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Elke Sommer
Homepage
http://www.elkesommeronline.com/
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1940-11-05,Berlin, Germany
Gender
Female
Biography
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.

Filmography

A Shot in the Dark

7.2

A Shot in the Dark
1964-06-23

Alles nur Tarnung

1.5

Alles nur Tarnung
1996-11-14

6.3

The Victors
1963-11-22

The Wrecking Crew

5.6

The Wrecking Crew
1968-12-30

The Prisoner of Zenda

5.6

The Prisoner of Zenda
1979-08-17

6.8

The Prize
1963-12-25

And Then There Were None

5.7

And Then There Were None
1974-09-24

Lisa and the Devil

6.3

Lisa and the Devil
1973-05-08

6.159

Baron Blood
1972-02-25

Deadlier Than the Male

5.8

Deadlier Than the Male
1967-02-12

Niemand weint für immer

0

Niemand weint für immer
1984-11-01

Frontier Hellcat

6.2

Frontier Hellcat
1964-12-08

Filmlegenden. Deutsch

0

Filmlegenden. Deutsch
2005-06-26

Elke Sommer erzählt...

0

Elke Sommer erzählt...
2010-01-01

The Swiss Conspiracy

4.8

The Swiss Conspiracy
1976-03-01

4.9

The Money Trap
1965-09-07

Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!

5.1

Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
1966-06-08

That's Carry On!

5.762

That's Carry On!
1977-01-01

6.259

Zeppelin
1971-04-08

5.7

The Dolls
1965-01-27

Carry On Behind

5.4

Carry On Behind
1975-06-10

The Fantastic Seven

0

The Fantastic Seven
1979-05-30

5.1

The Oscar
1966-03-04

4.3

Percy
1971-02-18

Percy's Progress

3.9

Percy's Progress
1974-08-01

The Double McGuffin

5.3

The Double McGuffin
1979-06-01

Howlers of the Dock

4.8

Howlers of the Dock
1960-03-13

0

Bahía de Palma
1962-10-22

US Against the World

0

US Against the World
1977-09-07

A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square

6.4

A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
1980-03-16

Training Your Best Friend

0

Training Your Best Friend
1989-07-12

The Art of Love

5.3

The Art of Love
1965-06-30

6

Lily in Love
1984-10-17

They Came to Rob Las Vegas

5.7

They Came to Rob Las Vegas
1968-02-07

The Astral Factor

4

The Astral Factor
1978-02-01

Hotel der toten Gäste

3.8

Hotel der toten Gäste
1965-03-26

Meet Him and Die

5.4

Meet Him and Die
1976-10-08

Who Stole the Body?

6.5

Who Stole the Body?
1963-02-01

Ewig rauschen die Gelder

8

Ewig rauschen die Gelder
2005-11-19

3

Death Stone
1987-07-02

5

The Net
1975-12-25

5.5

Probe
1972-02-21

4.5

Sweet Ecstasy
1962-03-07

Twisted Sex Vol. 5

0

Twisted Sex Vol. 5
1993-10-01

One or the Other of Us

4.8

One or the Other of Us
1974-04-22

The Curious Case of Inspector Clouseau

0

The Curious Case of Inspector Clouseau
2002-01-01

Daniella by Night

3.2

Daniella by Night
1961-04-28

The Last Days of Sharon Tate

0

The Last Days of Sharon Tate
1999-07-25

Don't Bother to Knock

5.1

Don't Bother to Knock
1961-05-28

6

Jenny's War
1985-10-25

… denn die Musik und die Liebe in Tirol

4.167

… denn die Musik und die Liebe in Tirol
1963-12-20

Beloved Con Artist

6

Beloved Con Artist
1961-12-16

The Day the Rains Came

6.8

The Day the Rains Came
1959-11-24

The Venetian Affair

4.3

The Venetian Affair
1967-01-18

5

Flashback
2000-04-06

The House of Exorcism

4.8

The House of Exorcism
1975-04-02

Die Reise nach Wien

5.5

Die Reise nach Wien
1973-09-26

Ship of the Dead

6.5

Ship of the Dead
1959-10-01

I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses

4.6

I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses
1978-09-08

0

Himmelsheim
1989-03-02

Der Mann Im Pyjama

6.5

Der Mann Im Pyjama
1981-12-18

Himmel, Amor und Zwirn

0

Himmel, Amor und Zwirn
1960-07-07

6

Lampenfieber
1960-03-03

Und sowas nennt sich Leben

7

Und sowas nennt sich Leben
1961-01-10

Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt

4

Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt
1962-03-08

4.5

Café Oriental
1962-02-16

Tausend Takte Übermut

5.7

Tausend Takte Übermut
1965-09-10

Auf Wiedersehen

0

Auf Wiedersehen
1961-12-22

Seduction by the Sea

5.7

Seduction by the Sea
1963-05-22

The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz

3.7

The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz
1968-01-03

Inside the Third Reich

7.3

Inside the Third Reich
1982-05-09

The Corrupt Ones

5.3

The Corrupt Ones
1967-01-20

The Warrior Empress

5

The Warrior Empress
1960-08-24

0

Nicht mit uns
2000-01-01

The Top of the Hill

0

The Top of the Hill
1980-02-06

La Pica sul Pacifico

6

La Pica sul Pacifico
1959-04-24

Love, the Italian Way

4.4

Love, the Italian Way
1960-12-22

The Jack Benny Hour

0

The Jack Benny Hour
1965-11-03

Un chien dans un jeu de quilles

0

Un chien dans un jeu de quilles
1962-08-22

0

Reblaus
2005-11-13

4.1

Severed Ties
1992-09-02

Life Is Too Long

5

Life Is Too Long
2010-08-26

Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous: The World's Most Exotic Vacation Resorts

