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Sigourney Weaver Bio
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Sigourney Weaver
Sigourney Weaver was born Susan Alexandra Weaver on October 8, 1949 in New York City. Her father, Sylvester L. Weaver, Jr. was a TV producer and her mother, Elizabeth Inglis, was a British actress who gave up her career to raise their family. Sigourney has one older brother named Trajan.
Sigourney was raised by nannies and maids and constantly moved around with her family and attended several different schools throughout her teenage years. At the age of 13 she attended the New York private school, Chapin, where she was picked on for her height (at that time she was 5’10”). As a way of coping Weaver became the class clown.
Weaver changed her name to Sigourney in 1963 in honor of the character “Sigourney Howard” in The Great Gatsby. By this time she had begun acting in high school plays such as A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and by 1965 she began working with a stock troupe in the summer performing a variety of plays.
Following high school, Sigourney traveled to Israel, where she lived for several months. She also became engaged to a reporter named Aaron Latham, but the engagement fell through. By 1969 she had returned to the United States and began studying at Stanford University where she majored in English. Upon completion of her Bachelor’s degree in 1971, she was accepted into the Yale School of Drama alongside classmate, Meryl Streep. Her professors, however, often typecast Weaver as a prostitute due to her height.
Weaver made her theatrical debut in 1973 in Watergate Classics. This resulted in the forming of long-term friendships with Christopher Durang and Kate McGregor-Stewart. Following the completion of her studies at Yale, Weaver began to pursue her career on stage full time. She even co-wrote Das Lusitania Songspiel, in which she also starred from 1979 to 1981, earning her much acclaim.
In 1977, Weaver made her film debut in Annie Hall which was written and directed by Woody Allen. Although her part was only six seconds long and she was paid a measly $50, people took notice of her when they saw her, which opened doors for larger parts in other films.
In 1979 she starred in Alien, which earned her a British Award nomination and officially made her a movie star. She was paid $30,000 for the film. This became one of her best known roles and led to three other sequels: Aliens (1986), Alien3 (1992), and Alien: Resurrection (1997), the latter earning her a paycheck of $11,000,000. Her salary for the final installment of the films was more than the entire budget of the original Alien.
In 1984, Weaver married director Jim Simpson and that same year she starred in the hit, Ghost Busters co-starring Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd. In 1990 Sigourney and Jim welcomed their daughter into the world, Charlotte Simpson.
Throughout the remainder of the 1980s and 1990s, Sigourney has continued to star in a variety of films and also continues to go back to stage performances as well. Some of her most recent films include: a voice role in Big Bad Love (2001), Tadpole (2002) co-starring John Ritter and Aaron Stanford and The Guys (2002) which was directed by her husband who also plays Weaver’s character’s husband in the film. Their daughter, Charlotte Simpson plays the part of their daughter. In 2006, Weaver premiered her latest film, Snow Cake, at the Edinburgh Film Festival. |
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Sigourney Weaver - was a guest on Saturday Night Live |
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Sigourney Weaver - Appeared with Harold Ramis in Ghost Busters |
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Sigourney Weaver - Appeared with Rick Moranis in Ghost Busters |
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Sigourney Weaver - Appeared with Annie Potts in Ghost Busters |
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Sigourney Weaver - Appeared with William Atherton in Ghost Busters |
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Sigourney Weaver - Appeared with Ernie Hudson in Ghost Busters |
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Sigourney Weaver - Appeared with David Margulies in Ghost Busters |
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Sigourney Weaver - Appeared with Steven Tash in Ghost Busters |
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Sigourney Weaver - Appeared with Brendan Gleeson in The Village |
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Sigourney Weaver - Appeared with Cherry Jones in The Village |
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Sigourney Weaver - Appeared with Celia Weston in The Village |
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