<p>The Berlin-born actress had a gift for languages that took her to Hollywood, landing roles alongside Peter Sellers, Dick Van Dyke and Paul Newman</p><p>Elke Sommer, the prolific German star of the Pink Panther film A Shot in the Dark, early 70s Agatha Christie adaptation And Then there Were None, and British sex comedy Carry On Behind, has died aged 85. <a href="https://www.bild.de/unterhaltung/stars-und-leute/elke-sommer-ist-tot-hollywood-star-stirbt-mit-85-jahren-6ae2fa0e21fd087fed7ee4fb?sv_campaign_id=78888&sv_tax1=affiliate&sv_tax2=208063&sv_tax3=Skimlinks&sv_tax4=usatoday.com&sv_affiliate_id=78888&awc=14225_1793279347_81f7cb9355ba7198187d7a616414cd4c&cid=affiliate.ca.pr.aq.bp.link_gen.tx.awin.tool">Bild magazine reported</a> that Sommer had died in Los Angeles of heart failure.</p><p>German-born Sommer, whose best-known film roles were in the 1960s and 70s, was one of the wave of European performers who crossed over to Hollywood and English-language cinema with considerable success, following the post-war emergence of European New Wave cinema. Sommer was one of the few German actors to make waves at the time, as Hollywood made much of her bombshell image.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/29/elke-sommer-prolific-german-star-of-a-shot-in-the-dark-and-and-then-there-were-none-dies">Continue reading...</a>
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Elke Sommer, prolific German star of A Shot in the Dark and And Then There Were None, dies aged 85
<p>The Berlin-born actress had a gift for languages that took her to Hollywood, landing roles alongside Peter Sellers, Dick Van Dyke and Paul Newman</p><p>Elke Sommer, the prolific German star of the Pink Panther film A Shot in the Dark, early 70s Agatha Christie adaptation And Then there Were None, and British sex comedy Carry On Behind, has died aged 85. <a href="https://www.bild.de/unterhaltung/stars-und-leute/elke-sommer-ist-tot-hollywood-star-stirbt-mit-85-jahren-6ae2fa0e21fd087fed7ee4fb?sv_campaign_id=78888&sv_tax1=affiliate&sv_tax2=208063&sv_tax3=Skimlinks&sv_tax4=usatoday.com&sv_affiliate_id=78888&awc=14225_1793279347_81f7cb9355ba7198187d7a616414cd4c&cid=affiliate.ca.pr.aq.bp.link_gen.tx.awin.tool">Bild magazine reported</a> that Sommer had died in Los Angeles of heart failure.</p><p>German-born Sommer, whose best-known film roles were in the 1960s and 70s, was one of the wave of European performers who crossed over to Hollywood and English-language cinema with considerable success, following the post-war emergence of European New Wave cinema. Sommer was one of the few German actors to make waves at the time, as Hollywood made much of her bombshell image.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/29/elke-sommer-prolific-german-star-of-a-shot-in-the-dark-and-and-then-there-were-none-dies">Continue reading...</a>