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SIGOURNEY WEAVER IS 64 TODAY

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Sigourney Weaver (Susan Alexandra Weaver)

Weaver is primarily known for her role of Ellen Ripley in the four Alien
films
: Alien (1979), Aliens (1986), Alien 3 (1992), and Alien Resurrection 
(1997). Other notable roles include Dana Barrett in Ghostbusters (1984)
and its sequel Ghostbusters II (1989),Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of
Dian Fossey
(1988), Working Girl (1988), and Grace Augustine in Avatar 
(2009).
She played her first minor role in Woody Allen‘s 1977 comedy,
Annie Hall.

Her 1986 Academy Award nomination for Aliens is considered by many to
be a landmark in the recognition of science fiction, action, and horror
genres.
 

 

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SERIES PREMIERED ON THIS DAY IN 1959

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The Twilight Zone is a television anthology series created and hosted by
Rod Serling (above). The series aired on CBS until 1964. The title of the
first
episode, ”Where is Everybody?” 



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SERIES PREMIERED ON THIS DAY IN 1963

The Outer Limits

The Outer Limits series that aired on ABC-TV from 1963 to 1965. It is
often compared to The Twilight Zone, but with a greater emphasis on
science fiction, rather than simply bizarre or supernatural, stories.
The
Outer Limits
is an
anthology of self-contained episodes.

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SPIN-OFF DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1978

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Stars Pam Dawber and Robin Williams

Mork & Mindy is a science fiction sitcom that was televised until May 27, 1982
on the ABC network. The series was a spin-off from the ABC sitcom Happy Days
(1974-1984) and starred Williams as Mork, an alien from the planet Ork who is befriended by a human, played by Dawber. In 1997, the episode "Mork’s Mixed Emotions" was ranked #94 on TV Guide‘s 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time list.  

 

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ORIGINAL ‘’STAR TREK’’ ACTOR IS 77 TODAY

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walter koenig star trek

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Walter Marvin Koenig 

Koenig is a actor, writer, teacher and director, remembered for portraying 
Pavel Chekov in the original Star Trek and Alfred Bester in Babylon 5
(1993-1998). He wrote the script for the 2008 science fiction legal thriller
InAlienable.
 

Walter Koenig was the first original cast member of Star Trek to write an
actual story for the series called “The Infinite Vulcan”.

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