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Elizabeth Inglis

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Elizabeth Inglis
Inglis (left) working at the Stage Door Canteen in 1944
Born
Desiree Mary Lucy Hawkins

(1913-07-10)10 July 1913
Colchester, England
Died25 August 2007(2007-08-25) (aged 94)
Other namesElizabeth Earl
OccupationActress
Years active1934–1945
Spouse
(m. 1942; died 2002)
Children2, including Sigourney Weaver
RelativesDoodles 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

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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

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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

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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

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

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1934 Borrowed Clothes Barbara
1935 The 39 Steps Pat, Professor Jordan's daughter Uncredited
1937 Thunder in the City Dolly
Landslide Vera Grant
Museum Mystery Ruth Carter
1939 Gas Light Nancy TV movie
1940 My Love Came Back Party Guest Uncredited
River's End Linda Conniston Credited as Elizabeth Earl[4]
The Letter Adele Ainsworth
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

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  1. ^ "Obituaries". Los Angeles Times. 7 August 2007. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  2. ^ Wearing, J. P. (2014). The London Stage 1930–1939: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 740. ISBN 9780810893047.
  3. ^ "Gaslight (1939)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 22 November 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Elizabeth Earl". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  5. ^ a b Lentz III, Harris M. (2008). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2007. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Company. p. 176. ISBN 9780786451913.
  6. ^ Lueck, Thomas J. (18 March 2002). "Sylvester Weaver, 93, Dies; Created 'Today' and 'Tonight'". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 September 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.
  7. ^ "Sigourney Weaver: Family". TCM. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  8. ^ Ridley Scott, James Cameron, H. R. Giger, Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett (2002). The Alien Saga (DVD). Prometheus Entertainment.
  9. ^ "Tonight and Every Night". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
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