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Susan Weaver (the Sigourney came from The Great Gatsby) was born in New York in 1949. Daughter to an actress and the president of NBC, she enjoyed a privileged Upper East Side childhood and attained degrees from Stanford and Yale. Frustrated at Yale, where Meryl Streep walked off with all the best roles, she worked off Broadway before making her movie debut with a blink-and-you'll-miss-her part in Annie Hall. Her major break came with her role as Ripley in Alien, though she needed persuading not to turn it down. Oscar-nominated for the sequel, she has successfully mixed comedy and action with more demanding roles, notably as Janey Carver in The Ice Storm.
