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Elke Sommer Biography (1941-)

Original name, Elke Schletz; born November 5, 1941, in Berlin, Germany; immigrated to Great Britain, 1956; father, a Lutheran minister; married Joe Hyams(an actor and writer), 1964 (marriage ended); married Wolf Wolter, 1994. Addresses: Agent: c/o Fred Amsel & Associates, Inc., 6310 San VincenteBlvd., Suite 407, West Hollywood, CA 90048-5427.; Contact: 540 N. Beverly Glen Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90024; Atzelaberger Str 46, D-91080 Marloffstein, Germany.

Nationality

German

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress

Birth Details

November 5, 1941

Berlin, Germany

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• The Sea Wall (also known as This Angry Age, Barrage contre le Pacifique, and La diga sul Pacifico), Columbia, 1958
• Guilia, Howlers of the Dock (also known as Urlatori alla Sbarra), 1959
• Caterina, Uomini e nobiluomini, 1959
• Ti diro ... che tu mi piaci, 1959
• Giulia Cesari, The Jukebox Kids (also known as Ragazzi del Juke-Box), Era Cinematografica, 1959
• L'amico del Giaguaro, 1959
• Mylene, Les mutinés de York (also known as Ship of the Dead and Das Totenschiff), Universum, 1959
• Ellen, The Day the Rains Came (also known as Am Tag, Als der Regen Kam and The Day It Rained), Alfa Film, 1959
• Rossana, La pica sul Pacifico, 1959
• Evelyne, Lampenfieber, 1960
• Eva, Himmel, Amor und Zwirn, 1960
• Greta, Love, Italian Style (also known as Love, the Italian Way, Traveling in Luxury, Femmine di lusso, Love Italian Style, and Intrigo a Taormina), Trans-Lux, 1960
• Saffo, venere di lesbo (also known as The Warrior Empress),1960
• Daniella (title role), Daniella by Night (also known as Daniela, Criminal Strip-Tease, Capricci borghesi, De quoi tu te meles,Daniela, and Zarte Haut in Schwarzer Seide), Cambist/Audubon, 1961
• Barbara Shadwell, Geliebte Hochstaplerin, 1961
• Sylvia, Cafe Oriental, Alfa Film, 1961
• Britta, Und sowas nennt sich Leben, Alfa Film, 1961
• Suzy Dalton, Auf Wiedersehen (also known as Drei gegen Amerika), Alfa Film, 1961
• Nachts ging das Telefon (also known as The Phone Rings Every Night), Astra-Film, 1962
• Ariane, Un chien dans un jeu de quilles (also known as Uno sconosciuto nel mio letto), 1962
• Brigitte, Les bricoleurs (also known as Who Stole the Body?), Felix Films/Films E.G.E., 1962
• Renate, Das Maedchen und der Staatsanwalt, Winston, 1962
• Elke, Sweet Ecstasy (also known as Sweet Violence, Violent Ecstasy, and Douce violence), Audubon, 1962
• Bahia de Palma, Este Films, 1962
• Helga, The Victors, Columbia, 1963
• Inger Lisa Andersen, The Prize, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1963
• Girl, Seduction by the Sea (also known as Ostrva and Verfuehrung am Meer), Europix, 1963
• Denn die Musik und die Liebe in Tirol, Music House, 1963
• Wenn Man Baden Geht auf Teneriffa, 1964
• Maria Gambrelli, A Shot in the Dark, United Artists, 1964
• Seven Tons of Gunfire, 1964
• Ingrid, Don't Bother to Knock (also known as Why Bother to Knock), Seven Arts, 1964
• Lisa Baron, The Money Trap, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1965
• Hotel der Toten Gaeste (also known as El enigma de los Cornell and El extrano caso de Lucy Cornell), Tandem Films, 1965
• Nikki, The Art of Love, Universal, 1965
• Ulla, "Il trattato di Eugenetica," Le bambole! (also known as The Dolls, Les poupees, and Four Kinds of Love), Columbia, 1965
• Kay Bergdahl, The Oscar, Embassy, 1966
• Annie, Frontier Hellcat (also known as Among Vultures, La dove scende il sole, Medju jastrebovima, Parmi les vautours, and Unter Geiern), Columbia, 1966
• Didi, Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!, United Artists, 1966
• Sandra Fane, The Venetian Affair (also known as Mitternacht Canale Grande), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1967
• Irma Eckman, Deadlier than the Male, Universal, 1967
• Lily, The Corrupt Ones (also known as Hell to Macao, ThePeking Medallion, Les corrompus, Die Hoelle von Macao, andIl sigillo de Pekino), Warner Bros., 1967
• Title role, The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz, United Artists, 1968
• Zari, The Invincible Six (also known as The Heroes), Continental, 1968
• Ann, They Came to Rob Las Vegas (also known as An einem Freitagin Las Vegas, Las Vegas, 500 millones, Our Man in Las Vegas, Les hommes de Las Vegas, and Radiografia di un colpo d'oro),Warner Bros., 1969
• Linka Karensky, The Wrecking Crew, Columbia, 1969
• Helga, Percy, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1971
• Frau Dr. Ericka Altschul, Zeppelin, Warner Bros., 1971
• Eva Arnold, Baron Blood (also known as The Blood Baron, Chamber of Tortures, The Thirst of Baron Blood, The Torture Chamber of Baron Blood, and Gli orrori del castello di Norimberga), American International Pictures, 1972
• Lisa Reiner, Lisa and the Devil (also known as The Devil and the Dead, The Devil in the House of Exorcism, The House of Exorcism, La casa dell'esorcismo, El diablo se lleva a los muertos, Il diavolo e i morti, Der Teuflishce, and Lisa e il diavolo), Wormser, 1972
