sybil danning

Sybil Danning (born May 24, 1952) is an Austrian actress known for her many roles in B movies, science fiction films, and action films.

Danning was born in Ried im Innkreis, Austria as Sybille Johanna Danninger. Her father was an American of Dutch and German descent; her Austrian mother later married a United States Army major who moved the family to the United States when his tour of duty in Austria with the occupation forces was over.

Danning became an actress after leaving home about 1968 at the age of sixteen.

Danning made her film debut in 1968's Komm nur, mein liebstes Vögelein, portraying the legendary German mermaid "Lorelei" covered by only her long blonde tresses. The next year, she had a role in one of Robert De Niro’s first movies, Sam's Song.

Danning next trained for three years with a drama coach in Munich. In 1972, she was in the cast of Bluebeard, along with Raquel Welch and Richard Burton, playing a high-caliber prostitute. The same year, she appeared in Eye of the Labyrinth, a giallo thriller.

Also noteworthy were her movies The Three Musketeers and The Four Musketeers, again acting with Raquel Welch; both movies being produced by Ilya and Alexander Salkind.

In 1978, Danning moved to Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, to further her career in American films. She left all her friends and family in Europe behind, and pursued her career with no contract, no agent, and no idea what the future would bring.

Danning portrayed an extraterrestrial Amazon named Saint-Exmin in the 1980 movie Battle Beyond the Stars. This performance earned her "The Golden Scroll Award of Merit" from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films.The cheaply-made movies Jungle Warriors, Panther Squad, and S.A.S. San Salvadorfollowed in quick succession.

In 1983, Danning appeared on the cover of Playboy magazine and in a nude Playboy pictorial inside

The year 2007 marked Danning's return to the big screen, most notably in the movie Grindhouse, in a faux trailer titled Werewolf Women of the SS. This was followed by her appearance in Rob Zombie's remake ofHalloween.

She has appeared in the third season of the here! series The Lair as Frau von Hess, a sinister vampiress out to kill the vampire whose influence over her son caused her transformation.