Elke Sommer Dies at 85

Elke Sommer, the cool blonde star whose distinctive German accent and regal bearing lent her a certain exotic quality that she brought to such 1960s films as, among others, Pink Panther 1964 sequel A Shot in the Dark, Bob Hope’s 1966 comedy Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! and, that same year, T

On her major-label debut Hello, Honky Tonk, the Oklahoma singer-songwriter can practically taste stardom: "This is my window and I'll be damned if I let anything else get in the way"