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Elke Sommer is a German actress. She appeared in numerous films throughout the 1960s and 1970s, including roles in The Pink Panther sequel A Shot in the Dark (1964), the Bob Hope comedy Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966), Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None (1974), and the British Carry On series in Carry On Behind (1975).

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culture · German actress (born 1940) · actor · singer · model · painter · also Elke Sommer, Sommer

Born 5 November 1940 · Q241115

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Won Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress for The Prize (1964).
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Jul 30, 2026Documented record75% confidence

Public attention spiked: 3,656 Wikipedia readers in one day, 8.2× the usual 445, with 0 article edits.

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Jul 25, 2026Documented record75% confidence

Public attention spiked: 4,901 Wikipedia readers in one day, 11× the usual 445, with 0 article edits.

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2014· 1 entry

2014Source gives the year onlyDocumented record72% confidence

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

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2001· 1 entry

2001Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

A Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars was dedicated to her

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1989· 1 entry

1989Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Met Wolf Walther, eight years her junior and the managing director of a luxury hotel, Essex House, in New York City

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1984· 1 entry

1984Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

When both appeared on Circus of the Stars

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1981· 1 entry

1981Source gives the year onlyDocumented record72% confidence

Hyams filed for divorce from Sommer in 1981.

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1975· 2 entries

1975Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Peter Rogers cast her in the British comedy Carry On Behind as the Russian Professor Vrooshka

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1975Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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

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1972· 1 entry

1972Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Starred in two Italian horror films directed by Mario Bava: Baron Blood and Lisa and the Devil

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1964· 3 entries

Jun 15, 1964Documented record84% confidence

Won Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress for The Prize (1964).

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1964Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Sommer married Hollywood columnist Joe Hyams, who was 17 years her senior, in Las Vegas

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1964Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Won a Golden Globe award as Most Promising Newcomer Actress for The Prize, a film in which she co-starred with Paul Newman and Edward G

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1957· 1 entry

1957Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

One year after graduating from middle school

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1940· 1 entry

Nov 5, 1940Documented record86% confidence

Born 1940-11-05.

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