Bunny Summers
Biography
Bunny Summers was an American character actress whose stage and screen career spanned the 1940s through the 1990s. Born Bernice Siegel in Brooklyn, she started performing at 13 on the Borscht Belt circuit. She became prominent in Los Angeles theater in the 1960s and 1970s, starring in Dear Me, the Sky Is Falling in 1965 and playing Minnie Marx in Minnie's Boys at its West Coast premiere in 1973. She later performed in regional theaters, including Come Blow Your Horn in Tacoma in 1979 and Fiddler on the Roof in Jupiter, Florida, in 1991. Her film credits included The Last Starfighter (1984) and Re-Animator (1985), as well as From Beyond (1986) and Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders (1996). She also reportedly had guest roles on several popular television series, among them Family Ties, Seinfeld, and ALF. She died in 2010.
86years old at death
- Born Brooklyn
- Died Woodland Hills
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 12 years1984 to 1996
Every film, newest first
- 1996Merlin's Shop of Mystical WondersIMDb rating 2.1
- 1988The Wrong GuysIMDb rating 5.1
- 1986From BeyondIMDb rating 6.6
- 1985Re-AnimatorIMDb rating 7.1
- 1984The Last StarfighterIMDb rating 6.7
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First role
Summers started performing on New York's Borscht Belt circuit when she was 13. That circuit served as an early testing ground for many entertainers in America.
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Stuart Gordon directed two of these films. Four actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Al Berry2 films together, 1984 to 1985
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