William Weaver).

Sigourney Weaver (born Susan Alexandra Weaver October 8, 1949) is an American actress and film producer, known for playing Ellen Ripley in the Alien franchise.

Many Westerners, traditionally Republican voters, defected to James Weaver, the candidate of the new Populist Party.

After a mediocre 1967 season, Hank Bauer would be replaced by Earl Weaver halfway into 1968.

Weaver promised Free Silver, generous veterans' pensions, and an eight hour work day.

Cameron named the sequel Aliens and again cast Sigourney Weaver in the iconic role of Ellen Ripley.

Sigourney Weaver as Ripley, the warrant officer aboard the Nostromo Weaver, who had Broadway experience but was relatively unknown in film, impressed Scott, Giler, and Hill with her audition.

Warren Weaver, PhD (July 17, 1894 November 24, 1978) was an American scientist, mathematician, and science administrator.

Sigourney Weaver was Campion's first choice, but she turned down the role because she was taking a break from film at the time.

Glenn Close was the original choice for the role, while others including Geena Davis, Carrie Fisher, Kelly McGillis, Sharon Stone, and Sigourney Weaver were also considered.

He also starred in the independent film Snow Cake (with Sigourney Weaver and Carrie Anne Moss) which had its debut at the Berlinale, and also ' (with Dustin Hoffman), directed by Tom Tykwer.

Weaver began using the name Sigourney Weaver in 1963 after a minor character (Sigourney Howard) in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby .

An English edition published the same year by Joyce's patron, Harriet Shaw Weaver, ran into further difficulties with the United States authorities, and 500 copies that were shipped to the States were seized and possibly destroyed.

Alien is a 1979 science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott, and starring Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm and Yaphet Kotto.

He filmed many of their rehearsals in order to capture spontaneity and improvisation, and tensions between some of the cast members, particularly towards the less experienced Weaver, translated convincingly on film as tension between their respective characters.

It received Academy Award nominations for Best Actress in a Leading Role for Weaver, Best Art Direction, Best Film Editing, Best Original Score, Best Sound, and won awards for Best Sound Effects Editing and Best Visual Effects.

Actress Sigourney Weaver, who starred as Ellen Ripley in the Alien series, said she was happy not to be in the film, as a possible crossover was the reason I wanted my character to die in the first place , and thought the concept sounded awful .

The role of Ripley was Weaver's first leading role in a motion picture, and earned her nominations for a Saturn Award for Best Actress and a BAFTA award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Role.

It also launched Weaver's acting career by providing her with her first lead role, and the story of her character Ripley's encounters with the Alien creatures became the thematic thread that ran through the sequels Aliens (1986), Alien 3 (1992) and (1997).

Warren Weaver head of the science division of the Rockefeller Foundation issued grants to promote research that applied the methods of physics and chemistry to basic biological problems, coining the term molecular biology for this approach in 1938 many of the significant biological breakthroughs of the 1930s and 1940s were funded by the Rockefeller Foundation.

He recently received the support of famous people such as James Cameron, Sigourney Weaver, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Vincent Cassel, Marion Cotillard, Edgar Morin, Jan Kounen, Nicolas Hulot, Danielle Mitterrand, Mino Cinelu and launched an international petition in 7 languages against the proposed Belo Monte dam project on his official website.