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Tribute : Sigourney Weaver
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SIGOURNEY WEAVER
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Born in New York City, Sigourney Weaver graduated from Stanford University and went on to receive a Masters degree from the Yale School of Drama. Her first professional job was as an understudy in Sir John Gielgud’s production of “The Constant Wife”.
Sigourney Weaver made her motion picture debut in 1979 in Ridley Scott’s “Alien”. She had then starring roles in many other films, including Ivan Reitman’s “Ghostbusters” (1984), Mike Nichols’ “Working Girl” (1988), Ridley Scott’s “1492, Conquest of Paradise” (1992), Roman Polanski’s “Death and the Maiden” (1994), Jon Amiel’s “Copycat” (1995), Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s ”Alien – Resurrection” (1997), Ang Lee”s “The Ice Storm” (1997), Scott Elliott’s “A Map of the World” (1999), M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Village” (2003), Dan Harris’ “Imaginary Heroes” (2004, Marc Evans’ “Snow Cake” (2006) or Douglas McGrath’s “Infamous » (2006). Sigourney Weaver received in 1986 her first Best Actress Academy Award nomination for her performance as Officer Ripley in James Cameron’s “Aliens” and her second two years later for her role as naturalist Dian Fossey in Michael Apted’s “Gorillas in the Mist”.
In addition to her film credits, Sigourney Weaver has also taken time to shine on the stage. She started out on off-Broadway in Christopher Durang’s “The Nature and Purpose of the Universe”, “Titanic” and “Das Lusitania Songspiel”. She received in 1985 a Tony Award nomination for her role on Broadway in “Hurlyburly” directed by Mike Nichols.
In 2008, she appeared on the screen in Michel Gondry’s comedy “Be Kind Rewind” and Pete Travis’ “Vantage Point”, co-starring Deenis Quaid and Forest Whitaker.
Sigourney Weaver has begun production on “Avatar” directed by James Cameron. |
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Partial filmography |
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1977 ANNIE HALL de Woody Allen
1979 ALIEN (Alien – le huitième passager) de Ridley Scott
1981 EYEWITNESS (L’oeil du témoin) de Peter Yates
1982 THE YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY (L’année de tous les dangers) de Peter Weir
1983 DEAL OF THE CENTURY (Le coup du siècle) de William Friedkin
1984 GHOSTBUSTERS (S.O.S. fantômes) de Ivan Reitman
1985 UUNE FEMME OU DEUX (One Woman or Two) de Daniel Vigne
1986 ALIENS (Aliens le retour) de James Cameron
HALF MOON STREET (Escort Girl) de Bob Swaim
1988 GORILLAS IN THE MIST (Gorilles dans la brume) de Michael Apted
1988 WORKING GIRL (Working Girl - Quand les femmes s’en mêlent) de Mike Nichols
1989 GHOSTBUSTERS II (S.O.S. fantômes II) de Ivan Reitman
1992 ALIEN³ (Alien 3) de David Fincher
1492: CONQUEST OF PARADISE (1492, Christophe Colomb) de Ridley Scott
1993 DAVE (Président d’un jour) de Ivan Reitman
1994 DEATH AND THE MAIDEN (La jeune fille et la mort) de Roman Polanski
1995 COPYCAT de Jon Amiel
JEFFREY de Christopher Ashley
1997 ALIEN – RESURRECTION (Alien, la résurrection) de Jean-Pierre Jeunet
THE ICE STORM (Ice Storm) de Ang Lee
1999 A MAP OF THE WORLD (Une carte du monde) de Scott Elliott
COMPANY MAN de Douglas McGrath et Peter Askin
GALAXY QUEST de Dean Parisot
2000 HEARTBREAKERS (Beautés empoisonnées) de David Mirkin
2001 TADPOLE (Séduction en mode mineur) de Gary Winick
2002 THE GUYS de Jim Simpson
2004 THE VILLAGE (Le village) de M. Night Shyamalan
IMAGINARY HEROES de Dan Harris
2006 SNOW CAKE de Marc Evans
THE TV SET de Jake Kasdan
INFAMOUS (Scandaleusement célèbre) de Douglas McGrath
2008 VANTAGE POINT (Angles d’attaque) de Pete Travis
BE KIND REWIND (Soyez sympa, rembobinez) de Michel Gondry
BABY MAMA de Michael McCullers
WALL-E de Andrew Stanton – voix
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