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'' sequel '' A Shot in the Dark'' (1964), the Bob Hope comedy '' Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!'' (1966), Agatha Christie's ''

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'' (1974), and the British ''

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'' series in ''

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'' (1975).

Early life

Sommer was born in

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to Baron Peter von Schletz, a

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minister, and his wife Renata, ''née'' Topp. During the Second World War (in 1942), the family was evacuated to Niederndorf, a village near

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, a small university town in

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, where she attended a university-preparatory high school. Her father died when she was 14 years old. She passed her college entrance exam. After this, she moved to the UK to work as an

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(to now actress Vicki Michelle from among other radio, films and TV including BBC sitcom Allo Allo) in order to earn a living and to perfect her English. There, she also received some training as an interpreter.

Career

Discovery

Sommer was spotted by film director

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while on holiday in Italy, and she began appearing in films there in 1958. Also that year, she changed her surname from Schletz to Sommer. She soon became a sex symbol and moved to Hollywood in the early 1960s. Sommer became one of the more popular

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s of the time, posing for pictorials in the September 1964 and December 1967 issues of ''

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'' magazine.

The 1960s

Sommer became one of the top film actresses of the 1960s. She made 99 film and television appearances from 1959 to 2005, including '' A Shot in the Dark'' (1964) with

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, '' The Art of Love'' (1965) with

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and

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, ''

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'' (1966) with

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, '' Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!'' (1966) with

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, the

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extravaganza ''

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'' (1966), '' The Wrecking Crew'' (1968) with

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, and ''

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'' (1968); in each of these films she was the leading lady. In 1964, she won a

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award as Most Promising Newcomer Actress for '' The Prize'', a film in which she co-starred with

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and

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A frequent guest on television, Sommer sang and participated in comedy sketches on episodes of ''

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'' and on Bob Hope specials, made 10 appearances on ''

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'', and was a panelist on the ''

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'' game show many times between 1973 and 1980, when

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was its host.

The 1970s

Sommer's films during the 1970s included the thriller ''

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'', in which she co-starred with

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, and a 1974 remake of

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's murder mystery ''

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''. In 1972, she starred in two Italian horror films directed by

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: ''

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'' and ''

Lisa and the Devil ''Lisa and the Devil'' is a 1974 horror film directed by Mario Bava. The film was first released in Spain as ''El diablo se lleva a los muertos'' (''The Devil Takes the Dead'') and stars Elke Sommer as a young tourist who loses her way in Toledo ...

''. The latter was re-edited (with 1975 footage inserted) to make a different film titled ''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,

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cast her in the British comedy ''

'' as the Russian Professor Vrooshka. She became the ''

'' films' joint highest-paid performer, at £30,000; this was an honour that she shared with

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(who starred in ''

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''). Most of her movie work during the decade came in European films. After the 1979 comedy ''

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'', which reunited her with Sellers, the actress did virtually no more acting in Hollywood films, concentrating more on her artwork. Sommer also performed as a singer, recording and releasing several albums.

Later work

In the 1980s, Sommer hosted a syndicated programme titled ''The Exciting World of Speed and Beauty''. After the 1990s, Sommer concentrated more on painting than on acting. As an actress, she had worked in half a dozen countries learning the languages (she speaks seven languages) and storing images which she has expressed on canvas. Her artwork shows a strong influence from

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. Sommer was embroiled in a long-running feud with

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that began in 1984 when both appeared on ''

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''. This had escalated into a multimillion-dollar libel suit by 1993, resulting in Sommer being awarded $3.3 million in damages from Gabor and her husband, Frederick von Anhalt, for defaming her in interviews published in a pair of German publications in 1990.Bob Pool
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''

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'', 9 December 1993; accessed 15 January 2011. In 2001, a Golden Palm Star on the

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was dedicated to her. Sommer also provided the voice of

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in the German version of

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Personal life

In 1964, Sommer married Hollywood columnist

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(1923–2008), who was 17 years her senior, in Las Vegas. They later divorced, and she met Wolf Walther, eight years her junior and the managing director of a luxury hotel, Essex House in New York City. They were married on 29 August 1993 in

. In a 2014 interview, Sommer described how she and Walther met:

I was in New York City starring in '' Tamara'' and had to stay there for four months. So, I had to find an apartment but they were excruciatingly expensive, tiny and loud. As I knew the managing director of the Essex House, I wanted to talk to him about renting a room but the hotel had a new managing director, a man by the name of Wolf Walther. So we met. For him, it was love at first sight. For me, it took a little longer, but not much longer. As you may know, ''Tamara'' is a play in which the audience follows the actor of their choice, and as you may also know, my husband is 6'5" and hard to miss. I saw him every night in the audience, following me. Every night. And that was the beginning of the greatest love story of my life, still unfolding and getting better by the day.

