Sybil Danning in the 1980s

Sybil Danning in the 1980s

The key to becoming memorable is to excel in whatever field you're given. Sybil Danning realized quite early on that she was never going to become a major Hollywood box office draw, so she decided to become the Queen of the B movie instead. That's actually a step up from how she spent much of the 1970s, which was making softcore pornography in Germany.

Danning was 28 by the time the 80s began and running out of time to get her career kickstarted. She'd moved to Hollywood in 1978 in the hope of breaking out of her erotic mold, and she achieved that aim. Films like 'Howling II: Your Sister Is A Werewolf,' 'Reform School Girls' and 'Chained Heat' may not have been Oscar winning classics, but they weren't porn. Sadly, her movie career was totally derailed by a bad back injury in 1990.

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Did You Know...

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Chefs made their way into celebrity land a while ago. But how many celebrities that weren’t trained as professional cooks are actually whizzes in the kitchen? Here are several that come to mind.

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Actress Julia Roberts is confident about her cooking skills. “I’m quite a good cook,” she told E! News. “I’m like a closet home ec teacher…I can really cook anything.” Roberts has said she often cooks fish for herself and her kids. And speaking of her three children, “They think that I’m a good cook,” Roberts told People. “They actually told me that I should open a restaurant.” She also relishes cooking for the holidays, particularly shredded Brussel sprouts. Roberts hasn’t published a cookbook, but we did find recipes attributed to her for peach crisp and banana hemp muffins. Or you can make the same summer salad the actress supposedly eats.

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Chrissy Teigen started off as a supermodel. Then her love of cooking filtered into her professional life too. At this point, she’s created recipes for a limited Blue Apron release and also just launched her own home and cooking line at Target named “Cravings,” after the two cookbooks she’s released. Teigen describes cooking as “a time of peace” for herself. So maybe peace out to her tuna melt sandwich or the fried chicken wings that are a favorite of her husband, John Legend.

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Lady Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, comes from a cooking Italian family. Her father started his own restaurant in New York and also published a cookbook. And apparently, Lady Gaga has inherited the family’s cooking genes. Her Instagram account occasionally features photos of her culinary activities. Sure, sometimes it’s topless cooking. But other times it’s more poignant like in the post she shared about her bringing food to the family of her dear friend who passed away. Want to try a Gaga/Germanotta family favorite? Check out her recipe for whole wheat pasta with a sweet fennel sauce.

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