Happy birthday to Elke Sommer, actress, icon, and the woman at the center of one of the most contentious (and gloriously petty) feuds in Hollywood history. The A Shot in the Dark star turns 85 and is still remembered for her beauty, her talent, and a courtroom battle against Zsa Zsa Gabor that outlasted many of her movies.
Her long-running war of words with Gabor didn’t just make headlines; it escalated into a full-blown legal battle, complete with flying insults, televised takedowns, and a million-dollar defamation lawsuit that turned their rivalry into the stuff of legends. What started as sniping turned into scorched-earth glam warfare, proving that in old Hollywood, hell hath no fury like a celebrity scorned.
