Elke Sommer, German-born star of 'A Shot in the Dark' and 'The Prize,' dies at 85

Elke Sommer, the German-born actress who became a fixture of 1960s Hollywood comedies and espionage films, has died at 85. Sommer died at home in Bel Air, Los Angeles, on Wednesday, according to her stepson Sebastian Walther, who told Germany’s Bild. The Los Angeles Police Department also confirmed responding to the death of an 85-year-old woman on her block. Born Elke Schletz in Berlin on Nov. 5, 1940, she fled south in 1942 and later took a detour into acting after a 1958 trip to Italy. Her Hollywood break included “The Prize” (Golden Globe) and Blake Edwards’ “A Shot in the Dark.”