Sigourney Weaver, (born Susan Alexandra Weaver on October 8, 1949 in New York, New York) is an American actress perhaps best known for her portrayal of Ripley in Alien (1979) and its sequels. Weaver is also notable for her stature, standing 5 ft 11½ in tall. Susan began using the name Sigourney Weaver in 1963, after a character in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. She attended high school in New York City with fellow-actress Meryl Streep. During the 1970s, Weaver studied English at Stanford University and then drama at Yale, where she appeared in original plays by friend and classmate, Christopher Durang. |
