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Susan Alexandra "Sigourney" Weaver (born Susan
Alexandra Weaver, Saturday, October 8, 1949 in New York City) is an American
actress perhaps best remembered for her portrayal of Ripley in Alien (1979)
and its sequels.
She began using the name Sigourney in 1963, after a character in F. Scott
Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. During the 1970s Weaver studied theater at
Yale University, where she appeared in original plays by friend and
classmate Christopher Durang.
Her part in Ridley Scott's 1979 film Alien as the sole survivor, Lieutenant
Ripley, ensured her role in the sequels Aliens, Alien3 and Alien:
Resurrection. Many of her roles since have been in knowing reference to the
tough character of Ripley.
She is the daughter of NBC television executive Sylvester L. Weaver, Jr. and
niece of comedian and actor Doodles Weaver. She is married to theater
director Jim Simpson (of The Flea Theater), and has one child, Charlotte.
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