0

Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous: The World's Most Exotic Vacation Resorts
1988-01-01

Nachts ging das Telefon

0

Nachts ging das Telefon
1962-11-02

Hollywood Ghost Stories

4.4

Hollywood Ghost Stories
1986-09-24

Doppeltes Spiel mit Anne

0

Doppeltes Spiel mit Anne
1999-09-29

4

One Away
1976-01-01

The Invincible Six

2.7

The Invincible Six
1970-06-10

Perlico - Perlaco

0

Perlico - Perlaco
1971-12-17

Nicht von gestern

0

Nicht von gestern
1977-01-01

L'amico del giaguaro

0

L'amico del giaguaro
1959-03-03

4.3

Jamaican Gold
1979-12-31

5.2

Le Chien
1962-03-10

The Jukebox Kids

5.7

The Jukebox Kids
1959-08-13

Men and Noblemen

6.1

Men and Noblemen
1959-04-03

Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood

0

Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood
2021-05-03

Sunset Boulevard - 27 Meilen Amerika

0

Sunset Boulevard - 27 Meilen Amerika
1997-04-14

Mario Bava: Operazione paura

6

Mario Bava: Operazione paura
2004-04-30

5.4

St. Elsewhere
1982-10-26

0

Heut' abend
1980-02-03

Münchner Bilderbogen

0

Münchner Bilderbogen
1970-02-03

Schnick-Schnack

0

Schnick-Schnack
1975-04-15

Zwischenstation

0

Zwischenstation
1964-12-15

Showgeschichten

0

Showgeschichten
1986-07-26

The Muppet Show

8.024

The Muppet Show
1976-09-05

Hallmark Hall of Fame

8.8

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24

7

The Oscars
1953-03-19

The Winds of War

7.3

The Winds of War
1983-02-06

0

Happy Holiday
1993-02-24

0

Florian III
1994-01-01

Stars in der Manege

5.3

Stars in der Manege
1959-04-11

Die Harald Schmidt Show

7

Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995-12-05

8

Dalli Dalli
1971-05-13

Lafer! Lichter! Lecker!

2

Lafer! Lichter! Lecker!
2006-12-09

Wetten, dass..?

5.5

Wetten, dass..?
1981-02-14

0

Gisbert
1999-05-10

Peter the Great

8.2

Peter the Great
1986-02-02

The Bob Hope Show

7

The Bob Hope Show
1950-04-09

9

Krimistunde
1982-04-08

The Six Million Dollar Man

7.232

The Six Million Dollar Man
1974-01-18

6

Miss Universe
1955-07-22

0

Bio’s Bahnhof
1978-02-09

8

Dalli Dalli
1971-05-13

0

Na siehste!
1987-11-04

Verstehen Sie Spaß?

3.8

Verstehen Sie Spaß?
1980-01-31

1

Destiny Ridge
1993-01-01

Schmidteinander

8

Schmidteinander
1990-12-16

Musik aus Studio B

0

Musik aus Studio B
1961-10-22

6

Die Pyramide
1979-03-16

9

Bambi Awards
1948-01-01

Wer weiß denn sowas?

7.6

Wer weiß denn sowas?
2015-07-06

Der goldene Schuß

6

Der goldene Schuß
1964-11-26

ZDF-Fernsehgarten

1.7

ZDF-Fernsehgarten
1986-06-29

Filmlegenden. Deutsch

8

Filmlegenden. Deutsch
2006-01-14

alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio

5

alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
1994-12-27

Menschen der Woche

6

Menschen der Woche
2000-09-30

6.291

The Love Boat
1977-09-24

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.4

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962-10-01

8

Cinépanorama
1956-02-04

The Dick Cavett Show

6.6

The Dick Cavett Show
1968-06-06

6.5

NDR Talk Show
1979-02-09

Je später der Abend

0

Je später der Abend
1973-03-18

5.5

Jenny's War
1985-06-03

0

Wünsch dir was
1969-12-20

Der große Preis

6

Der große Preis
1974-09-05

Unsere kleine Show

0

Unsere kleine Show
1969-04-14

0

Abendschau
2000-05-04

6.5

Nachtcafé
1987-02-14

Die WIB-Schaukel

0

Die WIB-Schaukel
2001-01-01

The Danny Kaye Show

6.3

The Danny Kaye Show
1963-09-25

Anastasia - The Mystery of Anna

7

Anastasia - The Mystery of Anna
1986-12-07

Reflets de Cannes

0

Reflets de Cannes
1954-03-25

Tietjen und Bommes

0

Tietjen und Bommes
1997-02-23