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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:03/05/2021
Life Is Too Long
Character:Alfis Mutter
Release Date:26/08/2010
Elke Sommer erzählt...
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2010
Ewig rauschen die Gelder
Character:Mrs. von Korff
Release Date:19/11/2005
Reblaus
Character:Maria Rüppel
Release Date:13/11/2005
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
Character:Self
Release Date:30/04/2004
The Curious Case of Inspector Clouseau
Character:self
Release Date:01/01/2002
Flashback
Character:Frau Lust
Release Date:06/04/2000
Nicht mit uns
Character:Andrea Paretti
Release Date:01/01/2000
Doppeltes Spiel mit Anne
Character:Frau Lorenz
Release Date:29/09/1999
The Last Days of Sharon Tate
Character:
Release Date:25/07/1999
What's a Carry On?
Character:Professor Anna Vooshka (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:29/12/1998
Sunset Boulevard - 27 Meilen Amerika
Character:Self - Actress
Release Date:14/04/1997
Alles nur Tarnung
Character:Jutta
Release Date:14/11/1996
Twisted Sex Vol. 5
Character:(archive)
Release Date:01/10/1993
Severed Ties
Character:Helena Harrison
Release Date:02/09/1992
Training Your Best Friend
Character:Self
Release Date:12/07/1989
Himmelsheim
Character:Helga Münzel
Release Date:02/03/1989
Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous: The World's Most Exotic Vacation Resorts
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1988
Death Stone
Character:Kris Patterson
Release Date:02/07/1987
Hollywood Ghost Stories
Character:Herself
Release Date:24/09/1986
Jenny's War
Character:Eva Gruenberg
Release Date:25/10/1985
Niemand weint für immer
Character:Lou Parker
Release Date:01/11/1984
Lily in Love
Character:Alicia Braun
Release Date:17/10/1984
Der Mann im Pyjama
Character:Frau Lachmann
Release Date:18/12/1981
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
Character:Miss Pelham
Release Date:16/03/1980
The Top of the Hill
Character:Eva Heggener
Release Date:06/02/1980
Jamaican Gold
Character:Ursula
Release Date:31/12/1979
The Prisoner of Zenda
Character:Countess Montparnasse
Release Date:17/08/1979
The Double McGuffin
Character:Prime Minister Kura
Release Date:01/06/1979
The Fantastic Seven
Character:Rebecca Wayne
Release Date:30/05/1979
I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses
Character:Magdalene Kruschen
Release Date:08/09/1978
The Astral Factor
Character:Chris Hartman
Release Date:01/02/1978
That's Carry On!
Character:Professor Anna Vooshka (archive footage)
Release Date:10/11/1977
US Against the World
Character:Self
Release Date:07/09/1977
Nicht von gestern
Character:Billie Dawn
Release Date:01/01/1977
Meet Him and Die
Character:Perrone's Secretary
Release Date:08/10/1976
The Swiss Conspiracy
Character:Rita Jensen
Release Date:01/03/1976
One Away
Character:Elsa
Release Date:01/01/1976
The Net
Character:Christa Sonntag
Release Date:25/12/1975
Carry On Behind
Character:Professor Anna Vooshka
Release Date:10/06/1975
The House of Exorcism
Character:Lisa Reiner
Release Date:02/04/1975
And Then There Were None
Character:Vera Clyde
Release Date:24/09/1974
Percy's Progress
Character:Clarissa
Release Date:01/08/1974
One or the Other of Us
Character:Miezi
Release Date:22/04/1974
The Journey to Vienna
Character:Toni Simon
Release Date:26/09/1973
Lisa and the Devil
Character:Lisa Reiner
Release Date:08/05/1973
Baron Blood
Character:Eva Arnold
Release Date:25/02/1972
Probe
Character:Heideline 'Uli' Ullman
Release Date:21/02/1972
Perlico - Perlaco
Character:
Release Date:17/12/1971
Zeppelin
Character:Erika Altschul
Release Date:08/04/1971
Percy
Character:Helga
Release Date:18/02/1971
The Invincible Six
Character:Zari
Release Date:10/06/1970
The Wrecking Crew
Character:Linka Karensky
Release Date:30/12/1968
They Came to Rob Las Vegas
Character:Ann Bennett
Release Date:07/02/1968
The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz
Character:Paula Schultz
Release Date:03/01/1968
Deadlier Than the Male
Character:Irma Eckman
Release Date:12/02/1967
The Corrupt Ones
Character:Lilly Mancini
Release Date:20/01/1967
The Venetian Affair
Character:Sandra Fane
Release Date:18/01/1967
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
Character:Didi
Release Date:08/06/1966
The Oscar
Character:Kay Bergdahl
Release Date:04/03/1966
The Jack Benny Hour
Character:Elke Sommer / Maria Poppenini
Release Date:03/11/1965
Tausend Takte Übermut
Character:Herself
Release Date:10/09/1965
The Money Trap
Character:Lisa Baron
Release Date:07/09/1965
The Art of Love
Character:Nikki Dunnay
Release Date:30/06/1965
Hotel der toten Gäste
Character:Herself
Release Date:26/03/1965
The Dolls
Character:Ulla (segment "Il Trattato di Eugenetica")
Release Date:27/01/1965
Frontier Hellcat
Character:Annie Dillman
Release Date:08/12/1964
A Shot in the Dark
Character:Maria Gambrelli
Release Date:23/06/1964
The Prize
Character:Inger Lisa Andersson
Release Date:25/12/1963
… denn die Musik und die Liebe in Tirol
Character:Singer
Release Date:20/12/1963
The Victors
Character:Helga
Release Date:22/11/1963
Seduction by the Sea
Character:Eva
Release Date:22/05/1963
Who Stole the Body?
