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- Elke Sommer died Wednesday at her Bel-Air home; THR reports heart failure, citing her stepson Sebastian Walther\u2019s account to the German newspaper Bild. She was 85.Elke Sommer 周三在 Bel-Air 家中去世；据《好莱坞报道》，死因为心力衰竭，消息来自其继子 Sebastian Walther 向德国《图片报》的说明。她享年85岁。
- She broke out in Hollywood in MGM's The Prize in 1963 and later played Maria Gambrelli in the Pink Panther sequel A Shot in the Dark.她1963年凭米高梅的《The Prize》在好莱坞走红，后来在《粉红豹》续集《A Shot in the Dark》中饰演 Maria Gambrelli。
- Her career ran through 1960s comedies and spy films, Italian horror in the 1970s, stage work and television, including a 1982 role as Magda Goebbels.她的职业生涯横跨1960年代喜剧与间谍片、1970年代意大利恐怖片、舞台剧和电视，包括1982年饰演戈培尔妻子。
The death was confirmed by her stepson to a German newspaper死讯由继子向德国报纸确认
Elke Sommer died on Wednesday at her home in Bel-Air, according to The Hollywood Reporter, which cites her stepson Sebastian Walther and the German newspaper Bild. THR reports the cause as heart failure and gives her age as 85. Variety also reports the death on Wednesday at her home in Los Angeles, with Walther as the source.据《好莱坞报道》引述继子 Sebastian Walther 和德国《图片报》的消息，Elke Sommer 周三在 Bel-Air 家中去世。该报道称死因为心力衰竭，享年85岁。《Variety》同样报道她周三在洛杉矶家中去世，消息源也是 Walther。
Walther told Bild that she died peacefully around 10 p.m. He also said she could now be with her husband again. Sommer's husband, the hotelier Wolf Walther, died of cancer in July, and Variety notes the two deaths were about three months apart. THR reports that she had no children of her own. THR reports heart failure as the cause. Variety confirms the death and the Los Angeles home but does not name a cause, and neither report cites a statement from a studio or an official record. The site's film coverage collects the related obituaries and release files.Walther 对《图片报》说，她在晚上10点左右安详离世，并说她现在终于可以和丈夫团聚。她的丈夫、酒店经营者 Wolf Walther 今年7月因癌症去世，《Variety》指出两人离世相隔约三个月。《好莱坞报道》称她没有亲生子女。《好莱坞报道》给出的死因是心力衰竭；《Variety》确认死讯与洛杉矶住所，但没有写死因。两篇报道都没有引用制片厂声明或官方记录。本站的电影栏目汇总相关讣闻与上映稿件。
From Berlin to a first Hollywood contract从柏林到第一份好莱坞合约
Sommer was born Elke Schletz in Berlin on November 5, 1940, according to THR, which describes her as an only child. Her father, Peter, was a Protestant minister who died when she was 14; her mother, Renata, was a homemaker. At 17 she moved alone to London for a year to work as an au pair before college.据《好莱坞报道》，Sommer 原名 Elke Schletz，1940年11月5日出生于柏林，是独生女。父亲 Peter 是新教牧师，在她14岁时去世；母亲 Renata 是家庭主妇。她17岁独自前往伦敦一年，在大学前做互惠生。
Her entry into film came through a beauty contest. THR reports that she was on holiday with her mother in the Italian seaside town of Viareggio when someone pinned a ribbon on her in a cafe and named her the winner, and that a photograph in the next day's newspaper caught a producer's attention. She was paid $2,000 to play a German tourist on a guided tour of Rome in L'amico del giaguaro in 1959, then took an offer from Vittorio De Sica to play a chambermaid opposite him in Men and Noblemen the same year. She adopted Sommer as her surname, made several more European films and signed a seven-picture deal with the German producer Atze Brauner.她进入电影圈源于一次选美。据《好莱坞报道》，她与母亲在意大利海滨城镇维亚雷焦度假时，有人在咖啡馆给她别上绶带并宣布她获胜，次日报纸上的照片引起一位制片人注意。她以2000美元片酬在1959年的《L'amico del giaguaro》中饰演一名游览罗马的德国游客，随后接受 Vittorio De Sica 的邀请，在同年的《Men and Noblemen》中与他演对手戏，饰演女仆。她改用 Sommer 作为姓氏，又拍了多部欧洲电影，并与德国制片人 Atze Brauner 签下七部片合约。