As of May 2017, Sommer was living in

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Selected filmography

* ''

The Friend of the Jaguar ''The Friend of the Jaguar'' (Italian: ''L'amico del giaguaro'') is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Giuseppe Bennati and starring Walter Chiari, Isabelle Corey and Carlo Romano. The film's sets were designed by the art director Piero Filipp ...

'' (1959) – Grete * ''

Men and Noblemen ''Men and Noblemen'' ( it, Uomini e nobiluomini) is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Bianchi and starring Vittorio De Sica. Plot Cast * Vittorio De Sica as Marquis Nicola Peccoli Macinelli di Afragola * Antonio Cifariello ...

'' (1959) – Caterina * ''

Ragazzi del Juke-Box ''Ragazzi del Juke-Box'' (a.k.a. ''Juke-Box Kids'') is a 1959 Italian "musicarello" film directed (and co-written) by Lucio Fulci and starring Mario Carotenuto, Elke Sommer and Anthony Steffen. Lucio Fulci has a cameo in the film as a festival or ...

'' (1959) – Giulia Cesari * ''

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'' (1959) – Mylene, ein Französisches Mädchen * '' The Day the Rains Came'' (1959) – Ellen * '' La Pica sul Pacifico'' (1959) – Rossana * ''

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'' (1960) – Evelyne * ''

Howlers in the Dock ''Howlers in the Dock'' ( it, Urlatori alla sbarra) is a 1960 Italian "musicarello" film directed (and co-written) by Lucio Fulci. It is also known as ''Howlers of the Dock'' in some reference books. The film was shown on Italian TV under a longer ...

'' (1960) – Giulia Giommarelli * ''

Heaven, Love and Twine ''Heaven, Love and Twine'' (German: ''Himmel, Amor und Zwirn'') is a 1960 West German comedy film directed by Ulrich Erfurth and starring Hartmut Reck, Ann Smyrner and Hannelore Schroth. It is based on the 1952 novel of the same title by Thomas W ...

'' (1960) – Eva * ''

The Warrior Empress ''The Warrior Empress'' (Italian: ''Saffo - Venere di Lesbo'') is a 1960 Italian-French peplum film directed by Pietro Francisci and starring Kerwin Mathews, Tina Louise Tina Louise ( Blacker; born February 11, 1934) is an American actress wid ...

'' (1960) * ''

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'' (1960) – Greta * ' (1961) – Britta * ''

Daniella by Night ''Daniella by Night'' (French: ''De quoi tu te mêles Daniela!'', German: ''Zarte Haut in schwarzer Seide'') is a 1961 French-West German spy thriller film directed by Max Pécas and starring Elke Sommer, Ivan Desny and Danik Patisson. It was b ...

'' (1961) – Daniella * ''

Don't Bother to Knock ''Don't Bother to Knock'' is a 1952 American psychological film noir thriller starring Richard Widmark and Marilyn Monroe and directed by Roy Ward Baker. The screenplay was written by Daniel Taradash, based on the 1951 novel ''Mischief'' b ...

'' (1961) – Ingrid * ''

Beloved Impostor ''Beloved Impostor'' (German: ''Geliebte Hochstaplerin'') is a 1961 German comedy film directed by Ákos Ráthonyi and starring Nadja Tiller, Walter Giller, Elke Sommer and Dietmar Schönherr. It is based on a play by Jacques Deval. The film's ...

'' (1961) – Barbara Shadwell * '' Auf Wiedersehen'' (1961) – Suzy Dalton * ''

Café Oriental ''Café Oriental'' is a 1962 German musical comedy film directed by Rudolf Schündler and starring Elke Sommer, Jerome Courtland, Trude Herr, and Bill Ramsey. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Paul Markwitz and Wilhelm Vorwerg. ...

