Elke Sommer, actress of the 1960s Pink Panther and Paul Newman films, dies at 85

Elke Sommer, the German-born actress who appeared with Peter Sellers and Paul Newman in the 1960s, died aged 85 on 28 October 2026 at her Bel Air home in Los Angeles, according to Hollywood Reporter. She played the maid opposite Sellers in A Shot in the Dark (1964).