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What Is Sybil Danning’s Net Worth?

Sybil Danning is an Austrian actress and producer who has a net worth of $2 million. Sybil Danning is known for numerous roles in European ‘B’ movies, cult films, science-fiction films, and action films. After enrolling in Buchner School of Cosmetology in Salzburg and receiving a diploma in facial treatment, decorative makeup, manicure and body massage, she soon began doing fashion shows and photo layouts. In 1978, Danning moved to Hollywood, California, to further her career in American films. She left behind her friends and family in Europe and pursued a career with no contract, no agent, and no idea what the future would bring. Her instincts paid off, and she soon guest-starred on such television series as “Vega$” (1978), “Simon & Simon” (1981), “V” (1984), “Masquerade” (1983), “The Fall Guy” (1981), “Deadly Nightmares” (1983), “Street Hawk” (1985) and “Superboy” (1988). Sybil has more than 80 acting credits to her name, including the films “Bluebeard” (1972), “The Three Musketeers” (1973), “Whispering Death” (1976), and “Chained Heat” (1983). In 1981, she won a Saturn Award for Outstanding Achievement for the film “Battle Beyond the Stars.”

Danning also did a ten-page pictorial for the August 1983 issue of Playboy. Outside of acting, she has worked on several movies as a producer and wrote the story for the 1989 film “L.A. Bounty.” After a lengthy absence from acting, Sybil made a comeback in 2007 by appearing as a Nazi villainess in the “Werewolf Women of the SS” mock trailer for “Grindhouse” and a nurse in Rob Zombie’s remake of “Halloween.” From 2002 to 2003, Danning was a shareholder in the German ice hockey club SC Riessersee. As the first ever female co-owner of a German hockey team, she brought three American players to the team and saw the team return to the Vice Championship.

Early Life

Sybil Danning was born Sybille Johanna Danninger in Wels, Austria. Her birthday is May 24th, but different sources list her birth year as 1947, 1950, or 1952. Sybil’s father was an American who was in the military, and when he returned to the U.S., the family lived in Eatontown, New Jersey, and Sacramento, California. After finishing school, Danner returned to Austria, and she studied cosmetology and took a job as a nurse. She later began working at a clothing store and tried modeling, which led to acting work.

Career

Danning’s onscreen career began with soft-core erotic productions such as the German-Italian film “Komm nur, mein liebstes Vögelein” (“Come on, my dearest little bird”). In 1971, she appeared in the “classic sexploitation” film “Housewives Report,” then she co-starred with Raquel Welch and Richard Burton in 1972’s “Bluebeard.” That year she also appeared in the film “The Red Queen Kills Seven Times,” followed by “The Three Musketeers” in 1973. Also starring Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Richard Chamberlain, Michael York, Faye Dunaway, and Charlton Heston, “The Three Musketeers” earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and won an Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Comedy. In 1976, Danning appeared in the films “God’s Gun,” “Whispering Death,” and “The Twist.” In 1980, she played Saint-Exmin, a Valkyrie warrior, in the space opera “Battle Beyond the Stars,” which earned her a Saturn Award from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films. In 1983, Sybil co-starred with Linda Blair in “Chained Heat” and posed for a ten-page nude pictorial in Playboy magazine. Next, she appeared in the films “They’re Playing with Fire” (1984), “Jungle Warriors” (1984), “The Panther Squad” (1984), “The Seven Magnificent Gladiators” (1984), “Malibu Express” (1985), “Howling II: Your Sister Is a Werewolf” (1985), “Young Lady Chatterley II” (1985), “The Tomb” (1986), and “Reform School Girls” (1986).

In 1986, Danning announced that she was retiring from acting, but she returned to the big screen in the 2007 film “Jump!,” which starred Patrick Swayze. That year she also appeared in a faux Rob Zombie-directed trailer for “Werewolf Women of the SS,” which was featured in the Quentin Tarantino film “Grindhouse,” and she played Nurse Wynn in Zombie’s remake of “Halloween.” In 2009, Sybil had a recurring role as Frau Von Hess on the gay-themed vampire series “The Lair,” then she appeared in the 2010 horror film “Virus X.” Danning has also served as a producer on the films “Operation Thunderbolt” (1977), “The Panther Squad” (1984), “L.A. Bounty” (1989), and “To End All Wars” (2001), and she has appeared on the TV series “Match Game/Hollywood Squares Hour,” (1984) and “The Merv Griffin Show” (1984) and in the documentaries “UnConventional” (2004), “Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films” (2014), “Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed” (2014), and “Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies” (2020).

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Personal Life

Sybil married Horst Lasse in 1991. In the early 2000s, she was part owner of SC Riessersee, making her the first woman to own a German ice hockey team. In 2011, Danning told The Sun that she and Lasse were interested in owning the English football club Sheffield Wednesday F.C., stating, “We have been looking into buying an English team with a strong fan base and great potential. Sheffield Wednesday matches those ideals. It is one of the most famous names in English football and, even though it has suffered in the last few years, we believe we can give it the energy needed to get to the Premier League. We have been studying this for the past month and, if negotiations go well, we hope to conclude an agreement to buy the club.” However, the team’s owner, Milan Mandarić, responded, “I can say I have never met or spoken to the people named in this article. I was as surprised as everybody else to see the story but I cannot control what is written or said in the media.”

Real Estate

In 1986, Danning paid $208,500 for a 1,198-square-foot home in Los Angeles. The home includes two bedrooms and one bathroom and is worth $1.4 million today.