20 publishers · first seen Thu, 29 Oct 2026 13:12 UTC · updated Fri, 30 Oct 2026 18:10 UTC
Elke Sommer, the German-born actress, died at age 85 at her home in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles on Wednesday, her stepson Sebastian Walther told the German outlet Bild. The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed the death of an 85‑year‑old woman on her block, and reports said she died of heart failure.
Sommer was born Elke Schletz in Berlin on Nov. 5 1940 and became known for roles in 1960s Hollywood comedies such as The Prize with Paul Newman and A Shot in the Dark with Peter Sellers. She had previously been married to writer Joe Hyams and, from 1993 until his death in 2026, to hotelier Wolf Walther.
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