The Prize made her a Golden Globe winner《The Prize》让她拿到金球奖
American producer Pandro S. Berman spotted Sommer in the 1962 German film Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt and brought her to MGM for The Prize, released in 1963. THR describes the role: she plays a Swedish chaperone for a Nobel Prize in Literature winner, played by Paul Newman, and helps thwart East German spies in the Ernest Lehman-scripted, Mark Robson-directed thriller.美国制片人 Pandro S. Berman 在1962年德国电影《Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt》中注意到 Sommer，把她带到米高梅出演1963年的《The Prize》。据《好莱坞报道》，她饰演一名诺贝尔文学奖得主的瑞典随行人员，该得主由 Paul Newman 饰演；在 Ernest Lehman 编剧、Mark Robson 执导的这部惊悚片中，她协助挫败东德间谍。
The performance won her a Golden Globe for best female newcomer. THR reports that the award was shared with Tippi Hedren of The Birds and Ursula Andress of Dr. No. Variety records the same 1964 Golden Globe for most promising newcomer actress for The Prize. That shared award is a small piece of industry context: the newcomer category that year recognised three actresses whose careers ran in different directions, and Sommer's next decade stayed in Hollywood while her European work continued. The site's awards files include the BFI London Film Festival 2026 winners.这一角色为她赢得金球奖最佳女新人。《好莱坞报道》称该奖与《The Birds》的 Tippi Hedren 和《Dr. No》的 Ursula Andress 共享。《Variety》也记录了她凭《The Prize》获得1964年金球奖最有前途女新人。共享奖项只是一个行业背景：那一年的新人奖同时表彰了三位此后走向不同的女演员，而 Sommer 在接下来十年留在好莱坞，同时继续拍欧洲电影。本站奖项稿件还包括2026年 BFI 伦敦电影节获奖名单。
A Shot in the Dark gave her a character people still called out《A Shot in the Dark》给她留下一个仍被认出的角色
In 1964 Sommer played Maria Gambrelli, the maid accused of murder and rescued, then romanced, by Peter Sellers's Inspector Clouseau in Blake Edwards's A Shot in the Dark, the second Pink Panther film. THR notes that she posed for Playboy the same year. In a 2014 interview with the website Film Talk, she said strangers still recognised her as the character: she described hearing someone shout "Hey, Maria Gambrelli! How are you!?" from across a golf course, and said she was happy that many people call A Shot in the Dark the best of the Pink Panther films.1964年，Sommer 在 Blake Edwards 的《A Shot in the Dark》（《粉红豹》第二部）中饰演 Maria Gambrelli，一名被控谋杀的侍女，先被 Peter Sellers 饰演的克鲁索探长解救，随后与他产生感情。《好莱坞报道》提到她同年登上《花花公子》。在2014年接受 Film Talk 网站采访时，她说人们仍会认出这个角色：她描述在高尔夫球场听到有人远远喊“嘿，Maria Gambrelli！你好吗！？”，并说自己很高兴很多人认为《A Shot in the Dark》是《粉红豹》系列最好的一部。
The 1960s work around that role stayed in comedy and international intrigue. THR lists The Art of Love with James Garner and Dick Van Dyke, The Money Trap with Glenn Ford and Rita Hayworth, Deadlier Than the Male as one of two assassins in a satire about Saudi oil rights, The Wrecking Crew with Dean Martin and Sharon Tate, The Oscar with Stephen Boyd, and the Bob Hope comedy Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! Both reports also list The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz; THR adds that her character is a defecting East German Olympic star who pole-vaults over the Berlin Wall.围绕这个角色的1960年代作品集中在喜剧与国际阴谋题材。《好莱坞报道》列出与 James Garner、Dick Van Dyke 合作的《The Art of Love》，与 Glenn Ford、Rita Hayworth 合作的《The Money Trap》，在一部以沙特石油权为背景的讽刺片中饰演两名女刺客之一的《Deadlier Than the Male》，与 Dean Martin、Sharon Tate 合作的《The Wrecking Crew》，与 Stephen Boyd 合作的《The Oscar》，以及 Bob Hope 主演的喜剧《Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!》。两篇报道也都列出了《The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz》；《好莱坞报道》补充说，她的角色是一名叛逃的东德奥运选手，在片中撑杆跳过柏林墙。