'' (1962) – Sylvia * '' Douce violence'' (1962) – Elke * ''

Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt ''Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt'' ("The Girl and the Prosecutor") is a 1962 German drama film directed by Jürgen Goslar and starring Wolfgang Preiss, Götz George and Elke Sommer. Cast * Wolfgang Preiss as Staatsanwalt Soldan * Elke Somm ...

'' (1962) – Renate Hecker * ''Un chien dans un jeu de quilles'' (1962) – Ariane * ''Bahía de Palma'' (1962) – Olga * ''

The Phone Rings Every Night ''The Phone Rings Every Night'' (german: Nachts ging das Telefon) is a 1962 German drama film directed by Géza von Cziffra and starring Ingrid Andree, Karin Heske and Elke Sommer. Two rival gangs clash on a yacht in Saint-Tropez. Cast In alpha ...

'' (1962) – Tochter Mabel Meyer * ''

Les Bricoleurs ''Les bricoleurs'' (''The Handymen'') is a 1963 French thriller film directed by Jean Girault and starring Francis Blanche, Darry Cowl, Elke Sommer and Jacqueline Maillan. It was released as ''Who Stole the Body?'' in the United States. Premise ...

'' (1963) – Brigitte * ''

Ostrva ''Ostrva'' (german: Verführung am Meer) is a 1963 German- Yugoslav drama film directed by Jovan Zivanovic and starring Peter Van Eyck, Elke Sommer, Blazenka Katalinic and Tori Jankovic. A young recently divorced German tourist is hired by a ...

'' (1963) – Eva * ''

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'' (1963) – Helga Metzger * '' ...denn die Musik und die Liebe in Tirol'' (1963) * '' The Prize'' (1963) – Inger Lisa Andersson * '' A Shot in the Dark'' (1964) – Maria Gambrelli * ''

Among Vultures ''Among Vultures'' (German: ''Unter Geiern'') is a 1964 Western film directed by Alfred Vohrer and starring Stewart Granger, Pierre Brice, Elke Sommer and Götz George. It was also released as ''Frontier Hellcat''. The film was a co-production ...

'' (1964) – Annie Dillman * ''

Le bambole ''Le bambole'' (U.S. title: ''The Dolls'', UK title: ''Four Kinds of Love'') is a 1965 Italian comedy film in four segments; starring Nino Manfredi, Virna Lisi, Elke Sommer, and Mario Montuori. The four vignettes—The Telephone Call (La telefon ...

'' (1965, UK title: ''Four Kinds of Love'') – Ulla (segment "Il Trattato di Eugenetica") * '' The Art of Love'' (1965) – Nikki Dunnay * ''

The Money Trap ''The Money Trap'' is a 1965 American crime drama film directed by Burt Kennedy, written by Walter Bernstein based on the novel of the same name by Lionel White, and starring Glenn Ford, Elke Sommer, and Rita Hayworth. The supporting cast featur ...

'' (1965) – Lisa Baron * ''

Hotel der toten Gäste ''Hotel der toten Gäste'' is a 1965 German thriller film directed by Eberhard Itzenplitz and starring Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Dor, Frank Latimore, Wolfgang Kieling and Elke Sommer. The police are called to a hotel, filled with visitors in to ...

'' (1965) – Herself * ''

'' (1966) – Kay Bergdahl * '' Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!'' (1966) – Didi * '' The Venetian Affair'' (1966) – Sandra Fane * ''

The Peking Medallion ''The Peking Medallion'', also called ''The Corrupt Ones'', is a 1967 crime film directed by James Hill, starring Elke Sommer, Robert Stack, Nancy Kwan and Werner Peters. The film was a co-production between France, Italy and West Germany althoug ...

'' (1967, a.k.a. The Corrupt Ones) – Lilly Mancini * ''

'' (1967) – Irma Eckman * ''

'' (1968) – Paula Schultz * ''

They Came to Rob Las Vegas ''They Came to Rob Las Vegas'' is a 1968 crime film directed by Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi and starring Gary Lockwood, Elke Sommer, Lee J. Cobb, and Jack Palance. The screenplay concerns a crime outfit who plan a heist to rob a hi-tech truck con ...

'' (1968) – Ann Bennett * '' The Wrecking Crew'' (1969) – Linka Karensky * ''

The Invincible Six ''The Invincible Six'' is a 1970 US, American-Iranian adventure film directed by Jean Negulesco and starring Stuart Whitman, Elke Sommer, Curd Jürgens, and Ian Ogilvy. Six international criminals attempt to steal the Iranian Crown Jewels, crown ...

