# Elizabeth Inglis > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Elizabeth_Inglis > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Elizabeth_Inglis.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Inglis > Source revision: 1353411912 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|English actress (1913–2007)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Elizabeth Inglis | image = Stage-Door-Canteen-Inglis-LIFE-1944.jpg | caption = Inglis (left) working at the [Stage Door Canteen](/source/Stage_Door_Canteen) in 1944 | birth_date = {{birth date|1913|7|10|df=y}} | birth_place = [Colchester](/source/Colchester), Essex, England | birth_name = Desiree Mary Lucy Hawkins | death_date = {{death date and age|2007|8|25|1913|7|10|df=y}} | death_place = [Santa Barbara, California](/source/Santa_Barbara%2C_California), U.S. | other_names = Elizabeth Earl | spouse = {{Marriage|[Pat Weaver](/source/Pat_Weaver) |1942|2002|end=his death}} | children = 2, including [Sigourney Weaver](/source/Sigourney_Weaver) | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1934–1945 | relatives = [Doodles Weaver](/source/Doodles_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](/source/The_Letter_(1940_film))'' and for being the mother of American actress [Sigourney Weaver](/source/Sigourney_Weaver). ==Early life== Inglis was born Desiree Mary Lucy Hawkins{{cite web |work=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times) |date=7 August 2007 |title= Obituaries |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-07-me-passings7-story.html |access-date=30 September 2018 }} in [Colchester](/source/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](/source/Alfred_Hitchcock)'s film [''The 39 Steps''](/source/The_39_Steps_(1935_film)) (1935). She played the young maid Nancy in the original British production of [Patrick Hamilton](/source/Patrick_Hamilton_(writer))'s play ''[Gas Light](/source/Gas_Light)'', which premiered on 5 December 1938 and closed on 10 June 1939 after 141 performances.{{cite book |last=Wearing |first=J. P. |date=2014 |title=The London Stage 1930–1939: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z2mYAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA730 |location= Lanham, Maryland |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |page=740 |isbn=9780810893047 }} Inglis and the rest of the cast recreated their stage roles for a 1939 television presentation performed live on [BBC Television](/source/BBC_Television).{{cite web |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7fca2a37 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122192905/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7fca2a37 |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 November 2018 |title=Gaslight (1939) |publisher=[British Film Institute](/source/British_Film_Institute) |access-date=12 August 2018 }} In Hollywood, Inglis played Adele Ainsworth in [William Wyler](/source/William_Wyler)'s film ''[The Letter](/source/The_Letter_(1940_film))'' (1940). By this time, she was using the [stage name](/source/stage_name) Elizabeth Earl.{{cite web |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/46483 |title=Elizabeth Earl |website=[AFI Catalog of Feature Films](/source/AFI_Catalog_of_Feature_Films) |publisher=[American Film Institute](/source/American_Film_Institute) |access-date=12 August 2018 }}{{cite book |last=Lentz III |first=Harris M. |date= 2008 |title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2007 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AX3GCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA176 |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |publisher=McFarland and Company |page=176 |isbn= 9780786451913 }} ==Personal life== Inglis was married to American television executive [Pat Weaver](/source/Pat_Weaver) from 1942 until his death in 2002.{{cite news |first=Thomas J. |last=Lueck |title=Sylvester Weaver, 93, Dies; Created 'Today' and 'Tonight' |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D07E3DF1438F93BA25750C0A9649C8B63 |quote=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. |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date= 18 March 2002 |access-date=20 September 2008 }} She retired from acting after they married. The couple had two children, including actress [Sigourney Weaver](/source/Sigourney_Weaver).{{cite web |title=Sigourney Weaver: Family |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/203050%7C0/sigourney-weaver#family-companions |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208150648/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/203050%7C0/Sigourney-Weaver/#family-companions |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 February 2012 |work=[TCM](/source/Turner_Classic_Movies) |access-date=6 February 2020 }} In a deleted scene from [''Aliens''](/source/Aliens_(film)) (1986), a photograph of Inglis was used to portray [Amanda Ripley](/source/Amanda_Ripley_(character)), the elderly daughter of Weaver's character [Ellen Ripley](/source/Ellen_Ripley).{{cite AV media |people=[Ridley Scott](/source/Ridley_Scott), [James Cameron](/source/James_Cameron), [H. R. Giger](/source/H._R._Giger), [Dan O'Bannon](/source/Dan_O'Bannon), [Ronald Shusett](/source/Ronald_Shusett) |title=The Alien Saga |medium=DVD |publisher=Prometheus Entertainment |date=2002 }} ==Death== Inglis died on 25 August 2007 in [Santa Barbara, California](/source/Santa_Barbara%2C_California) at the age of 94. ==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 1934 | ''[Borrowed Clothes](/source/Borrowed_Clothes)'' | Barbara | |- | 1935 | ''[The 39 Steps](/source/The_39_Steps_(1935_film))'' | Pat, Professor Jordan's daughter | Uncredited |- | rowspan="3" | 1937 | ''[Thunder in the City](/source/Thunder_in_the_City)'' | Dolly | |- | ''[Landslide](/source/Landslide_(1937_film))'' | Vera Grant | |- | ''[Museum Mystery](/source/Museum_Mystery)'' | Ruth Carter | |- | 1939 | ''Gas Light'' | Nancy | TV movie |- | rowspan="3" | 1940 | ''[My Love Came Back](/source/My_Love_Came_Back)'' | Party Guest | Uncredited |- | ''[River's End](/source/River's_End_(1940_film))'' | Linda Conniston | rowspan="2" | Credited as Elizabeth Earl |- | ''[The Letter](/source/The_Letter_(1940_film))'' | Adele Ainsworth |- | 1945 | ''[Tonight and Every Night](/source/Tonight_and_Every_Night)'' | Joan | Uncredited, offscreen credit (as Elizabeth Inglise){{cite web |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/24631 |title=Tonight and Every Night |website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films |publisher=American Film Institute |access-date=12 August 2018 }} |- | 1986 | ''[Aliens](/source/Aliens_(1986_film))'' | [Amanda Ripley](/source/Amanda_Ripley_(character)) | Uncredited (appears in a photograph in the extended edition) |} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{IMDb name|408876}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Inglis, Elizabeth}} Category:1913 births Category:2007 deaths Category:English film actresses Category:Actresses from Colchester Category:English emigrants to the United States --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Elizabeth Inglis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Inglis) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Inglis?action=history)). 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