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Elke Sommer
February 13th 2008 02:09
Elke Sommer
Elke Sommer was born on November 5, 1940 in Berlin.
She made her first film in 1959.It starred Vittorio De Sica, (director of 1948's The Bicycle Thief), whom she said discovered her while she and her mother were eating at a restaurant.
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She acted in another 15 or twenty films, in German, Italian and English before her role in The Victors in 1963.
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In The Victors she acted with Vince Edwards, Albert Finney, George Hamilton, Melina Mercouri, Jeanne Moreau, George Peppard, Peter Fonda, Eli Wallach and Romy Schneider.
Then came The Prize with Paul Newman, youtube and A Shot in the Dark in 1964. You can hear her sing at Youtube in a tribute to Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau,
That year she won the Golden Globe for most promising newcomer, Female, over Ursula Andress for Dr. No and Tippi Hedren for The Birds.
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In May 1964 Time Magazine wrote, in part, “From Rome's Cinecitta to Hollywood, yesteryear's Latin and Anglo-Saxon actresses are being challenged by such talented Teutons as Romy Schneider, Elke Sommer, Nadja Tiller and Senta Berger. “
Elke continued to make appearances over the next few decades, but concentrated more on her painting.
Elke Sommer
Elke
In December 1993 there was a rather bizarre lawsuit involving Zsa Zsa Gabor and her husband. Zsa Zsa had to pay Elke a sum variously reported as between one million and 3.3 million dollars for “catty” comments.
Rumor has it that a feud began between the women when Elke said that Zsa Zsa had a large behind. Then Zsa Zsa said Elke's career was over.
Then Zsa Zsa's husband said that Elke had said “All German men are pigs.”
The payment of the lawsuit may have forced Zsa Zsa into bankruptcy.
You can see Elke's art here
elke Art
She definitely was one of the lovlier of the sixties sex xymbols...
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chuckle,
Maybe we're both getting older....or, maybe, it was just more fun when the gals wore more, but flirtatiously, and they did have talent....
I thought Elke was terrific at delivering a line, just very funny, in "A Shot In The Dark"...
Not to say that there aren't some fun sex symbols now....but, who?
Theresa
Comment by irena
I have a question: I have heard that Elke had a romance/ relation with her art agent in the eighties named William Mett, and spent much time at his home in Hawaii, I have heard that they were seen intimately kissing etc. at the time, but it is never mentioned anywhere.
Do any of you know ? It seems strange.