Celebrate Sigourney Weaver’s birthday with these five memorable performances

Sigourney Weaver turns 73 years young on Oct. 8, so Happy Birthday, Ms. Weaver!  Most folks – including yours truly – link Sigourney to Ellen Ripley as her most recognizable character, but this legendary, Oscar-nominated actress has dozens of impressive credits listed on her resume.  To celebrate Sigourney’s birthday, let’s look back at five memorable performances, ones outside the “Alien” and “Ghostbusters” franchises. Dian Fossey, “Gorillas in the Mist” (1988) – In the 1960s, American primatologist Dian Fossey moved to Africa and lived among, studied, and protected mountain gorillas, an…