'' (1970) – Zari * ''

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'' (1971) – Helga * ''

'' (1971) – Erika Altschul * '' Probe'' (1972, TV movie) – Heideline 'Uli' Ullman * ''

'' (1972) – Eva Arnold * ''

Trip to Vienna ''Trip to Vienna'' (german: Die Reise nach Wien) is a 1973 German drama film directed by Edgar Reitz and starring Elke Sommer, Hannelore Elsner and Mario Adorf. During the closing months of the Second World War, two small-town German women dis ...

'' (1973) – Toni Simon * ''

'' (1973) – Lisa Reiner / Elena * ''

One or the Other of Us ''One or the Other of Us'' () is a 1974 West German film directed by Wolfgang Petersen. It was Petersen's first theatrical feature film, and was based on the novel of the same name by Horst Bosetzky, published anonymously under his pseudonym -ky. ...

'' (1974) – Miezi * ''

Percy's Progress ''Percy's Progress'' is a 1974 British comedy film directed by Ralph Thomas. It was written by Sid Colin, Harry H. Corbett and Ian La Frenais. It was released in the United States under the title ''It's Not the Size That Counts''. The US ve ...

'' (1974) – Clarissa * ''

'' (1974, also known as ''And Then There Were None'') – Vera Clyde * ''

'' (1975) – Professor Anna Vooshka * '' The Net'' (1975) – Christa Sonntag * ''

The Swiss Conspiracy ''The Swiss Conspiracy'' is a 1976 action film directed by Jack Arnold and starring David Janssen, Senta Berger and Elke Sommer. It was co-produced between West Germany and the United States. Plot A Swiss bank learns that the confidentiality of ...

'' (1976) – Rita Jensen * ''

Meet Him and Die ''Meet Him and Die'' ( it, Pronto ad uccidere) is a 1976 film directed by Franco Prosperi and starring Ray Lovelock, Martin Balsam and Elke Sommer. Cast * Ray Lovelock - Massimo Torlani * Martin Balsam - Giulianelli * Elke Sommer - Secretary ...

'' (1976) – Perrone's Secretary * '' One Away'' (1976) – Elsa * ''

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'' (1978) – Chris Hartman (re-released as ''The Invisible Strangler'' in 1984) * ''

I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses ''I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses'' (also known as ''Drop Dead, Dearest'' and ''Left for Dead'') is a 1978 Canadian drama mystery film based on the Peter Demeter murder case. The film is one of the infamous "Video Nasties Video nasty is a colloqui ...

'' (1978, also known as ''Drop Dead Dearest'') – Magdalene Kruschen * ''

'' (1979) – The Countess * ''Stunt Seven'' (1979, TV movie) – Rebecca Wayne * ''

The Double McGuffin ''The Double McGuffin'' is a 1979 American mystery film written and directed by Joe Camp. The film stars Ernest Borgnine and George Kennedy. Elke Sommer and NFL stars Ed 'Too Tall' Jones and Lyle Alzado also appear in smaller roles. The film al ...

'' (1979) – Madame Kura * '' The Treasure Seekers'' (1979) – Ursula * ''

A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" is a British romantic popular song written in 1939 and published in 1940, with lyrics by Eric Maschwitz and music by Manning Sherwin. Setting Berkeley Square is a large leafy square in Mayfair, a part ...

'' (1979) – Miss Pelham * ''Top of the Hill'' (1980, TV movie) – Eva Heggener * ''

Exit Sunset Boulevard ''Exit Sunset Boulevard'' is a 1980 German drama film written and directed by Bastian Clevé and starring Rüdiger Kuhlbrodt and Azizi Johari, and as guest Elke Sommer. The film takes its name from Sunset Boulevard. Plot A German man (Rüdiger K ...

'' (1980) – Frau Lachmann * ''

The Man in Pyjamas ''The Man in Pyjamas'' (German: ''Der Mann im Pyjama'') is a 1981 West German comedy film directed by Christian Rateuke and Hartmann Schmige, starring Otto Sander and Elke Sommer. The film won the Ernst Lubitsch Award for best actor (Sander). ...

