That's a great yearbook quote for/from someone who ended up doing extraordinary things.
this post was submitted on 03 Jan 2025
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TIL she doesn't use a stage name
It's sort of a stage name. It's a name she chose for herself.
Susan Alexandra Weaver was born in New York City on October 8, 1949,[4][5] the daughter of English actress Elizabeth Inglis (1913–2007)[6] and American television executive Pat Weaver (1908–2002).[7] Her father served as president of NBC from 1953 to 1955, during which time he created The Today Show.[8] Pat's brother, Doodles Weaver, was a comedian and contributor to Mad.[9] She is of Dutch, English, Scots-Irish, and Scottish descent through her father.[10][11]
At the age of 14, Weaver began using the name "Sigourney" after she took it from a minor character in The Great Gatsby.
So... she has the second best stage name in the Weaver family.
NGL, Doodles Weaver is a pretty memorable name.
And she did a lot fewer recordings with Spike Jones and his City Slickers.
it's crazy to think that someone would see the name at 14 and start using it their whole life. iconic. she had nothing to worry about with that attitude; she never had the chance to be normal.
TIL it is a stage name
It's not her given name, but it's also not a stage name because it's a name she was using before she started acting.
TIL it's a name
She looks like that girl from Ned’s Declassified that ran through the whole cast
I had to look this up, gotta say I'm not surprised about what happened.
What happened exactly?
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A valiant effort, madam. But normalcy of late is a relative proposition at best
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