Acting
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.
Filmography
Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood
Film · 2021
In der Folterkammer des Barons
Film · 2017
Wer weiß denn sowas?
Series · 2015
Elke Sommer erzählt...
Film · 2010
Life Is Too Long
Film · 2010
Lafer! Lichter! Lecker!
Series · 2006
Filmlegenden. Deutsch
Series · 2006
Ewig rauschen die Gelder
Film · 2005
Reblaus
Film · 2005
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
Film · 2004
The Curious Case of Inspector Clouseau
Film · 2002
Die WIB-Schaukel
Series · 2001
Flashback
Film · 2000
Nicht mit uns
Film · 2000
Menschen der Woche
Series · 2000
The Last Days of Sharon Tate
Film · 1999
Doppeltes Spiel mit Anne
Film · 1999
Gisbert
Series · 1999
What's a Carry On?
Film · 1998
Sunset Boulevard - 27 Meilen Amerika
Film · 1997
Tietjen und Bommes
Series · 1997
Alles nur Tarnung
Film · 1996
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Series · 1995
Florian III
Series · 1994
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
Series · 1994
Twisted Sex Vol. 5
Film · 1993
Happy Holiday
Series · 1993
Destiny Ridge
Series · 1993
Severed Ties
Film · 1992
Schmidteinander
Series · 1990
Training Your Best Friend
Film · 1989
Himmelsheim
Film · 1989
Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous: The World's Most Exotic Vacation Resorts
Film · 1988
Death Stone
Film · 1987
Na siehste!
Series · 1987
Nachtcafé
Series · 1987
Hollywood Ghost Stories
Film · 1986
Showgeschichten
Series · 1986
Peter the Great
Series · 1986
ZDF-Fernsehgarten
Series · 1986
Anastasia - The Mystery of Anna
Series · 1986
Jenny's War
Film · 1985
Jenny's War
Series · 1985
Niemand weint für immer
Film · 1984
Lily in Love
Film · 1984
St. Elsewhere
Series · 1982
Krimistunde
Series · 1982
Inside the Third Reich
Series · 1982
Der Mann im Pyjama
Film · 1981
Wetten, dass..?
Series · 1981
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Film · 1980
Heut' abend
Series · 1980
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
Series · 1980
Top of the Hill
Series · 1980
The Prisoner of Zenda
Film · 1979
The Fantastic Seven
Film · 1979
The Double McGuffin
Film · 1979
Jamaican Gold
Film · 1979
Die Pyramide
Series · 1979
NDR Talk Show
Series · 1979
The Astral Factor
Film · 1978
I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses
Film · 1978
Bio’s Bahnhof
Series · 1978
That's Carry On!
Film · 1977
US Against the World
Film · 1977
Nicht von gestern
Film · 1977
The Love Boat
Series · 1977
The Swiss Conspiracy
Film · 1976
Meet Him and Die
Film · 1976
One Away
Film · 1976
The Muppet Show
Series · 1976
Carry On Behind
Film · 1975
The Net
Film · 1975
The House of Exorcism
Film · 1975
Schnick-Schnack
Series · 1975
And Then There Were None
Film · 1974
Lisa and the Devil
Film · 1974
Percy's Progress
Film · 1974
One or the Other of Us
Film · 1974
The Six Million Dollar Man
Series · 1974
Der große Preis
Series · 1974
Dinah!
Series · 1974
The Journey to Vienna
Film · 1973
Je später der Abend
Series · 1973
The Bobby Darin Show
Series · 1973
Baron Blood
Film · 1972
Probe
Film · 1972
Zeppelin
Film · 1971
Percy
Film · 1971
Perlico - Perlaco
Film · 1971
Dalli Dalli
Series · 1971
Dalli Dalli
Series · 1971
The Invincible Six
Film · 1970
Münchner Bilderbogen
Series · 1970
Wünsch dir was
Series · 1969
Unsere kleine Show - Musik zur blauen Stunde
Series · 1969
The Wrecking Crew
Film · 1968
They Came to Rob Las Vegas
Film · 1968
The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz
Film · 1968
The Dick Cavett Show
Series · 1968
Deadlier Than the Male
Film · 1967
The Corrupt Ones
Film · 1967
Mondo Hollywood
Film · 1967
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
Film · 1966
The Oscar
Film · 1966
The Venetian Affair
Film · 1966
The Money Trap
Film · 1965
The Dolls
Film · 1965
The Art of Love
Film · 1965
Hotel der toten Gäste
Film · 1965
Tausend Takte Übermut
Film · 1965
The Jack Benny Hour
Film · 1965
A Shot in the Dark
Film · 1964
Frontier Hellcat
Film · 1964
Zwischenstation
Series · 1964
Der goldene Schuß
Series · 1964
The Victors
Film · 1963
The Prize
Film · 1963
Who Stole the Body?
Film · 1963
… denn die Musik und die Liebe in Tirol
Film · 1963
Seduction by the Sea
Film · 1963
The Danny Kaye Show
Series · 1963
Bahía de Palma
Film · 1962
Sweet Ecstasy
Film · 1962
Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt
Film · 1962
Café Oriental
Film · 1962
Un chien dans un jeu de quilles
Film · 1962
Nachts ging das Telefon
Film · 1962
Le Chien
Film · 1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Series · 1962
Daniella by Night
Film · 1961
Don't Bother to Knock
Film · 1961
Geliebte Hochstaplerin
Film · 1961
Und sowas nennt sich Leben
Film · 1961
Auf Wiedersehen
Film · 1961
Musik aus Studio B
Series · 1961
Howlers of the Dock
Film · 1960
Himmel, Amor und Zwirn
Film · 1960
Lampenfieber
Film · 1960
The Warrior Empress
Film · 1960
Love, the Italian Way
Film · 1960
The Day the Rains Came
Film · 1959
Ship of the Dead
Film · 1959
La Pica sul Pacifico
Film · 1959
L'amico del giaguaro
Film · 1959
The Jukebox Kids
Film · 1959
Men and Noblemen
Film · 1959
Stars in der Manege
Series · 1959
Cinépanorama
Series · 1956
Miss Universe
Series · 1955
Reflets de Cannes
Series · 1954
The Oscars
Series · 1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Series · 1951
The Bob Hope Show
Series · 1950
Bambi
Series · 1948