'' (1981) – Frau Lachmann * ''

Inside the Third Reich ''Inside the Third Reich'' (german: Erinnerungen, "Memories") is a memoir written by Albert Speer, the Nazi Minister of Armaments from 1942 to 1945, serving as Adolf Hitler's main architect before this period. It is considered to be one of the ...

'' (1982, TV movie) – Magda Goebbels * ''

Lily in Love ''Lily in Love'' (alternative English title: ''Playing for Keeps'', Hungarian title: ''Játszani kell'') is a 1984 Hungarian-American co-production in English starring Christopher Plummer, Maggie Smith and Elke Sommer and directed by Károly Mak ...

'' (1984) – Alicia Braun * ' (1984) – Lou Parker * ''

Jenny's War ''Jenny's War'' is a 1985 war television serial set during World War II, made by HTV in association with Columbia Pictures Television. It is directed by and written by Steve Gethers. The screenplay is based on the novel with the same name of Ja ...

'' (1985, TV series) – Eva Gruenberg * ''The Exciting World Of Speed And Beauty'' (syndicated; 1980s) - Herself * ''

Peter the Great Peter I ( – ), most commonly known as Peter the Great,) or Pyotr Alekséyevich ( rus, Пётр Алексе́евич, p=ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ, , group=pron was a Russian monarch who ruled the Tsardom of Russia from t ...

'' (1986, TV mini-series) – Charlotte * '' St. Elsewhere'' (1986, TV series) – Natasha * '' Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna'' (1986, TV movie) – Isabel Von Hohenstauffen * ''

Death Stone ''Death Stone'' (german: Der Stein des Todes) is a 1987 German- Sri-Lankan action film directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb and starring Albert Fortell, Heather Thomas, Elke Sommer, and Brad Harris. It was also released as ''Perahera'' and ''Jungle ...

'' (1987) – Kris Patterson * ''Adventures Beyond Belief'' (1988, TV series) – Headmistress Bruno von Kleff * ''

Himmelsheim ''Himmelsheim'' is a 1989 German comedy film directed by and starring Elke Sommer, Sigi Zimmerschied and Hanns Zischler. Cast * Elke Sommer – Helga Muenzel * Sigi Zimmerschied – Toni * Hanns Zischler Hanns Zischler (born 18 June 1947) is ...

'' (1988) – Helga Münzel * ''

Severed Ties ''Severed Ties'' is the debut studio album by Australian post-hardcore band the Amity Affliction. It was released on 4 October 2008 through Boomtown Records, which debuted at No. 26 on the ARIA Charts, ARIA Albums Chart, and No. 6 on ...

'' (1992) – Helena Harrison * '' Counterstrike'' (1992, TV series) – Anita Duvalier * ''Happy Holiday'' (1993, TV series) – Isabella Scattini * ''

Destiny Ridge ''Destiny Ridge'' is a Canadian television drama series, which aired on Global in the 1990s. Produced by Atlantis Communications and Great North Productions in conjunction with a German firm, the series premiered on November 29, 1993."Can't beat ...

'' (1993, TV series) – Anna * ''Florian III'' (1994, TV series) – Sonja Carpenter * ''Life Is a Bluff'' (1996) – Jutta * ''Double Game with Anne – Gotta have it'' (1998) * ''

Gisbert Gisbert is a surname of Catalan origin. People with the surname * Blaise Gisbert (1657–1731), French Jesuit rhetorician and critic * Antonio Gisbert (1834–1901), Spanish artist * Teresa Gisbert (1926–2018), Bolivian architect and historia ...

'' (1999, TV series) * ''Doppeltes Spiel mit Anne'' (1999) – Frau Lorenz * ' (2000) – Frau Lust * ''Nicht mit uns'' (2000, TV movie) – Andrea Paretti * ''Reblaus'' (2005, TV movie) – Maria Rüppel * ''Ewig rauschen die Gelder'' (2005, TV movie) – Frau von Korff * ' (2010) – Alfi Seliger's mother * ''A Thousand Kisses'' (2017, animated short) – Nette (voice)

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Elke Sommer
at Virtual History
Elke Sommer
at the German Dubbing Card Index {{DEFAULTSORT:Sommer, Elke 1940 births 20th-century German actresses 21st-century German actresses Actresses from Berlin German baronesses German women singers German film actresses German Lutherans German television actresses Living people Musicians from Berlin New Star of the Year (Actress) Golden Globe winners People from Erlangen