Sigourney Weaver The Frogs
Thursday, May 15th, 2008You know her as Lt. Ellen Ripley, the last survivor of the Nostromo and the hard-as-nails lead of the four Alien movies. You know her as Dana Barrett, the occasionally possessed, usually fiery female love interest in the Ghostbusters movies. You know her as Gwen DeMarco, Debra Moorhouse, Alice Hunt, Frieda and Ms. Lawson. More importantly, though, you know her as Sigourney Weaver.
But did you know that at one point she was part of a chorus? And not just any chorus, but in the Yale production of “The Frogs” in 1974?
It’s true. Weaver graduated from Yale Drama School the same year she performed in “The Frogs”, a Greek tale about the god Dionysus. The same play also featured Meryl Streep, who of course would go on to rival Weaver in her stardom (though the pair were friends then and continue to be friends now, as well as occasional colleagues).