Sigourney Weaver / filmography

Sigourney Weaver (2011)

Sigourney Weaver's filmography names the films in which the film actress Sigourney Weaver has worked. In her almost 40-year film career, she has appeared in many films. With a few exceptions, mostly at the beginning of her career, she played the leading role .

In 1976 she stood in the television series Somerset for the first time for a supporting role over several episodes in front of the camera. In 1977, she played a supporting role in the film The city euros sufferers of Woody Allen and appeared in 1978 in the film Madman of Dan Cohen with. With the science fiction horror film Alien - The uncanny creature from an alien world by Ridley Scott , she had her international breakthrough as the main character Ripley and won the Saturn Award of the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films as well as the best leading actress British Academy Film Award nominated. This was followed by numerous leading and supporting roles in high-value films, including the portrayal of the primate researcher Dian Fossey in the film biography Gorillas im Nebel and the portrayal of Ripley in three sequels of the Alien series. Sigourney Weaver has been nominated for three Academy Awards for her acting achievements ( Aliens - The Return , Gorillas in the Mist and The Weapons of Women ).

Explanation

Sigourney Weaver at the 1989 Academy Awards

• Year: Calls the year in which the film first appeared.
• German title: gives the German title of the film. Some films never appeared in Germany.
• Original title: gives the original title of the film.
• Director: Name the director of the film.
• Genre: Mention the genre of the film (e.g. adventure film , science fiction , horror film , comedy or drama ).
• Min .: States the original length of the film in the theatrical version in minutes. Some films were later cut, sometimes only for German film distributors. Movies have 24  frames per second. On television or on DVD, films are shown in the phase alternating line system (PAL) with 25 full frames per second, see PAL acceleration . As a result, the running time of the films in the cinema is four percent longer than on television, which means a running time of 96 minutes on television with a cinema running time of 100 minutes.
• Credit : States whether Sigourney Weaver is mentioned in the opening and / or closing credits in the film (yes), or not (no).
• Role: Outlines the role of Sigourney Weaver. Further information on the film can be found under Note .

Movies

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1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

