Elke Sommer

Elke Sommer

Elke Sommer, born Elke von Schletz, is a German actress, entertainer and artist, who has starred in many Hollywood films. She was spotted by film director Vittorio De Sica while on holiday in Italy, and began appearing in films there in 1958. Also that year, she changed her surname from Schletz to Sommer, which was easier to pronounce for a non-German audience. She quickly became a noted sex symbol and moved to Hollywood in the early 1960s. She also became one of the most popular pin-up girls of the time, and posed for several pictorials in Playboy magazine, including the September 1964 and December 1967 issues. Sommer became one of the top film actresses of the 1960s. She made just shy of 100 film and television appearances between 1959 and 2005, including A Shot in the Dark with Peter Sellers, The Art of Love with James Garner and Dick Van Dyke, The Oscar with Stephen Boyd, Boy Did I Get a Wrong Number! with Bob Hope, the Bulldog Drummond extravaganza Deadlier Than the Male, The Wrecking Crew with Dean Martin, and The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz. In 1964, she won a Golden Globe award as Most Promising Newcomer Actress for The Prize, a film in which she co-starred with Paul Newman and Edward G. Robinson. A frequent guest on television, Sommer sang and participated in comedy sketches on episodes of The Dean Martin Show and on Bob Hope specials, made 10 appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and was a panelist on the Hollywood Squares game show many times between 1973 and 1980, when Peter Marshall was its "Square-Master", or host. Sommer's films during the 1970s included the thriller Zeppelin, in which she co-starred with Michael York, and a remake of Agatha Christie's frequently filmed murder mystery Ten Little Indians. In 1972, she starred in two Italian horror films directed by Mario Bava: Baron Blood and Lisa and the Devil. The latter was subsequently re-edited (with 1975 footage inserted) to make a different film called House of Exorcism. Sommer went back to Italy to act in additional scenes for Lisa and the Devil, which its producer inserted into the film to convert it to House of Exorcism, against the wishes of the director. In 1975, Peter Rogers cast her in the British comedy Carry On Behind as the Russian Professor Vrooshka.[2] She became the Carry On films' joint highest-paid performer, at £30,000; this was an honor that she shared with Phil Silvers (who starred in Follow That Camel). Most of her movie work during the decade came in European films. After the 1979 comedy The Prisoner of Zenda, which reunited her with Sellers, the actress did virtually no more acting in Hollywood films, concentrating more on her artwork. She provided the voice for Yzma in the German release of The Emperor's New Groove. Sommer also performed as a singer, recording and releasing several albums. Description above from the Wikipedia article Elke Sommer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
    Known for
    Acting
    Place of birth
    Berlin, Germany
    Birthday
    11/5/1940
A Shot in the Dark
A Shot in the Dark
7.2
Alles nur Tarnung
Alles nur Tarnung
1.5
The Victors
The Victors
6.3
The Wrecking Crew
The Wrecking Crew
5.623
The Prisoner of Zenda
The Prisoner of Zenda
5.6
The Prize
The Prize
6.806
And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None
5.7
Lisa and the Devil
Lisa and the Devil
6.271
Baron Blood
Baron Blood
6.2
Deadlier Than the Male
Deadlier Than the Male
5.869
Niemand weint für immer
Niemand weint für immer
0
Frontier Hellcat
Frontier Hellcat
6.205
Filmlegenden. Deutsch
0
Elke Sommer erzählt...
0
The Swiss Conspiracy
The Swiss Conspiracy
4.8
The Money Trap
The Money Trap
4.9
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
5.1
That's Carry On!
That's Carry On!
5.8
Zeppelin
Zeppelin
6.3
The Dolls
The Dolls
5.7
Carry On Behind
Carry On Behind
5.4
The Fantastic Seven
The Fantastic Seven
0
The Oscar
The Oscar
5.1
Percy
Percy
4.3
Percy's Progress
Percy's Progress
3.9
The Double McGuffin
The Double McGuffin
5.3
Howlers of the Dock
Howlers of the Dock
4.9
Bahía de Palma
Bahía de Palma
0
US Against the World
US Against the World
0
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
6.4
Training Your Best Friend
Training Your Best Friend
0
The Art of Love
The Art of Love
5.3
Lily in Love
Lily in Love
6
They Came to Rob Las Vegas
They Came to Rob Las Vegas
5.7
The Astral Factor
The Astral Factor
4
Hotel der toten Gäste
Hotel der toten Gäste
3.8
Meet Him and Die
Meet Him and Die
5.4
Who Stole the Body?
Who Stole the Body?
6.5
Ewig rauschen die Gelder
8
Death Stone
Death Stone
3
The Net
The Net
5
Probe
Probe
5.5
Sweet Ecstasy
Sweet Ecstasy
4.5
Twisted Sex Vol. 5
Twisted Sex Vol. 5
0
One or the Other of Us
One or the Other of Us
4.8
The Curious Case of Inspector Clouseau
The Curious Case of Inspector Clouseau
0
Daniella by Night
Daniella by Night
3.2
The Last Days of Sharon Tate
The Last Days of Sharon Tate
0
Don't Bother to Knock
Don't Bother to Knock
5.1
Jenny's War
Jenny's War
6
… denn die Musik und die Liebe in Tirol
… denn die Musik und die Liebe in Tirol
4.167
Beloved Con Artist
Beloved Con Artist
6
The Day the Rains Came
The Day the Rains Came
6.8
The Venetian Affair
The Venetian Affair
4.7
Flashback
Flashback
4.907
The House of Exorcism
The House of Exorcism
4.8
Die Reise nach Wien
Die Reise nach Wien
5.5
Ship of the Dead
Ship of the Dead
6.5
I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses
I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses
4.6
Himmelsheim
0
Der Mann Im Pyjama
Der Mann Im Pyjama
6.5
Himmel, Amor und Zwirn
0
Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt
Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt
4
Lampenfieber
Lampenfieber
6
Und sowas nennt sich Leben
Und sowas nennt sich Leben
7
Café Oriental
4.5
Tausend Takte Übermut
Tausend Takte Übermut
5.7
Auf Wiedersehen
Auf Wiedersehen
0
Seduction by the Sea
Seduction by the Sea
5.857
The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz
The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz
3.7
Inside the Third Reich
Inside the Third Reich
7.3
The Corrupt Ones
The Corrupt Ones
5.3
The Warrior Empress
The Warrior Empress
5
Nicht mit uns
0
The Top of the Hill
The Top of the Hill
0
La Pica sul Pacifico
La Pica sul Pacifico
5
Love, the Italian Way
Love, the Italian Way
4.4
The Jack Benny Hour
The Jack Benny Hour
0
Un chien dans un jeu de quilles
Un chien dans un jeu de quilles
0
Reblaus
0
Severed Ties
Severed Ties
4.1
Life Is Too Long
Life Is Too Long
5
Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous: The World's Most Exotic Vacation Resorts
Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous: The World's Most Exotic Vacation Resorts
0
Nachts ging das Telefon
0
Hollywood Ghost Stories
4.4
Doppeltes Spiel mit Anne
0
One Away
One Away
4
The Invincible Six
The Invincible Six
2.7
Perlico - Perlaco
0
Nicht von gestern
0
L'amico del giaguaro
L'amico del giaguaro
0
Jamaican Gold
Jamaican Gold
4.3
Le Chien
Le Chien
5.2
The Jukebox Kids
The Jukebox Kids
5.7
Men and Noblemen
Men and Noblemen
6.1
Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood
Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood
0
Sunset Boulevard - 27 Meilen Amerika
0
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
6
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