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Elke Sommer‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1940-11-05

Popularity

star21.3

Elke Sommer

Berlin, Germany

Elke Sommer

Berlin, Germany

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1940-11-05

Popularity

star21.3

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.

Movie Credits

A Shot in the Dark

A Shot in the Dark‌
star7.2
calendar 1964

Alles nur Tarnung

Alles nur Tarnung‌
star1.5
calendar 1996

The Victors

The Victors‌
star6.3
calendar 1963

The Wrecking Crew

The Wrecking Crew‌
star5.6
calendar 1968

The Prisoner of Zenda

The Prisoner of Zenda‌
star5.6
calendar 1979

The Prize

The Prize‌
star6.8
calendar 1963

And Then There Were None

And Then There Were None‌
star5.7
calendar 1974

Lisa and the Devil

Lisa and the Devil‌
star6.3
calendar 1973

Baron Blood

Baron Blood‌
star6.2
calendar 1972

Deadlier Than the Male

Deadlier Than the Male‌
star5.8
calendar 1967

Niemand weint für immer

Niemand weint für immer‌
star0.0
calendar 1984

Frontier Hellcat

Frontier Hellcat‌
star6.2
calendar 1964

Filmlegenden. Deutsch

Filmlegenden. Deutsch‌
star0.0
calendar 2005

Elke Sommer erzählt...

Elke Sommer erzählt...‌
star0.0
calendar 2010

The Swiss Conspiracy

The Swiss Conspiracy‌
star4.8
calendar 1976

The Money Trap

The Money Trap‌
star4.9
calendar 1965

Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!

Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!‌
star5.1
calendar 1966

That's Carry On!

That's Carry On!‌
star5.8
calendar 1977

Zeppelin

Zeppelin‌
star6.3
calendar 1971

The Dolls

The Dolls‌
star5.7
calendar 1965

Carry On Behind

Carry On Behind‌
star5.4
calendar 1975

The Fantastic Seven

The Fantastic Seven‌
star0.0
calendar 1979

The Oscar

The Oscar‌
star5.1
calendar 1966

Percy

Percy‌
star4.3
calendar 1971

Percy's Progress

Percy's Progress‌
star3.9
calendar 1974

The Double McGuffin

The Double McGuffin‌
star5.3
calendar 1979

Howlers of the Dock

Howlers of the Dock‌
star4.8
calendar 1960

Bahía de Palma

Bahía de Palma‌
star0.0
calendar 1962

US Against the World

US Against the World‌
star0.0
calendar 1977

A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square

A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square‌
star6.4
calendar 1980

Training Your Best Friend

Training Your Best Friend‌
star0.0
calendar 1989

The Art of Love

The Art of Love‌
star5.3
calendar 1965

Lily in Love

Lily in Love‌
star6.0
calendar 1984

They Came to Rob Las Vegas

They Came to Rob Las Vegas‌
star5.7
calendar 1968

The Astral Factor

The Astral Factor‌
star4.0
calendar 1978

Hotel der toten Gäste

Hotel der toten Gäste‌
star3.8
calendar 1965

Meet Him and Die

Meet Him and Die‌
star5.4
calendar 1976

Who Stole the Body?