year	German title	Original title	Director	genre	Min.	Credit	role
				1970s
1976	-	Somerset (series)	k. A.	TV series, several episodes	30 each	-	Avis Ryan, a young reporter who tries to start an affair with newspaper editor Julian Cannell, thereby separating him from his partner.
1977	The city neurotic	Annie Hall	Woody Allen	comedy	93	Yes	Date of main character Alvy Singer
1977	-	The best of families	k. A.	Television series	30 each	k. A.	Laura Wheeler, wife of Teddy Wheeler
1978	Madman	Madman	Dan Cohen	drama	95	Yes	k. A.
1979	Alien - The creepy creature from a strange world	Alien	Ridley Scott	Science fiction / horror film	117	Yes	Main role as Ellen Louise Ripley, third officer of the cargo ship Nostromo. Together with the freighter's crew, she lands on a planetoid from which they have received a cry for help. After a crew member has been attacked by a being, a parasite develops in it, which breaks out and grows into an "alien". The alien kills the crew and Ripley is the last survivor to leave with a rescue ship.
1979	-	3 by Cheever: O Youth and Beauty!	Jeff Bleckner	TV series, drama	60	Yes	Marcia Lawton
1979	-	3 by Cheever: The Sorrows of Gin	Jack Hofsiss	TV series, drama	60	Yes	Marcia Lawton
				1980s
1981	the eye witness	Eyewitness	Peter Yates	thriller	103	Yes	Tony Sokolow, a reporter who wants to cover the murder of businessman Long. She tries to get information from the eyewitness Daryll Deever and begins a relationship with him. Her family and her fiancé, who was also Long's killer, try to kill him.
1982	A year in hell	The Year of Living Dangerously	Peter Weir	Film drama	117	Yes	Jill Bryant, employee of the British Embassy in Jakarta at the time of the attempted coup against Indonesian President Sukarno .
1983	The bomb business	Deal of the Century	William Friedkin	comedy	99	Yes	Catherine DeVoto, the wife and future widow of an arms dealer, who, together with Eddie Muntz, sells “Peacemaker” war drones to the dictator of a Caribbean island nation.
1984	Ghostbusters - The Ghostbusters	Ghostbusters	Ivan Reitman	comedy	105	Yes	Dana Barrett, musician. She is owned by the demigod Zuul (the "gatekeeper") and is supposed to unite with the "key master" to enable the arrival of the god Gozer, the annihilator.
1985	A woman to fall in love with	Une femme ou deux	Daniel Vigne	comedy	97	Yes
1986	Aliens - The Return	Aliens	James Cameron	Science fiction / horror film	137	Yes	Starring as Ellen Louise Ripley. After Ripley reaches a space station after 57 years of travel in space, no one believes the story with the alien. She learns that the planetoid on which she lost her crew has been colonized. After communication has broken down, Ripley returns with a special unit and comes across an alien nest in the colony. Together with a surviving girl (Newt) and Corporal Dwayne Hicks, she manages to escape, while all the other soldiers die.
1986	Half Moon Street	Half Moon Street	Bob Swaim	thriller	90	Yes	Dr. Lauren Slaughter
1988	The weapons of women	Working girl	Mike Nichols	comedy	109	Yes	Katharine Parker, successful business consultant and head of Tess McGill, from whom she steals an important idea for a client.
1988	Gorillas in the fog	Gorillas in the Mist	Michael Apted	Film drama, film biography	129	Yes	Dian Fossey , researcher of mountain gorillas
1989	Ghostbusters II	Ghostbusters II	Ivan Reitman	comedy	104	Yes	Dana Barrett, who is mother of a baby (Donald) 5 years after the first part. The baby is chosen by Vigo, a 17th century Carpathian tyrant, to come back to earth in his guise.
1989	-	Helmut Newton: Frames from the Edge	Adrian Maben	documentary	95	Yes	As herself. In the documentary, Sigourney Weaver describes her collaboration with the photographer Helmut Newton in an interview .
				1990s
1992	-	The Snow Queen	Marek Buchwald , Vladlen Barbe	Animated film, fairy tale	30th	Yes	Narrator (voice only). The film is an animated version of the fairy tale The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen .
1992	Alien 3	Alien³	David Fincher	Science fiction / horror film	114	Yes	Starring as Ellen Louise Ripley. The escape pod with Ripley on board has to make an emergency landing on a prison planet; Her two companions are dead. The capsule brings a creature that attacks a dog, matures into an alien and decimates the prison inmates. Together with the prisoners, Ripley tries to catch and kill the alien, killing herself.
1992	1492 - The Conquest of Paradise	1492: Conquest of Paradise	Ridley Scott	Historical film	142	Yes	Queen Isabella , Queen of Aragon and Castile . Isabella supports Christopher Columbus ' journey that leads to the discovery of America.
1993	-	Rabbit Ears: Peachboy	Mike Pogue	Animation film	30th	Yes	Narrator (voice only); Fairy tale film by Rabbit Ears Productions
