Elke Sommer
Acteur·rice
5 novembre 1940 · 85 years old
Berlin, Germany
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
As an actor
Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Wer weiß denn sowas?
2015 · Self
Elke Sommer erzählt...
2010 · Self
Life Is Too Long
2010 · Alfis Mutter
Lafer! Lichter! Lecker!
2006 · Self
Filmlegenden. Deutsch
2006 · Self
Ewig rauschen die Gelder
2005 · Mrs. von Korff
Reblaus
2005 · Maria Rüppel
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
2004 · Self
The Curious Case of Inspector Clouseau
2002 · self
Die WIB-Schaukel
2001 · self
Flashback
2000 · Frau Lust
Nicht mit uns
2000 · Andrea Paretti
Menschen der Woche
2000 · Self
The Last Days of Sharon Tate
1999
Doppeltes Spiel mit Anne
1999 · Frau Lorenz
Gisbert
1999
What's a Carry On?
1998 · Professor Anna Vooshka (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sunset Boulevard - 27 Meilen Amerika
1997 · Self - Actress
Tietjen und Bommes
1997 · Self
Alles nur Tarnung
1996 · Jutta
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995 · Self
Florian III
1994 · Sonja Carpenter
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
1994 · Self
Twisted Sex Vol. 5
1993 · (archive)
Happy Holiday
1993 · Isabella Scattini
Destiny Ridge
1993 · Anna Hansen
Severed Ties
1992 · Helena Harrison
Schmidteinander
1990
Training Your Best Friend
1989 · Self
Himmelsheim
1989 · Helga Münzel
Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous: The World's Most Exotic Vacation Resorts
1988 · Self
Death Stone
1987 · Kris Patterson
Na siehste!
1987 · Self
Nachtcafé
1987 · Self
Hollywood Ghost Stories
1986 · Herself
Showgeschichten
1986 · Self
Peter the Great
1986 · Charlotte
ZDF-Fernsehgarten
1986 · Self
Anastasia - The Mystery of Anna
1986 · Isabel Von Hohenstauffen
Jenny's War
1985 · Eva Gruenberg
Jenny's War
1985 · Eva Gruenberg
Niemand weint für immer
1984 · Lou Parker
Lily in Love
1984 · Alicia Braun
St. Elsewhere
1982 · Natasha
Krimistunde
1982
Inside the Third Reich
1982 · Magda Goebbels
Der Mann im Pyjama
1981 · Frau Lachmann
Wetten, dass..?
1981 · Self
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
1980 · Miss Pelham
Heut' abend
1980 · Self
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
1980 · Self
Top of the Hill
1980 · Eva Heggener
The Prisoner of Zenda
1979 · Countess Montparnasse
The Fantastic Seven
1979 · Rebecca Wayne
The Double McGuffin
1979 · Prime Minister Kura
Jamaican Gold
1979 · Ursula
Die Pyramide
1979 · Self - Musician
NDR Talk Show
1979 · Self
The Astral Factor
1978 · Chris Hartman
I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses
1978 · Magdalene Kruschen
Bio’s Bahnhof
1978 · Self
That's Carry On!
1977 · Professor Anna Vooshka (archive footage)
US Against the World
1977 · Self
Nicht von gestern
1977 · Billie Dawn
The Love Boat
1977 · Benita James
The Swiss Conspiracy
1976 · Rita Jensen
Meet Him and Die
1976 · Perrone's Secretary
One Away
1976 · Elsa
The Muppet Show
1976 · Self - Special Guest Star
Carry On Behind
1975 · Professor Anna Vooshka
The Net
1975 · Christa Sonntag
The House of Exorcism
1975 · Lisa Reiner
Schnick-Schnack
1975 · Self
And Then There Were None
1974 · Vera Clyde
Percy's Progress
1974 · Clarissa
One or the Other of Us
1974 · Miezi
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974 · Dr. Ilse Martin
Der große Preis
1974 · Self
Dinah!
1974 · Self
Lisa and the Devil
1973 · Lisa Reiner
The Journey to Vienna
1973 · Toni Simon
Je später der Abend
1973 · Self
The Bobby Darin Show
1973
Baron Blood
1972 · Eva Arnold
Probe
1972 · Heideline 'Uli' Ullman
Zeppelin
1971 · Erika Altschul
Percy
1971 · Helga
Perlico - Perlaco
1971
Dalli Dalli
1971 · Self, Self - Candidate
The Invincible Six
1970 · Zari
Münchner Bilderbogen
1970 · Self
Wünsch dir was
1969 · Self
Unsere kleine Show - Musik zur blauen Stunde
1969 · Self
The Wrecking Crew
1968 · Linka Karensky
They Came to Rob Las Vegas
1968 · Ann Bennett
The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz
1968 · Paula Schultz
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Guest
Deadlier Than the Male
1967 · Irma Eckman
The Corrupt Ones
1967 · Lilly Mancini
Mondo Hollywood
1967
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
1966 · Didi
The Oscar
1966 · Kay Bergdahl
The Venetian Affair
1966 · Sandra Fane
The Money Trap
1965 · Lisa Baron
The Dolls
1965 · Ulla (segment "Il Trattato di Eugenetica")
The Art of Love
1965 · Nikki Dunnay
Hotel der toten Gäste
1965 · Herself
Tausend Takte Übermut
1965 · Herself
The Jack Benny Hour
1965 · Elke Sommer / Maria Poppenini
A Shot in the Dark
1964 · Maria Gambrelli
Frontier Hellcat
1964 · Annie Dillman
Zwischenstation
1964 · Self
Der goldene Schuß
1964 · Self
The Victors
1963 · Helga
The Prize
1963 · Inger Lisa Andersson
Who Stole the Body?
1963 · Brigitte
… denn die Musik und die Liebe in Tirol
1963 · Singer
Seduction by the Sea
1963 · Eva
The Danny Kaye Show
1963 · Self
Bahía de Palma
1962 · Olga
Sweet Ecstasy
1962 · Elke
Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt
1962 · Renate Hecker
Café Oriental
1962 · Sylvia
Un chien dans un jeu de quilles
1962 · Ariane
Nachts ging das Telefon
1962 · Mabel Meyer
Le Chien
1962 · Elle
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
Daniella by Night
1961 · Daniella
Don't Bother to Knock
1961 · Ingrid
Geliebte Hochstaplerin
1961 · Barbara Shadwell
Und sowas nennt sich Leben
1961 · Britta
Auf Wiedersehen
1961 · Suzy Dalton
Musik aus Studio B
1961 · Self
Howlers of the Dock
1960 · Giulia Giommarelli
Himmel, Amor und Zwirn
1960 · Eva
Lampenfieber
1960 · Evelyne
The Warrior Empress
1960
Love, the Italian Way
1960 · Greta
The Day the Rains Came
1959 · Ellen
Ship of the Dead
1959 · Mylène Loureau
La Pica sul Pacifico
1959 · Rossana
L'amico del giaguaro
1959 · Greta
The Jukebox Kids
1959 · Giulia Cesari
Men and Noblemen
1959 · Caterina
Stars in the Ring
1959 · Self
Cinépanorama
1956 · Self
Miss Universe
1955 · Host
Reflets de Cannes
1954 · Self
The Oscars
1953 · Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · The Princess
The Bob Hope Show
1950 · Self
Bambi
1948 · Self