Who Stole the Body?‌
star6.5
calendar 1963

Ewig rauschen die Gelder

Ewig rauschen die Gelder‌
star8.0
calendar 2005

Death Stone

Death Stone‌
star3.0
calendar 1987

The Net

The Net‌
star5.0
calendar 1975

Probe

Probe‌
star5.5
calendar 1972

Sweet Ecstasy

Sweet Ecstasy‌
star4.5
calendar 1962

Twisted Sex Vol. 5

Twisted Sex Vol. 5‌
star0.0
calendar 1993

One or the Other of Us

One or the Other of Us‌
star4.8
calendar 1974

The Curious Case of Inspector Clouseau

The Curious Case of Inspector Clouseau‌
star0.0
calendar 2002

Daniella by Night

Daniella by Night‌
star3.2
calendar 1961

The Last Days of Sharon Tate

The Last Days of Sharon Tate‌
star0.0
calendar 1999

Don't Bother to Knock

Don't Bother to Knock‌
star5.1
calendar 1961

Jenny's War

Jenny's War‌
star6.0
calendar 1985

… denn die Musik und die Liebe in Tirol

… denn die Musik und die Liebe in Tirol‌
star4.2
calendar 1963

Beloved Con Artist

Beloved Con Artist‌
star6.0
calendar 1961

The Day the Rains Came

The Day the Rains Came‌
star6.8
calendar 1959

The Venetian Affair

The Venetian Affair‌
star4.7
calendar 1967

Flashback

Flashback‌
star5.0
calendar 2000

The House of Exorcism

The House of Exorcism‌
star4.8
calendar 1975

Die Reise nach Wien

Die Reise nach Wien‌
star5.5
calendar 1973

Ship of the Dead

Ship of the Dead‌
star6.5
calendar 1959

I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses

I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses‌
star4.6
calendar 1978

Himmelsheim

Himmelsheim‌
star0.0
calendar 1989

Der Mann Im Pyjama

Der Mann Im Pyjama‌
star6.5
calendar 1981

Himmel, Amor und Zwirn

Himmel, Amor und Zwirn‌
star0.0
calendar 1960

Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt

Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt‌
star4.0
calendar 1962

Lampenfieber

Lampenfieber‌
star6.0
calendar 1960

Und sowas nennt sich Leben

Und sowas nennt sich Leben‌
star7.0
calendar 1961

Café Oriental

Café Oriental‌
star4.5
calendar 1962

Tausend Takte Übermut

Tausend Takte Übermut‌
star5.7
calendar 1965

Auf Wiedersehen

Auf Wiedersehen‌
star0.0
calendar 1961

Seduction by the Sea

Seduction by the Sea‌
star5.7
calendar 1963

The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz

The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz‌
star3.7
calendar 1968

Inside the Third Reich

Inside the Third Reich‌
star7.3
calendar 1982

The Corrupt Ones

The Corrupt Ones‌
star5.3
calendar 1967

The Warrior Empress

The Warrior Empress‌
star5.0
calendar 1960

Nicht mit uns

Nicht mit uns‌
star0.0
calendar 2000

The Top of the Hill

The Top of the Hill‌
star0.0
calendar 1980

La Pica sul Pacifico

La Pica sul Pacifico‌
star5.0
calendar 1959

Love, the Italian Way

Love, the Italian Way‌
star4.4
calendar 1960

The Jack Benny Hour

The Jack Benny Hour‌
star0.0
calendar 1965

Un chien dans un jeu de quilles

Un chien dans un jeu de quilles‌
star0.0
calendar 1962

Reblaus

Reblaus‌
star0.0
calendar 2005

Severed Ties

Severed Ties‌
star4.1
calendar 1992

Life Is Too Long

Life Is Too Long‌
star5.0
calendar 2010

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
star0.0
calendar 1988

Nachts ging das Telefon

Nachts ging das Telefon‌
star0.0
calendar 1962

Hollywood Ghost Stories

Hollywood Ghost Stories‌
star4.4
calendar 1986

Doppeltes Spiel mit Anne

Doppeltes Spiel mit Anne‌
star0.0
calendar 1999

One Away

One Away‌
star4.0
calendar 1976

The Invincible Six

The Invincible Six‌
star2.7
calendar 1970

Perlico - Perlaco

Perlico - Perlaco‌
star0.0
calendar 1971

Nicht von gestern

Nicht von gestern‌
star0.0
calendar 1977

L'amico del giaguaro

L'amico del giaguaro‌
star0.0
calendar 1959

Jamaican Gold

Jamaican Gold‌
star4.3
calendar 1979

Le Chien

Le Chien‌
star5.2
calendar 1962

The Jukebox Kids

