Name
Veronica Cartwright
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1949-04-20 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
Bristol, England, UK
Biography
Veronica Cartwright (born April 20, 1949) is a British-born American actress. She is known for appearing in science fiction and horror films, and has earned numerous accolades, including three Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Her younger sister is actress Angela Cartwright.
As a child actress, Cartwright appeared in supporting roles in The Children's Hour and The Birds, the latter of which was her first commercial success. She made her transition into mainstream, mature roles with 1978's Invasion of the Body Snatchers. The following year, she played Lambert in the science-fiction horror film Alien, which earned her recognition and a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress. She additionally appeared in the films The Right Stuff and The Witches of Eastwick which earned her praise, and in the 1990s, received three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, one of which was for her role on ER and two of which were for her role in The X-Files.
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Scary Movie 2
(5,274 Votes)
5.842
A group of students visit a mansion called "Hell House," and murderous high jinks ensue....
Relase Date : 4 Jul, 2001
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers
(1,344 Votes)
7.227
The residents of San Francisco are becoming drone-like shadows of their former selves, and...
Relase Date : 20 Dec, 1978
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The Witches of Eastwick
(1,574 Votes)
6.547
Three single women in a picturesque village have their wishes granted, at a cost, when a m...
Relase Date : 12 Jun, 1987
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In the Bedroom
(408 Votes)
6.938
Summertime on the coast of Maine, "In the Bedroom" centers on the inner dynamics of a fami...
Relase Date : 23 Nov, 2001
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Flight of the Navigator
(955 Votes)
6.961
12-year-old David is accidentally knocked out in the forest near his home, but when he awa...
Relase Date : 30 Jul, 1986
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Just Married
(1,473 Votes)
5.778
Although Tom Leezak and Sarah McNerney come from different worlds, they are both unexpecte...
Relase Date : 8 Jan, 2003
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Movies
Tv Shows
- 1963 The Birds as Cathy Brenner
- 1986 Flight of the Navigator as Helen Freeman
- 1995 Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh as Octavia Tarrant
- 1961 The Children's Hour as Rosalie Wells
- 2007 The Invasion as Wendy Lenk
- 2010 Neowolf as Mrs. Belakov
- 2004 Kinsey as Sara Kinsey
- 1989 Valentino Returns as Patricia "Pat" Gibbs
- 1987 The Witches of Eastwick as Felicia Alden
- 1978 Invasion of the Body Snatchers as Nancy Bellicec
- 1975 Inserts as Harlene
- 1997 Quicksilver Highway as Myra
- 2025 The Ruse as Olivia
- 1983 The Right Stuff as Betty Grissom
- 2009 Call of the Wild as Sheriff Taylor
- 1986 Wisdom as Samantha Wisdom
- 1983 Nightmares as Claire Houston (segment "Night of the Rat")
- 2005 Barry Dingle as Eleanor Dingle
- 1999 A Slipping Down Life as Mrs. Casey
- 2003 The Beast Within: Making Alien as Self
- 2011 InSight as Patricia
- 2011 The Yellow Wallpaper as Catherine Sayer
- 1996 The Lottery as Maggie Dunbar
- 2001 Critic's Choice as Watkins
- 1992 Lincoln and the War Within
- 2000 All About 'The Birds' as Self
- 1989 Desperate for Love as Betty Petrie
- 2009 The Face is Familiar
- 2001 Alien Evolution as Self / 'Lambert'
- 1976 Bernice Bobs Her Hair as Marjorie
- 1994 Dead Air as The Caller
- 1993 It's Nothing Personal as Barbara
- 1997 Sparkler as Dottie Delgato
- 1994 On Hope
- 1995 My Brother's Keeper as Pat
- 1978 Goin' South as Hermine
- 1964 One Man's Way as Mary
