Original: Weaver was born in Manhattan , New York City , the daughter of Elizabeth Inglis ( née Desiree Mary Lucy Hawkins ; 1913 -- 2007 ) , an English actress , and the NBC television executive Sylvester '' Pat '' Laflin Weaver ( 1908 -- 2002 ) , an American of Scottish , Scots-Irish , and early New England ancestry .
Simplified: She is also well known for playing Dana Barrett in the movies Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II or for the role Dian Fossey in the movie Gorillas in the Mist .