The Jukebox Kids‌
star5.7
calendar 1959

Men and Noblemen

Men and Noblemen‌
star6.1
calendar 1959

Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood

Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood‌
star0.0
calendar 2021

Sunset Boulevard - 27 Meilen Amerika

Sunset Boulevard - 27 Meilen Amerika‌
star0.0
calendar 1997

Mario Bava: Operazione paura

Mario Bava: Operazione paura‌
star6.0
calendar 2004

Tv Credits

St. Elsewhere

St. Elsewhere‌
star5.4
calendar 1982

Heut' abend

Heut' abend‌
star0.0
calendar 1980

Münchner Bilderbogen

Münchner Bilderbogen‌
star0.0
calendar 1970

Schnick-Schnack

Schnick-Schnack‌
star0.0
calendar 1975

Zwischenstation

Zwischenstation‌
star0.0
calendar 1964

Showgeschichten

Showgeschichten‌
star0.0
calendar 1986

The Muppet Show

The Muppet Show‌
star8.0
calendar 1976

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame‌
star8.7
calendar 1951

The Oscars

The Oscars‌
star7.0
calendar 1953

The Winds of War

The Winds of War‌
star7.3
calendar 1983

Happy Holiday

Happy Holiday‌
star0.0
calendar 1993

Florian III

Florian III‌
star0.0
calendar 1994

Stars in der Manege

Stars in der Manege‌
star5.3
calendar 1959

Die Harald Schmidt Show

Die Harald Schmidt Show‌
star7.0
calendar 1995

Dalli Dalli

Dalli Dalli‌
star8.0
calendar 1971

Lafer! Lichter! Lecker!

Lafer! Lichter! Lecker!‌
star2.0
calendar 2006

Wetten, dass..?

Wetten, dass..?‌
star5.5
calendar 1981

Gisbert

Gisbert‌
star0.0
calendar 1999

Peter the Great

Peter the Great‌
star8.2
calendar 1986

The Bob Hope Show

The Bob Hope Show‌
star7.0
calendar 1950

Krimistunde

Krimistunde‌
star9.0
calendar 1982

The Six Million Dollar Man

The Six Million Dollar Man‌
star7.2
calendar 1974

Miss Universe

Miss Universe‌
star6.0
calendar 1955

Bio’s Bahnhof

Bio’s Bahnhof‌
star0.0
calendar 1978

Dalli Dalli

Dalli Dalli‌
star8.0
calendar 1971

Na siehste!

Na siehste!‌
star0.0
calendar 1987

Verstehen Sie Spaß?

Verstehen Sie Spaß?‌
star3.8
calendar 1980

Schmidteinander

Schmidteinander‌
star8.0
calendar 1990

Destiny Ridge

Destiny Ridge‌
star1.0
calendar 1993

Musik aus Studio B

Musik aus Studio B‌
star0.0
calendar 1961

Die Pyramide

Die Pyramide‌
star6.0
calendar 1979

Bambi Awards

Bambi Awards‌
star9.0
calendar 1948

Wer weiß denn sowas?

Wer weiß denn sowas?‌
star7.6
calendar 2015

Der goldene Schuß

Der goldene Schuß‌
star6.0
calendar 1964

ZDF-Fernsehgarten

ZDF-Fernsehgarten‌
star1.7
calendar 1986

Filmlegenden. Deutsch

Filmlegenden. Deutsch‌
star8.0
calendar 2006

alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio

alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio‌
star5.0
calendar 1994

Menschen der Woche

Menschen der Woche‌
star6.0
calendar 2000

The Love Boat

The Love Boat‌
star6.3
calendar 1977

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson‌
star7.4
calendar 1962

Cinépanorama

Cinépanorama‌
star8.0
calendar 1956

The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show‌
star6.7
calendar 1968

NDR Talk Show

NDR Talk Show‌
star6.5
calendar 1979

Je später der Abend

Je später der Abend‌
star0.0
calendar 1973

Jenny's War

Jenny's War‌
star5.5
calendar 1985

Wünsch dir was

Wünsch dir was‌
star0.0
calendar 1969

Unsere kleine Show

Unsere kleine Show‌
star0.0
calendar 1969

Der große Preis

Der große Preis‌
star6.0
calendar 1974

Abendschau

Abendschau‌
star0.0
calendar 2000

Nachtcafé

Nachtcafé‌
star6.5
calendar 1987

Die WIB-Schaukel

Die WIB-Schaukel‌
star0.0
calendar 2001

The Danny Kaye Show

The Danny Kaye Show‌
star6.3
calendar 1963

Anastasia - The Mystery of Anna

Anastasia - The Mystery of Anna‌
star7.0
calendar 1986

Reflets de Cannes

Reflets de Cannes‌
star0.0
calendar 1954

Tietjen und Bommes

Tietjen und Bommes‌
star0.0
calendar 1997