Godspeed Elke Sommer

Elke Sommer, who appeared in such movies as A Shot in the Dark (1964) and The Wrecking Crw (1969), died on October 28, 2026, at the age of 85. Elke Sommer was born Elke Schletz in Berlin on November 5, 1940. Her father, a Lutheran minister, died when she was 14. When she was 17 she worked for a year as an au pair in London. It was while she was vacationing in Viareggo, Italy with her mother that she was declared the winner of a beauty contest while sitting in a cafe. Her picture appeared in the local paper. This led to her being cast in The Friend of the Jaguar (1959). Director Vittorio De Sica took notice of her and cast her in Men and Noblemen (1959). In the late Fifties, she appeared in the films Ragazzi del Juke-Box (1959), The Death Ship (1959), The Day the Rains Came (1959), La Pica sul Pacifico (1959), Stage Fright (1960), Howlers in the Dock (1960), Heaven, Love and Twine (1960). The Warrior Empress (1960), and Femmine di lusso (1960). It was in 1961 that Eke Sommer appeared…

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