1993	Dave	Dave	Ivan Reitman	comedy	105	Yes	Ellen Mitchell, wife of the President of the United States ( First Lady )
1994	-	The Wild Swans	Vladlen Barbe	Animated film, fairy tale	30th	Yes	Narrator (voice only). The film is an animated version of the fairy tale The Wild Swans by Hans Christian Andersen .
1994	Death and the Maiden	Death and the Maiden	Roman Polanski	drama	99	Yes	Paulina Escobar, wife of a lawyer from a nameless republic who is supposed to solve crimes of the military junta.
1995	Jeffrey	Jeffrey	Christopher Ashley	tragicomedy	92	Yes	Debra Moorhouse, a self-help therapist with whom the title character Jeffrey seeks help in fighting her HIV fear.
1995	Copykill	Copycat	Jon Amiel	thriller	123	Yes	Dr. Helen Hudson, a serial killer psychologist and a victim of a serial killer herself. She helps the police find a serial killer who is copying the deeds of historical models.
1997	Snow white	Snow White: A Tale of Terror	Michael Cohn	Fantasy	95	Yes	Claudia Hoffman, the stepmother of Lilli Hoffman ( Snow White ); she tries to kill her stepdaughter.
1997	The ice storm	The Ice Storm	Ang Lee	drama	112	Yes	Janey Carver, mother of the Carvey sons and affair of the main character Ben Hood
1997	Alien - The rebirth	Alien: Resurrection	Jean-Pierre Jeunet	Science fiction / horror film	114	Yes	Starring as the clone of Ellen Louise Ripley. At a research station, clones of Ripley and the alien queen that she carries are bred. The aliens can escape from their cells and decimate the crew. Ripley helps a group of space pirates escape from the space station.
1999	Persecuted innocently	A Map of the World	Scott Elliott	drama	123	Yes	Alice Goodwin, a nurse who is arrested and accused of molesting a boy after the fatal accident of a friend's daughter. In the process it turns out that the allegations were fabricated.
1999	-	Get Bruce	Andrew J. Kuehn	documentary	88	k. A.	Than herself
1999	Galaxy Quest - Planlessly through space	Galaxy Quest	Dean Parisot	Science fiction comedy	102	Yes	Gwen DeMarco, the actress who starred in the series Galaxy Quest Lt. Tawny Madison plays and works as a communications officer.
				2000s
2000	Cuba Libre - Dumber than the CIA allows	Company Man	Peter Askin and Douglas McGrath	comedy	82	Yes
2001	Heartbreakers - Warning: Sharp curves!	Heartbreakers	David Mirkin	comedy	119	Yes	Max Conners, who is active as a marriage fraud duo together with her daughter Page.
2001	-	Big Bad Love	Arliss Howard	comedy	111	Yes	Betti DeLoreo (voice only)
2002	Everyone loves Oscar	Tadpole	Gary Winick	comedy	75	Yes	Eve Grubman, stepmother of Oscar Grubman. 15-year-old Oscar is in love with his stepmother and tries to get close to her while ignoring girls of the same age.
2002	-	The Wedding Contract	-	-	-	-
2002	The guys	The guys	Jim Simpson	-	-	Yes
2003	The Secret of Green Lake	Holes	Andrew Davis	adventure	117	Yes	Warden Walker, called "the Boss". She is the director of the Green Lake Criminal Camp and forces the imprisoned boys to dig holes in the desert.
2004	The Village	The Village	M. Night Shyamalan	Mystery	108	Yes	Alice Hunt, mother of the main character Lucius Hunt and member of the elders. Alice Hunt is a widow and tries to prevent her son from leaving the village.
2004	Imaginary Heroes	Imaginary Heroes	Dan Harris	drama	107	Yes	Sandy Travis. Your eldest son takes his own life. Like her husband and children, she tries to deal with the situation.
2005	The taste of snow	Snow Cake	Marc Evans	drama	112	Yes	Linda, the autistic mother of Vivienne, who was killed in an accident.
2006	Cold blood - In the footsteps of Truman Capote	Infamous	Douglas McGrath	Drama, biography	110	Yes	Babe Paley, wife of William S. Paley and friend of Truman Capote
2006	The TV Set	The TV Set	Jake Kasdan	Drama, biography	85	Yes	Lenny, the president of a television station, wants to influence the casting of the leading role in a television series.
2007	It was never in fairyland	Happily N'Ever After	Paul J. Bolger	Animation film	87	Yes	Frieda (voice only)
2007	Girl in the park	Girl in the park	David Auburn	drama	109	Yes	The singer Julia believes that she has found her daughter who disappeared 16 years ago.
2008	8 angles	Vantage Point	Pete Travis	drama	90	Yes	Rex Brooks, station director of the news channel GNN in the TV outside broadcast van. She observes the assassination attempt on the president through the camera of reporter Angie, who is killed in the explosion.
2008	Wacky	Be Kind Rewind	Michel Gondry	comedy	110	Yes	Mrs. Lawson, a lawyer who brings Mr. Fletscher and his coworkers a lawsuit for copyright infringement on films and has the "Swed" films confiscated and destroyed.
2008	Baby mom	Baby mom	Michael McCullers	comedy	95	Yes	Chaffee Bicknell, director of a surrogacy clinic. Bicknell is hired by businesswoman Kate Holbrook to arrange a surrogacy for Angie Ostrowiski.
