Skip to content
The Piney Point

Elke Sommer, German-born star of ‘A Shot in the Dark’ and ‘The Prize,’ dies at 85

Elke Sommer, German-born star of ‘A Shot in the Dark’ and ‘The Prize,’ dies at 85
Photo: KPRC 2 / Click2Houston (NBC) · view original

Elke Sommer, the striking blonde bombshell of German descent who was a mainstay of 1960s Hollywood comedies and espionage movies including “The Prize” and “A Shot in the Dark,” has died. She was 85. Sommer died at home in Bel Air, in Los Angeles, on Wednesday, her stepson Sebastian Walther told t...

Sources and story details