When Alien came out in 1979, Weaver turned 30 that same year. So technically, Ripley saved humanity (and the cat) while Weaver was still in her twenties. That’s just unfair.
She left her twenties as a demigod. The rest of us just get a birthday cake. But hey — Alien proves that age is just a number. Especially when that number is 29 and you’re holding a pulse rifle.
So go ahead. Share this info at your next watch party. Sound like a film scholar. And smile knowing that the scariest movie of 1979 starred a woman who still had her original driver’s license photo.