Italian horror, theatre and a Goebbels role on television意大利恐怖片、舞台与电视里的戈培尔夫人
When her American film career slowed, Sommer worked for the Italian horror director Mario Bava. THR describes Baron Blood in 1972, where her character confronts a sadistic 400-year-old nobleman played by Joseph Cotten, and Lisa and the Devil in 1973, where she plays an American tourist lured into a haunted house in Spain by a Satan figure played by Telly Savalas. The 1970s list also includes Zeppelin with Michael York, Ten Little Indians, Carry On Behind and a 1979 remake of The Prisoner of Zenda.美国电影事业放缓后，Sommer 转向意大利恐怖片导演 Mario Bava 的作品。《好莱坞报道》描述1972年的《Baron Blood》，她的角色面对 Joseph Cotten 饰演的残忍的400岁贵族；1973年的《Lisa and the Devil》里，她饰演一名被 Telly Savalas 饰演的撒旦形象引入西班牙鬼屋的美国游客。1970年代的作品还包括与 Michael York 合作的《Zeppelin》、《Ten Little Indians》、《Carry On Behind》，以及1979年重拍的《The Prisoner of Zenda》。
Stage and television work followed. THR reports that she began in regional theatre in 1970 with the lead in Irma la Douce and later headlined Born Yesterday, Cactus Flower, Woman of the Year and Same Time, Next Year. On television she played the wife of Joseph Goebbels, opposite Ian Holm, in the 1982 ABC miniseries Inside the Third Reich, and appeared on St. Elsewhere, Fantasy Island and The Love Boat. THR also lists cabaret singing and several albums, painting, a PBS how-to show called Painting With Elke Sommer, and two television programmes about cars and tennis. A separate film file on the site covers the theatrical run of Only Living Pickpocket.之后是舞台与电视。据《好莱坞报道》，她1970年以地方剧院的《Irma la Douce》女主角起步，后来主演《Born Yesterday》《Cactus Flower》《Woman of the Year》和《Same Time, Next Year》。电视方面，她在1982年 ABC 迷你剧《Inside the Third Reich》中与 Ian Holm 演对手戏，饰演戈培尔妻子，并出现在《St. Elsewhere》《Fantasy Island》和《The Love Boat》。该报道还列出她的卡巴莱演唱与数张专辑、绘画、PBS 教学节目《Painting With Elke Sommer》，以及两档关于汽车和网球的电视节目。本站另有一篇《Only Living Pickpocket》院线上映的稿件。
Two marriages and a 1993 libel award两段婚姻与1993年的诽谤赔偿
Sommer was married to the Hollywood columnist and author Joe Hyams from 1964 until their divorce in 1981. THR reports that they met when he interviewed her for a New York Herald Tribune article about The Prize, and that he was 17 years older. She married Wolf Walther, a former general manager of the Essex House in New York and managing director of the Century Plaza Hotel, in August 1993; the marriage lasted until his death this July.Sommer 与好莱坞专栏作家、作家 Joe Hyams 于1964年结婚，1981年离婚。《好莱坞报道》称两人相识于他为《The Prize》采访她、为《New York Herald Tribune》撰稿时，他比她大17岁。1993年8月，她与曾任纽约 Essex House 总经理、世纪广场酒店董事总经理的 Wolf Walther 结婚，这段婚姻持续到他今年7月去世。
In December 1993 a Santa Monica jury awarded Sommer $3.3 million in libel damages from Zsa Zsa Gabor and her husband Frederick von Anhalt over interviews published in two German publications in 1990, according to THR. That case and the two marriages are the personal record both obituaries describe. Neither report lists a public memorial, a funeral arrangement or a statement from the films' studios. A separate release file on this site covers the theatrical run of Social Reckoning.据《好莱坞报道》，1993年12月，圣莫尼卡一个陪审团裁定 Zsa Zsa Gabor 及其丈夫 Frederick von Anhalt 因1990年两家德国刊物上的访谈内容诽谤 Sommer，需赔偿330万美元。这起案件和两段婚姻是两篇讣闻共同提到的私人经历。两篇报道都没有列出公开追悼会、葬礼安排或制片厂声明。本站另有一篇《Social Reckoning》院线上映的稿件。
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