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Sigourney Weaver

Channel	Date & Time	Title	Buy
AMC	Sat, Nov 21, 5:30 PM	Alien	Buy
AMC	Sat, Nov 21, 8:00 PM	Aliens	Buy
AMC	Sat, Nov 21, 11:00 PM	Alien 3	Buy
AMC	Sun, Nov 22, 1:30 AM	Alien Resurrection	Buy
AMC	Sun, Nov 22, 7:30 AM	Alien	Buy
AMC	Sun, Nov 22, 10:00 AM	Aliens	Buy
AMC	Sun, Nov 22, 1:00 PM	Alien Resurrection	Buy
DSC	Mon, Nov 23, 7:00 PM	Planet Earth	Buy
DSC	Mon, Nov 23, 8:00 PM	Planet Earth	Buy
DSC	Mon, Nov 23, 9:00 PM	Planet Earth	Buy
DSC	Mon, Nov 23, 11:00 PM	Planet Earth	Buy
DSC	Tue, Nov 24, 12:00 AM	Planet Earth	Buy
HBOe	Tue, Nov 24, 9:15 AM	The Tale of Despereaux	Buy
CINEMAX	Thu, Nov 26, 11:15 AM	Baby Mama	Buy
HBOe	Fri, Nov 27, 3:00 PM	The Tale of Despereaux	Buy
FMC	Fri, Nov 27, 8:00 PM	The Ice Storm	Buy
FMC	Fri, Nov 27, 10:30 PM	The Ice Storm	Buy
FMC	Sat, Nov 28, 1:00 AM	The Ice Storm	Buy
CINEMAX	Sat, Nov 28, 7:15 AM	Be Kind Rewind	Buy
STARZ	Sun, Nov 29, 3:50 AM	WALL-E	Buy

Sigourney Weaver Fast Facts:

At age 14, she took the name Sigourney from a character in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.
While a student at Stanford University, she joined a theater group, lived in a tree-house with a friend and spent two months in Israel on a kibbutz.
Breakthrough role was as Ellen Ripley in the 1979 horror flick Alien, a part originally written for a man.
Earned an Oscar nod for her portrayal of real-life primatologist Dian Fossey in 1988's Gorillas in the Mist and is an honorary chair of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund.
Has a fear of elevators.

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Sigourney Weaver Awards:

1987 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama - Nominee
1989 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama - Winner
2000 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama - Nominee
1989 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Winner
1998 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Nominee
1998 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie - Nominee
1986 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Nominee
1988 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Nominee
1988 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Nominee
1985 Tony: Actress (Featured Role--Play) - Winner
2009 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie - Nominee

College:
Attended Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY; Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA (BA in English, 1971); Yale University, School of Drama, New Haven, CT (MFA in Drama, 1974)