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Sigourney Weaver TV Listings

ChannelDate & TimeTitleBuy
STARZSat, Jul 4, 3:20 PMWALL-EBuy
MOMAXeTue, Jul 7, 2:00 PMBe Kind RewindBuy
MOMAXeTue, Jul 7, 11:15 PMBe Kind RewindBuy
SHOeWed, Jul 8, 3:30 AMThe TV SetBuy
STARZWed, Jul 8, 10:00 AMVantage PointBuy
STARZWed, Jul 8, 9:00 PMVantage PointBuy
STARZThu, Jul 9, 4:00 AMVantage PointBuy
SHO2eThu, Jul 9, 3:15 PMThe TV SetBuy
ANIMALThu, Jul 9, 7:00 PMGorillas Revisited with Sigourney WeaverBuy
CINEMAXThu, Jul 9, 8:15 PMBaby MamaBuy
ANIMALFri, Jul 10, 2:00 AMGorillas Revisited with Sigourney WeaverBuy
SHOeFri, Jul 10, 11:00 AMThe TV SetBuy
AMCFri, Jul 10, 8:00 PMGhostbustersBuy
AMCFri, Jul 10, 10:30 PMGhostbusters IIBuy
AMCSat, Jul 11, 3:00 PMGhostbusters IIBuy
AMCSat, Jul 11, 5:30 PMGhostbustersBuy
STARZTue, Jul 14, 8:50 AMVantage PointBuy
STARZTue, Jul 14, 7:25 PMVantage PointBuy
STARZWed, Jul 15, 2:25 AMVantage PointBuy
FLIXeWed, Jul 15, 4:00 AMSnow White: A Tale of TerrorBuy
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Sigourney Weaver Biography

Sigourney Weaver
  • Birth Name: Susan Alexandra Weaver
  • Birth Place: New York, NY
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 10/08/1949, Libra
  • Profession: Actor; writer; producer
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.
    Sigourney Weaver Relationships:
  • Charlotte Simpson - Daughter
  • Elizabeth Inglis - Mother
  • Jim Simpson - Husband
  • Sylvester 'Pat' Weaver - Father
  • Trajan Weaver - Brother

  • Sigourney Weaver Awards:
  • 1985 Tony: Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play - Winner
  • 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

  • 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)
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