Sybil Danning

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Sybil Danning
Birthdate:	1949-05-24
Birth location:	Ried im Innkreis, Austria
Birth name:	Sybille Johanna Danninger
Measurements:	36-24-36 (91-61-91 cm) (as starlet), 37-23-35 1/2 (94-58-90 cm) (in 1990)
Height:	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Ethnicity:	Caucasian
Alias(es):	Cybil Danning Sybille Danninger Sybill Danning
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Sybil Danning at IMDb

Sybil Danning (born May 24, 1949 in Ried, Austria) is best known for her many outstanding roles in B-movies, science fiction films, and action movies.

Born in Ried im Innkreis, Austria as Sybille Johanna Danninger, she became an actress after leaving home around 1965 at the age of 16. She was a notable sex symbol in the 1980s and some of her best known appearances include Battle Beyond the Stars, Reform School Girls, Chained Heat, They're Playing with Fire, and an episode of the 1980s TV series V.

She reportedly lost out on the lead female role in the James Bond Movie Octopussy to Swedish actress Maud Adams. ^{[citation needed]}

While she still continued to make appearances at science fiction conventions, her role in 2006's Jump is her first on screen appearance since 1989.

As of 2000, Danning has been serving as President and Chief Operating Officer for Adventuress Productions, which she cofounded in 1989 with S. C. Dacy and Robert P. Palazzo.