Elke Sommer Biography

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NAME: Elke Sommer
OCCUPATION: Film Actress
BIRTH DATE: November 05, 1940 (Age: 72)
EDUCATION: University of Erlangen
PLACE OF BIRTH: Berlin, Germany
Originally: Elke Schletz
ZODIAC SIGN: Scorpio

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German blonde bombshell Elke Sommer starred opposite film legends Peter Sellers, Paul Newman and Bob Hope.

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Battle with Zsa Zsa Gabor

Outside of art and acting, Sommer was embroiled in a long legal battle with actress Zsa Zsa Gabor and her husband, Prince Frederick von Anhalt, in the 1990s. She sued the couple after they made disparaging remarks about her to some German publications. The legal battle played out in two different countries: the United States and Germany. Both cases went through appeals, but in the end Gabor and von Anhalt were held accountable for their statements. Most notably,

Sommer received a $3.3 million libel judgment against the pair in a California court in 1993.

Most recently, Sommer has made a few appearances on German television, according to the Internet Movie Database website. She has been married twice. Her first marriage to American writer Joe Hyams lasted from 1964 to 1981. In 1993, Sommer married Wolf Walther.