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Sigourney Weaver

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Sigourney Weaver

Movie Actress


Who is Sigourney Weaver?

Sigourney Weaver is an award winning actress and film producer. She has been nominated for numerous awards including three Academy Awards. She has won a BAFTA and two Golden Globe awards for either Best Actress or Best Supporting Actress.

Sigourney Weaver was born Susan Alexandra Weaver. While growing up, she was no stranger to the entertainment industry as her father, Sylvester Weaver, was a President of the NBC television network and her mother was the British actress known as Elizabeth Inglis.

Famous Kin

Although Sigourney Weaver is not a direct descendant of a Mayflower passenger, she does have kinship to Mayflower passenger Edward Winslow through his brother Kenelm Winslow. She has royal connections to at least three of the wives of King Henry VIII, and a connection to the current royal family through a common ancestor with Princess Diana. Presidential kin include Millard Fillmore, Ulysses S. Grant, Calvin Coolidge, William Howard Taft, and George W. Bush

Sigourney Weaver has a number of actors and actresses that she can call kin. These include, but are not limited to, Bing Crosby, Jane Fonda, Christopher Lloyd, Richard Gere, Humphrey Bogart, Vincent Price, Anthony Perkins, Shirley Temple, and Lucille Ball.

Brickwall

Isabel Mabel (Dixon) Weaver

Isabel Dixon was the paternal grandmother of actress Sigourney Weaver. Sources vary on the given name of Isabel giving either Isabel, Mabel, or Amabel. Her tombstone shows it as Amabel. Sources also disagree on the birth location for Amabel Dixon with census records indicating Louisiana, Ohio, and California as possibilities. Additional sources are needed to resolve the origins and given name of Isabel Dixon, and to identify her parents.


Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for Sigourney Weaver

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Taylor Lautner

TV and Movie Actor

10th cousin 3 times removed
via Thomas Judd

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Diane Brewster

TV and Movie Actress

9th cousin 1 time removed
via Christopher Wadsworth

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Diane Brewster

TV and Movie Actress

9th cousin 1 time removed
via Henry Andrews

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Henry P. Baldwin

15th Governor of Michigan

7th cousin 4 times removed
via Robert White

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Nat Faxon

Actor, Comedian, Director and Screenwriter

10th cousin 2 times removed
via Edward Winslow

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George Herbert

8th Earl of Carnarvon
Owner, Highclere Castle (aka Downton Abbey)

10th cousin 2 times removed
via Edward Winslow

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William Henry Moore

Co-Founder, U.S. Steel and Nabisco

8th cousin 3 times removed
via Robert Hicks

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Ali Wentworth

TV Actress and Comedienne

18th cousin 1 time removed
via Sir Reynold de Grey

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William Henry Moore

Co-Founder, U.S. Steel and Nabisco

8th cousin 2 times removed
via Edward Winslow

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Ali Wentworth

TV Actress and Comedienne

9th cousin 1 time removed
via Kenelm Winslow

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George Herbert

8th Earl of Carnarvon
Owner, Highclere Castle (aka Downton Abbey)

11th cousin 1 time removed
via Robert Hicks

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Ann B. Davis

TV Actress

10th cousin 1 time removed
via Edward Winslow

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Dewey F. Bartlett

19th Governor of Oklahoma

10th cousin
via Joseph Loomis

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Paul Walker

TV and Movie Actor

10th cousin 2 times removed
via George Watson

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Seth Low

Mayor of New York City
President of Columbia University

15th cousin 2 times removed
via Sir Reynold Grey

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Bob Barker

TV Game Show Host

7th cousin 2 times removed
via Samuel Loomis

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William Woodbridge

2nd Governor of Michigan

13th cousin 4 times removed
via Sir Reynold Grey

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William Woodbridge

2nd Governor of Michigan

6th cousin 4 times removed
via Edward Winslow

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George Winston

New Age Pianist

10th cousin 1 time removed
via John Newgate

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Ben Jealous

President and CEO of NAACP

17th cousin 2 times removed
via Sir Reynold Grey

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John Dewey

Philosopher and Education Reformer

7th cousin 3 times removed
via Joseph Loomis

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Susan Dey

TV and Movie Actress

21st cousin
via Ida de Odingsells

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Austin Blair

13th Governor of Michigan

6th cousin 4 times removed
via Joseph Loomis

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Tony Dow

TV Actor

17th cousin 1 time removed
via Sir Reynold Grey

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Ava Michelle

Model and Actress

10th cousin 3 times removed
via Joseph Loomis

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