2008	WALL · E - The last one is cleaning up the earth	WALL E	Andrew Stanton	Animation	98	Yes	Ship computer (voice only)
2008	Eli Stone : Return of the Prophet	Eli Stone: The Path	Perry Lang	Television series	55	Yes	Eli Stone's therapist, later revealed to be a vision
2008	Despereaux - The little mouse hero	The Tale of Despereaux	Sam Fell , Robert Stevenhagen	Animation	94	Yes	Narrator (voice only)
2009	Avatar - Departure for Pandora	Avatar	James Cameron	Science fiction	161	Yes	Dr. Grace Augustine, Scientific Director of the Avatar Program.
2009	Prayers for Bobby	Prayers for Bobby	Russel Mulcahy	drama	86	Yes	The devout Christian Mary regards the homosexuality of her son Bobby as "sin" and "disease". After Bobby committed suicide, she changes her mind.
				2010s
2010	-	Crazy on the Outside	Tim Allen	comedy	96	Yes
2010	You again	You again	Andy Fickman	comedy	106	Yes	Ramona Clark, successful businesswoman and aunt of bride Joanna Clark. Ramona Clark was in high school with Gail Olsen, the groom's mother, and they both have a competitive battle due to old disputes before the wedding.
2011	-	Spring / Fall	Jake Kasdan	comedy	30th	Yes
2011	Paul - an alien on the run	Paul	Greg Mottola	Science fiction comedy	104	Yes	The big boss, the boss of Agent Zoil at the FBI, who is after the alien Paul. The boss only appears as a voice on the phone for most of the film, but lands in a helicopter near the take-off point just before the end to catch Paul.
2011	Welcome to Cedar Rapids	Cedar Rapids	Miguel Arteta	comedy	86	Yes	Macy Vanderhei, former teacher and lover of insurance agent Tim Lippe
2011	Breathless-Dangerous Truth	Abduction	John Singleton	thriller	106	Yes	Dr. Bennett, youth therapist for Nathan Harper and Steven Price respectively. After his foster parents are killed, it turns out that she is a former CIA agent and should protect Nathan.
2011	Rampart - cop out of control	Rampart	Oren Moverman	drama	104	Yes	Joan Confrey, a politician who is engaged in solving and solving the case of the violent police officer David Douglas Brown.
2012	The Cabin in the Woods	The Cabin in the Woods	Drew Goddard	horror	95	Yes	Director of an organization that stages the ritual killing of a group of young people to appease the old gods. She only appears at the end of the film to explain the background to the two survivors.
2012	The Cold Light of Day	The Cold Light of Day	Mabrouk El Mechri	Action	94	Yes	Jean Carrack, a corrupt CIA agent. Carrack has Will Shaw's father killed and also hunts him down so as not to leave any witnesses for their actions.
2012	Red lights	Red lights	Rodrigo Cortés	Mystery	113	Yes	Margaret Matheson, together with the main character Tom Buckley, an expert on convicting fraudsters who claim to have supernatural gifts.
2012	Vamps - dating with a bite	Vamps	Amy Heckerling	Horror comedy	92	Yes	Cisserus, tribal vampire and converter of the main characters Stacy and Goody.
2012	-	Political Animals	Greg Berlanti	Television series	60 each	Yes	Elaine Barrish Hammond
2014	Exodus: gods and kings	Exodus: Gods and Kings	Ridley Scott	Mystery, drama	150	Yes	Tuya, wife of Pharaoh Sethos I and mother of Ramses II , foster mother of Moses .
2015	Chappie	Chappie	Neill Blomkamp	Action, science fiction	120	Yes	Michelle Bradley, head of robot manufacturing company Tetravaal
2016	Ghostbusters	Ghostbusters: Answer the Call	Paul Feig	Comedy, science fiction	117	Yes	Dr. Rebecca Gorin, mentor to Dr. Jillian Holtzmann
2016	Find Dory	Finding Dory	Andrew Stanton	Animation film	103	Yes	Human (voice only)
2016	Seven minutes past midnight	A monster calls	Juan Antonio Bayona	Fantasy, drama	109	Yes	Conor's grandmother; Young Conor is looked after by his grandmother while his mother is in the hospital battling a deadly disease.
2016	-	The assignment	Walter Hill	Action, crime, thriller	95	Yes	Doctor Rachel Jane
2017	Raqqa	Raqqa	Neill Blomkamp	Military science fiction	22nd	Yes	Jasper, commander of the Texan militia in the fight against reptilian , alien invaders
2017	Marvel's The Defenders	Marvel's The Defenders	Greg Berlanti	TV series, episodes 1.01 to 1.06	44–57 each	Yes	Alexandra
2017	The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)	The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)	Noah Baumbach	tragicomedy	110	Yes	Guest appearance

supporting documents

1. ↑ vanityfair.de: Heroine without an expiration date. ( Memento of the original from December 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Cast of the Somerset series on IMDB.
3. ↑ Somerset Storylines 1976 on Somerset online.

Web links

• Sigourney Weaver in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Sigourney Weaver on All Movie Guide