Character:Brigitte
Release Date:01/02/1963
Nachts ging das Telefon
Character:Mabel Meyer
Release Date:02/11/1962
Bahía de Palma
Character:Olga
Release Date:22/10/1962
Un chien dans un jeu de quilles
Character:Ariane
Release Date:22/08/1962
Le Chien
Character:Elle
Release Date:10/03/1962
Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt
Character:Renate Hecker
Release Date:08/03/1962
Sweet Ecstasy
Character:Elke
Release Date:07/03/1962
Café Oriental
Character:Sylvia
Release Date:16/02/1962
Auf Wiedersehen
Character:Suzy Dalton
Release Date:22/12/1961
Geliebte Hochstaplerin
Character:Barbara Shadwell
Release Date:16/12/1961
Don't Bother to Knock
Character:Ingrid
Release Date:28/05/1961
Daniella by Night
Character:Daniella
Release Date:28/04/1961
Und sowas nennt sich Leben
Character:Britta
Release Date:10/01/1961
Love, the Italian Way
Character:Greta
Release Date:22/12/1960
The Warrior Empress
Character:
Release Date:24/08/1960
Himmel, Amor und Zwirn
Character:Eva
Release Date:07/07/1960
Howlers of the Dock
Character:Giulia Giommarelli
Release Date:13/03/1960
Lampenfieber
Character:Evelyne
Release Date:03/03/1960
The Day the Rains Came
Character:Ellen
Release Date:24/11/1959
Ship of the Dead
Character:Mylène Loureau
Release Date:01/10/1959
The Jukebox Kids
Character:Giulia Cesari
Release Date:13/08/1959
La Pica sul Pacifico
Character:Rossana
Release Date:24/04/1959
Men and Noblemen
Character:Caterina
Release Date:03/04/1959
L'amico del giaguaro
Character:Greta
Release Date:03/03/1959
Television Appearances
Wer weiß denn sowas?
Character:Self
Lafer! Lichter! Lecker!
Character:Self
Filmlegenden. Deutsch
Character:Self
Wir in Bayern
Character:Self
Die WIB-Schaukel
Character:self
Menschen der Woche
Character:Self
Gisbert
Character:
Tietjen und Bommes
Character:Self
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Character:Self
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
Character:Self
Florian III
Character:Sonja Carpenter
Happy Holiday
Character:Isabella Scattini
Destiny Ridge
Character:Anna Hansen
Schmidteinander
Character:
Na siehste!
Character:Self
Nachtcafé
Character:Self
Anastasia - The Mystery of Anna
Character:Isabel Von Hohenstauffen
Showgeschichten
Character:Self
ZDF-Fernsehgarten
Character:Self
Peter the Great
Character:Charlotte
Jenny's War
Character:Eva Gruenberg
The Winds of War
Character:
St. Elsewhere
Character:Natasha
Inside the Third Reich
Character:Magda Goebbels
Krimistunde
Character:
Wetten, dass..?
Character:Self
Heut' abend
Character:Self
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
Character:Self
Die Pyramide
Character:Self - Musician
NDR Talk Show
Character:Self
Bio’s Bahnhof
Character:Self
The Love Boat
Character:Benita James
The Muppet Show
Character:Self - Special Guest Star
Schnick-Schnack
Character:Self
Dinah!
Character:Self
Der große Preis
Character:Self
The Six Million Dollar Man
Character:Dr. Ilse Martin
Je später der Abend
Character:Self
The Bobby Darin Show
Character:
Dalli Dalli
Character:Self
Dalli Dalli
Character:Self - Candidate
Münchner Bilderbogen
Character:Self
Wünsch dir was
Character:Self
Unsere kleine Show - Musik zur blauen Stunde
Character:Self
The Dick Cavett Show
Character:Self - Guest
Zwischenstation
Character:Self
Der goldene Schuß
Character:Self
The Danny Kaye Show
Character:Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self
Musik aus Studio B
Character:Self
Stars in the Ring
Character:Self
Cinépanorama
Character:Self
Miss Universe
Character:Host
Reflets de Cannes
Character:Self
The Oscars
Character:Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:The Princess
The Bob Hope Show
Character:Self
Bambi
Character:Self
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