• Toni Simon, Die Reise nach Wien, 1973
• Clarissa, It's Not the Size That Counts (also known as Percy'sProgress), Joseph Brenner, 1974
• Miezi, One or the Other of Us (also known as Einer von uns beiden), Divina-Film/Roxy Film, 1974
• Vera Clyde, Ten Little Indians (also known as And Then There Were None, Diez Negritos, ... e poi non ne rimase nessuno, Dix petits negres, Zehn kleine Negerlein, and Ein UnbekannterRechnet ab), Avco-Embassy, 1975
• Professor Anna Vrooshak, Carry On Behind, J. Arthur Rank, 1975
• One Away, 1976
• Pronto ad uccidere (also known as Meet Him and Die), 1976
• Christa Sonntag, Das Netz (also known as The Net), Roxy Films, 1976
• Magdalene Kruschen, I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses (also known as Drop Dead, Dearest and Left for Dead), Astral, 1978
• Rita Jensen, The Swiss Conspiracy (also known as Per Saldo Mord), Warner Bros., 1979
• Prime Minister Kura, The Double McGuffin, Mulberry Square, 1979
• The Countess, The Prisoner of Zenda, Universal, 1979
• Ursula, The Treasure Seekers (also known as Contraband, Forty Million Bucks, Jamaican Gold, and On a Dead Man's Chest), Halart Productions, 1979
• Miss Pelham, A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (also known asThe Big Scam, The Biggest Bank Robbery, and The Mayfair BankCaper), 1979
• Exit Sunset Boulevard, 1980
• Der Mann im Pyjama, 1981
• Lou Parker, Cathy (also known as Death Threat, No One Cries Forever, and Niemand Weint fuer Immer), 1984
• Chris Hartman, Invisible Strangler (also known as The Astral Factor), Seymour Borde, 1984
• Jerry Silber (some sources say Alice), Lily in Love (also known asPlaying for Keeps and Jatszani Kell), New Line Cinema, 1985
• Kris Patterson, Death Stone (also known as Der Stein des Todes), RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, 1986
• Herself, Hollywood Ghost Stories, 1986
• Helga Muenzel, Himmelsheim (also known as Himmelsheim/F13),Journal Film/Maran Film, 1989
• Army, 1991
• Helena Harrison, Severed Ties, Columbia/TriStar Home Video, 1992
• Dangerous Cargo, 1996
• Jutta, Alles nur Tarnung, 1996
• Frau Lust, Flashback-Morderische Ferien, Concorde Filmverleih GmbH, 2000
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Herself, Forever Fernwood, 1977
• Host, Painting with Elke Sommer, PBS, 1985
• Host, The Exciting World of Speed & Beauty, TNN, 1989
• Anna Hansen, Destiny Ridge (also known as The New Destiny Ridge), CanWest Global, 1993-1994
• Movies
• Le chien, 1962
• Heideline "Uli" Ullman, Probe (also known as Search), NBC,1972
• Columbo: The Most Dangerous Match, NBC, 1973
• Nicht von gestern, 1977
• Left for Dead, 1978
• Rebecca Wayne, Stunt Seven (also known as Steel Glory and The Fantastic Seven), CBS, 1979
• Eva Heggener, The Top of the Hill, syndicated, 1980
• Magda Goebbels, Inside the Third Reich, ABC, 1982
• Andrea Paretti, Nicht mit uns, 2000
• Miniseries
• Lida Baarova, The Winds of War, 1983
• Eva Gruenberg, Jenny's War, HTV and Operation Prime Time, 1985
• Charlotte, Peter the Great, NBC, 1986
• Isabel Von Hohenstauffen, Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna, NBC, 1986
• Episodic
• The Andy Williams Show, 1966
• Guest panelist, The Hollywood Squares, 1972
• Guest panelist, The Hollywood Squares, 1976
• Herself, The Muppet Show, syndicated, 1978
• Guest panelist, The Hollywood Squares, 1978
• Fernwood 2-Night, syndicated, 1978
• Benita James, "This Year's Model/The Model Marriage/Vogue Rouge/Too Clothes for Comfort/Original Sin: Parts 1 & 2," Love Boat, ABC, 1981
• Herself, "Wetten, dass ... ? aus Mainz," Wetten, dass ... , 1983
• "Brand New Bag," St. Elsewhere, NBC, 1986
• Herself, "Wetten, dass ... ? aus Ludwigshafen," Wetten, dass ... ,1987
• Florian III, 1993
• Also appeared as Inga Van Damme, "Vicki and the Fugitive/Lady in the Window/Stolen Years/Dutch Treat: Parts 1 & 2," Love Boat, ABC; guest player, Body Language; Isabella Scattini, "Der Star," Happy Holiday; in Schmidteinander; Gisbert.
• Specials
• Elke, CBS, 1971
• Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes, CBS, 1978
• Circus of the Stars #4, 1979
• Host, Elke Sommer's World of Speed and Beauty, syndicated, 1984
• Dom DeLuise and Friends, Part IV, ABC, 1986
• Headmistress Bruno Van Kleff, Neat and Tidy (also known as Adventures beyond Belief), syndicated, 1986
• Herself, Last Days of Sharon Tate: The E! True Hollywood Story, E!Entertainment Television, 1999
• Stage Appearances
• The Milliken Breakfast Show, 1980
• Also appeared in Born Yesterday, Europe; Seascape, Chicago,IL; Woman of the Year; and Cactus Flower.
• WRITINGS
• Television Series
• Painting with Elke Sommer, PBS, 1985

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

• Segrave, Kerry, and Linda Martin, The Continental Actress; European Film Stars of the Postwar Era: Biographies, Criticisms, Filmographies and Bibliographies, McFarland & Company (New York City), 1990

Periodicals

• People Weekly, December 20, 1993, p. 92