Elizabeth Inglis

English actress (1913–2007)

Pat Weaver

(m. 1942; died 2002)

Children2, including Sigourney WeaverRelativesDoodles Weaver
(brother-in-law)

Elizabeth Inglis (born Desiree Mary Lucy Hawkins; 10 July 1913 – 25 August 2007) was an English actress. She was best known for her role in The Letter and for being the mother of American actress Sigourney Weaver.

Early life

Inglis was born Desiree Mary Lucy Hawkins^[1] in Colchester on 10 July 1913, the daughter of Margaret Inglis (née Hunt) and Alan George Hawkins.

Career

Inglis' screen debut was in the film Borrowed Clothes (1934). She then had a small part as Hilary Jordan in Alfred Hitchcock's film The 39 Steps (1935). She played the young maid Nancy in the original British production of Patrick Hamilton's play Gas Light, which premiered on 5 December 1938 and closed on 10 June 1939 after 141 performances.^[2] Inglis and the rest of the cast recreated their stage roles for a 1939 television presentation performed live on BBC Television.^[3] In Hollywood, Inglis played Adele Ainsworth in William Wyler's film The Letter (1940). By this time, she was using the stage name Elizabeth Earl.^[4]^[5]

Personal life

Inglis was married to American television executive Pat Weaver from 1942 until his death in 2002.^[6] She retired from acting after they married. The couple had two children, including actress Sigourney Weaver.^[7]

In a deleted scene from Aliens (1986), a photograph of Inglis was used to portray Amanda Ripley, the elderly daughter of Weaver's character Ellen Ripley.^[8]

Death

On 25 August 2007, Inglis died at the age of 94 in Santa Barbara, California.^[5]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1934	Borrowed Clothes	Barbara
1935	The 39 Steps	Pat, Professor Jordan's daughter	Uncredited
1937	Thunder in the City	Dolly
1937	Landslide	Vera Grant
1937	Museum Mystery	Ruth Carter
1939	Gas Light	Nancy	TV movie
1940	My Love Came Back	Party Guest	Uncredited
1940	River's End	Linda Conniston	Credited as Elizabeth Earl^[4]
1940	The Letter	Adele Ainsworth	Credited as Elizabeth Earl^[4]
1945	Tonight and Every Night	Joan	Uncredited, offscreen credit (as Elizabeth Inglise)^[9]
1986	Aliens	Amanda Ripley	Uncredited (appears in a photograph in the extended edition).

References

^ "Obituaries". Los Angeles Times. 2007-08-07. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
^ Wearing, J. P. (2014). The London Stage 1930–1939: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 740. ISBN 9780810893047.
^ "Gaslight (1939)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on November 22, 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Elizabeth Earl". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
^ ^a ^b Lentz III, Harris M. (2008). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2007. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Company. p. 176. ISBN 9780786451913.
^ Lueck, Thomas J. (March 18, 2002). "Sylvester Weaver, 93, Dies; Created 'Today' and 'Tonight'". The New York Times. Retrieved September 20, 2008. Sylvester L. Weaver Jr., a pioneering television executive who created the NBC programs Today and Tonight and did much to shape the medium's pervasive influence, died Friday at his home in Santa Barbara, Calif. He was 93.
^ "Sigourney Weaver: Family". TCM. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
^ Ridley Scott, James Cameron, H. R. Giger, Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett (2002). The Alien Saga (DVD). Prometheus Entertainment.
^ "Tonight and Every Night". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved 2018-08-12.