June 28 (UPI) -- Alien, Avatar and Ghostbusters icon Sigourney Weaver is to receive the Golden Lion for Life Achievement at the Venice Film Festival this summer. "I am truly honored to receive the ...

Sigourney Weaver to Receive Lifetime Achievement Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival The “Alien” actress will collect the prize at the late-summer fest Josh Dickey June 28, 2024 @ 6:39 AM ...

Weaver also notched another pop culture landmark with her appearances in the Ghostbusters movies in the 1980s. She reprised her role of Dana Barrett in the 2021 reboot, Ghostbusters: Afterlife.

The mid to late 1970s saw the start of a new sci-fi boom, kicked off by movies like Star Wars, Alien, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Science fiction, a genre inherently about the future ...

Back in the mid-1980s, Weaver was shocked by the radical new direction for Aliens, but she also very clearly has a great deal of appreciation for the franchise turning her into a cinematic legend ...

Sigourney Weaver was born on October 8, 1949, in New York, as Susan Alexandra Weaver. Her mother was a film and theater actress. Her father had many roles, one being a producer.

Sigourney Weaver starred in the "Alien" movie franchise of the 1980s. Since then, she has cemented her icon status with memorable roles in movies ranging from "Ghostbusters" to "Avatar." ...