Sigourney Weaver

AKA:
Susan Alexandra Weaver
Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
10/08/1949
Birthplace:
New York, New York
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biography
One of Hollywood’s most versatile and respected actresses, Sigourney Weaver – like many actors of her generation – got her career start in soap operas. After only a few years spent paying her dues, 29-year-old Weaver achieved overnight stardom as the tenacious heroine of Ridley Scott's sci-fi thriller, "Alien" (1979). The sole survivor of the original movie, Weaver returned to play Ripley for three more “Alien” sequels, setting the standard for butt-kicking big screen heroines for generations to come. A statuesque beauty who became a kind of thinking man’s sex symbol, Weaver lit up the screen Continued
Credits
Grace
2009
The Narrator
2008
Voice of Ship's Computer
2008
Chaffee Bicknell
2008
Rex Brooks
2008
Linda Freeman
2007
Voice of Frieda
2007
Babe Paley
2006
Sandy Travis
2005
Alice Hunt
2004
The Warden
2003
Joan
2003
Eve Grubman
2002
(TV Show)
2002-2002
of the Ship
2002
Angela Nardino/ Max Conners/ Ulga Yevanova
2001
Daisy Quimp
2001
Alice Goodwin
2000
Gwen DeMarco
1999
Ripley
1997
Janey Carver
1997
Helen Hudson
1995
Debra Moorhouse
1995
Co-Producer
1992
Ripley
1992
Katharine Parker
1988
Warrant Officer Ripley
1986
Dana Barrett
1984
Lenny
Herself
Julia Sandburg
Dana Barrett
Tony Sokolow
Dr Lauren Slaughter
Jessica Fitzgerald
Ellen Mitchell
2002
Mrs DeVoto
Ripley
1979
Paulina Escobar
Dian Fossey
milestones
Year
Milestone
1963 
Began using the name Sigourney (after a character mentioned in "The Great Gatsby")
1965 
Made early stage appearances in Southbury, CT
1971 
After attending Stanford, moved to Israel and lived on a kibbutz
 
Returned to the US and enrolled at Yale
1974 
Appeared with Meryl Streep in the chorus of the Stephen Sondheim adaptation of "The Frogs" performed at Yale
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