angel Baby | Roman at Revival Meeting | 1961 |
| Parrish | Mary | 1961 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | Clara Edwards / Clara Johnson / Bertha Edwards / Miss Bedloe | 1960 |
| My Three Sons | Mrs. Donaldson / Mrs. Drake | 1960 |
| Inherit the Wind | Mrs. Krebs - Righteous Townswoman | 1960 |
| Hound-Dog Man | Jewell Crouch | 1959 |
| Edge of Eternity | Motel Attendant | 1959 |
| The Detectives | Madame Jeanette | 1959 |
| Dennis the Menace | Mrs. Burns | 1959 |
| Law of the Plainsman | Mrs. Dodge | 1959 |
| The Third Man | Irate woman | 1959 |
| The Untouchables | Letta Hodges / Neighbor | 1959 |
| I Want to Live! | Ethel - Policewoman on Bus | 1958 |
| U.S. Marshal | Mrs. Martin | 1958 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | Mrs. Bell | 1958 |
| The Rifleman | Hattie Denton | 1958 |
| Rescue 8 | Dora | 1958 |
| Peter Gunn | Leather / Landlady | 1958 |
| Zero Hour! | Older Woman | 1957 |
| Colt .45 | Miss Pilgrim | 1957 |
| The Californians | Mrs. Snyder | 1957 |
| Maverick | Martha Abbott | 1957 |
| The Thin Man | Letitia Lorfield | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Wagon Train Member / Mae O'Malley | 1957 |
| Sally | Woman Tourist | 1957 |
| Bachelor Father | Housekeeper | 1957 |
| Date with the Angels | Miss Wakefield | 1957 |
| Whirlybirds | Mrs. Wagner | 1957 |
| Official Detective | Mrs. Bartlett | 1957 |
| The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna | Angie Kirkham | 1956 |
| Telephone Time | Ella Tostenson | 1956 |
| State Trooper | Helen Milliron | 1956 |
| Fury | Annie | 1955 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Maid / Marie Tallendier | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Della / Ellen Cade / Jen | 1955 |
| The Danny Thomas Show | Jenny - Copa Club Cleaning Woman / Mrs. Simpson | 1953 |
| The Loretta Young Show | Nurse O'Brian / Nurse O'Brien | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Aunt / Elizabeth / Mrs. Wagner | 1953 |
| Private Secretary | Della Loganbury | 1953 |
| Death Valley Days | Ruth Pickford / Lucretia Mott | 1952 |
| Schlitz Playhouse | Old Lady | 1951 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Mrs. Walsh / Martha | 1950 |
