In 1970, she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy for her performance on the show.

After The Governor & J.J., Sommars played the leading roles in a number of made-for-television movies and starred in several pilots.

She guest-starred on The Rockford Files; Harry O; McCloud; McMillan; Barnaby Jones; Fantasy Island; Magnum, P.I.

From 1987 to 1994, Sommars played Assistant District Attorney Julie March on the NBC legal series, Matlock.

In 1977, Sommars co-starred with Dean Jones and Don Knotts as the beautiful, assertive Diane Darcy in Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo.