ELKE SOMMER ,GERMAN ACTRESS BORN 1940 NOVEMBER 5
ELKE SOMMER ,GERMAN ACTRESS BORN 1940 NOVEMBER 5 Elke Sommer (born 5 November 1940), born Elke Baronesse von Schletz, is a German actress, entertainer and artist who starred in many Hollywood films. Early life and career[edit source] Youngest years[edit source] Sommer was born in Berlin to Baron Peter von Schletz, a Lutheran minister, and his wife Renata, nee Topp. During the Second World War (in 1942) the family was evacuated to Niederndorf, a village near Erlangen, a small university town in Franconia, where she attended the Gymnasium (high school). Her father died when she was 14 years old but she still graduated from high school with an Abitur. After this, she moved to England to be an au pair, to perfect her English, and to earn a living. There, she also received some training as an interpreter. Discovery[edit source] She was spotted by film director Vittorio De Sica while on holiday in Italy, and started appearing in films there in 1958. It was also in...