Sybil Danning (born May 24, 1952) is an Austrian actress known for her many roles in European films, B movies, science fiction films, and action films. Danning was born in Wels, Upper Austria, Austria as Sybille Johanna Danninger. Danning was the love child of a German-Dutch-American father, who had to leave for the United States before Danning's birth. Her Austrian mother raised her until she married a United States Army major, who relocated his new family to the United States. Danning led a nomadic early life on various Army bases in Sacramento, Maryland, and New Jersey. In New Jersey, she attended Eatontown's Star of the Sea Catholic School, which explains her bilingual ease with both English and German. Then the family moved to Germany. Soon thereafter, her stepfather was relocated and Danning's mother declined to follow when he was ordered to go to Japan. Returning to Austria, the financial situation during her mother's divorce obliged Danning to leave school at 14 to help support the family. She took a job with her uncle as a dental assistant. Danning left home at 16 due to the strictness of the household's regulations.