Elke Sommer in The Oscar

Elke Sommer [IPA: ɛlkə zɔmɐ] (born 5 November 1940) is a German born actress, entertainer, and artist. Image File history File links Osommer. ... Image File history File links Osommer. ... November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 56 days remaining. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... An entertainer is someone who is hired to entertain people. ... Look up artist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Sommer was born as Elke Schletz in Berlin. She started appearing in films in Italy in the late 1950s. She quickly became a noted sex symbol and moved to Hollywood in the early 1960s. Berlin is the capital city and one of the sixteen federal states of Germany. ... Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... The 1950s was the decade spanning the years 1950 to 1959. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ...

She became one of the most popular pin-up girls of the time, and posed for several pictorials in Playboy Magazine. This image of Betty Grable became the archetype of pin-ups during World War II A pin-up girl or pin-up model is a model whose mass-produced pictures see wide appeal as pop culture. ... Playboy is an American adult entertainment magazine, founded in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, which has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc. ...

She became one of the top movie actresses of the 1960s and made 99 movie and television appearances between 1959 and 2005, including A Shot in the Dark (1964) with Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau, The Art of Love (1965) with James Garner and Dick Van Dyke, The Oscar (1966) with Stephen Boyd, Boy, Did I Get A Wrong Number! (1966) with Bob Hope, the Bulldog Drummond extravaganza Deadlier Than the Male (1966), and The Wrecking Crew (1969) with Dean Martin; Sommer was the leading lady in each of these films. A Shot in the Dark is a 1964 film directed by Blake Edwards and is the second installment (and considered by many to be the best) in the Pink Panther series. ... This is about the British actor; for the American director, see Peter Sellars. ... Inspector Jacques Clouseau is a bumbling fictional French detective who was a character in the Blake Edwardss Pink Panther series. ... The Art of Love (1965) is a movie comedy about an American artist in Paris who fakes his own death in order to increase the worth of his paintings (new paintings keep posthumously hitting the market). ... James Garner (born Norman, Oklahoma, April 7, 1928) is an American film and television actor of partially Cherokee Indian descent. ... Richard Wayne Van Dyke (born Penis Van Lesbian on December 13, 1925 in West Plains, Missouri), is an American television and movie actor. ... Stephen Boyd Stephen Boyd (born William Millar, July 4, 1931 – June 2, 1977) - was an Irish actor, born in Glengormley in Northern Ireland, who starred in over fifty films. ... Boy, Did I Get A Wrong Number!, a 1966 movie comedy, features a gorgeous actress named Didi (Elke Sommer) whos become more famous for commercials involving bubble baths than for acting. ... Bob Hope, KBE, KCSG, (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003), born Leslie Townes Hope, was a famous British-born American entertainer who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, on radio and television, in movies, and in performing tours for U.S. Military personnel. ... Bulldog Drummond is a British fictional character created by Sapper, a pseudonym of H. C. McNeile (1888-1937), in imitation of the hard boiled noir-style detectives appearing in contemporary American fiction. ... Deadlier Than the Male is one of the many take-offs of James Bond 007 produced during the 1960s. ... The Wrecking Crew is the name of a 1969 motion picture, the fourth film adventure of secret agent Matt Helm and also the name of a 1999 motion picture staring Ice-T and Snoop Dogg. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

She also performed as a singer, making several LP records. Ercole de Roberti: Concert, c. ... The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour (1967) as a 33 â…“ LP vinyl record A gramophone record (also phonograph record, or simply record) is an analogue sound recording medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed modulated spiral groove starting near the periphery and ending near the centre of the disc. ...

Elke Sommer in "The Victors" (1963)

In 1975, Peter Rogers cast her in Carry On Behind as Russian professor Vrooshka. She became the Carry On's highest paid performer, at £30,000 (a honour shared with Phil Silvers for Follow That Camel) Image File history File links Elke_Sommer_The_Victors_1963. ... Image File history File links Elke_Sommer_The_Victors_1963. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Peter Rogers (born 20 February 1914 in Rochester, Kent) is a British film producer. ... Carry On Behind is a 1975 film in the British Carry On series of comedies. ... The Carry On films were a long-running series of British popular low-budget comedy films, directed by Gerald Thomas and produced by Peter Rogers. ... For details of notes and coins, see British coinage and British banknotes. ... Phil Silvers TV Guide cover Phil Silvers (May 11, 1911 – November 1, 1985) was an American entertainer and comedy actor. ... Follow That Camel is the fourteenth Carry On film (and, like its predecessor, does not have the words Carry On in its original title). ...

While continuing to act sometimes, since the 1990s she has concentrated on painting. As an actress she worked in half a dozen countries learning the language (she speaks seven different languages) and storing up images which she would later express on canvas. Her artwork shows strong influence from Marc Chagall. As of 2004, she lives in Los Angeles, California. See also 1990s, the band The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive, sometimes informally including popular culture from the late 1980s and shortly after the year 2000. ... The Mona Lisa is one of the most recognizable artistic paintings in the Western world. ... Marc Chagall as photographed in 1941 by Carl Van Vechten. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: City of Angels Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: State California County Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Area    - City 1,290. ...

External links

• Elke Sommer Artworks
• Elke Sommer at the Internet Movie Database