- 2004 Straight-Jacket as Jerry Albrecht
- 1963 Spencer's Mountain as Becky Spencer (uncredited)
- 2014 The Town that Dreaded Sundown as Lillian
- 1985 My Man Adam as Elaine Swit
- 1993 Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story as Carla Hulin
- Soon The Vicar's Wife as Mrs. Hope Saville-Smythe
- 2016 The Dark Below
- 1981 Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill as Sister Theresa
- 1991 Dead in the Water as Victoria Haines
- 1979 Alien as Lambert
- 1992 Man Trouble as Helen Dextra
- 2002 The Alien Saga as Self
- 1994 Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance as Sister Aja
- 2017 Mommy I Didn't Do It as Judge Tannin
- 2001 Inside The Osmonds as Olive Osmond
- 2013 Montana Amazon as Margaret
- 2013 The Odd Way Home as Francine
- 2019 The Field as Edith
- 1986 Intimate Encounters as Emily
- 2013 Non-Stop as Rose
- 1978 The Kid from Not-So-Big as Corrine
- 2001 Scary Movie 2 as Mother
- 2017 Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches as Self
- 1990 Hitler's Daughter as Patricia Benedict
- 1982 Prime Suspect as Janice Staplin
- 1990 False Identity as Vera Errickson
- 1997 Money Talks as Connie Cipriani
- 2001 In the Bedroom as Minister on Television
- 1999 Trash as Principal Evans
- 1958 In Love and War as Allie O'Neill
- 1999 The Last Man on Planet Earth as Director Elizabeth Riggs
- 2003 Just Married as Mrs. 'Pussy' McNerney (uncredited)
- 2004 Twisted as Landlady
- 1998 The Rat Pack as Rocky Cooper
- 2019 Memory: The Origins of Alien as Self
- 2019 Limbo as Louise
- 1990 A Son's Promise as Dorothy Donaldson
- 2020 Breaking Fast as Judy
- 2005 The Perfect Scary Movie as Self
- 2020 Life After The Navigator as Herself
- 2007 Mommy's House as Mommy
- 2025 A Kill for a Kill as Janice
- 2025 Alien: Terror in Space as Self - Actress
- 1963 Tell Me Not In Mournful Numbers
- 1989 Baywatch: Panic at Malibu Pier as Mrs. Harris (uncredited)
- 2003 Realizing The Right Stuff as Self
- 1992 Walking the Dog
- 1991 The Horror Hall of Fame II as Self
- 2009 Eastwick as Bun Waverly
- 2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ( 1 episode ) as Diane Chase
- 1960 My Three Sons ( 1 episode )
- 1988 Tanner '88 ( 12 episodes ) as Molly Hark
- 1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ( 1 episode ) as Virginia Kennison
- 1993 The X-Files ( 4 episodes ) as Cassandra Spender
- 1959 The Twilight Zone ( 1 episode ) as Anne Rogers
- 1994 Chicago Hope ( 1 episode ) as Karen Flanders
- 1964 Daniel Boone ( 59 episodes ) as Jemima Boone
- 1999 Family Law ( 1 episode ) as Norma Benson
- 2017 The Good Doctor ( 1 episode ) as Maxine Stanley
- 2009 Eastwick ( 11 episodes ) as Bun Waverly
- 1959 One Step Beyond ( 1 episode ) as Gillian
- 1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Sarah Butler
- 1998 Will & Grace ( 1 episode ) as Judith McFarland
- 1985 Robert Kennedy & His Times ( 3 episodes ) as Ethel Skakel Kennedy
- 1989 Baywatch ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Harris (uncredited)
- 1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents ( 1 episode ) as Judy Davidson
- 2011 Revenge ( 2 episodes ) as Judge Elizabeth Blackwell
- 2009 Drop Dead Diva ( 1 episode ) as Marian Porter
- 1968 The Name of the Game ( 1 episode ) as Nancy Robins
- 1980 Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones ( 2 episodes ) as Marceline "Marcy" Jones
- 1973 Here We Go Again ( 1 episode ) as Nancy
- 1967 Mannix ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Goldberg (uncredited)
- 1957 Leave It to Beaver ( 1 episode ) as Violet Rutherford
- 1995 Sliders ( 1 episode ) as The Flame (voice)
- 2005 Supernatural ( 1 episode ) as Lily Sunder
- 1960 Route 66 ( 1 episode ) as Miriam Moore (Age 9)
- 2018 The Resident ( 1 episode ) as Celeste Crisforth
- 2005 Grey's Anatomy ( 2 episodes ) as Lydia Ashford
- 1986 L.A. Law ( 7 episodes ) as A.D.A. Margaret Flanagan
- 2014 Resurrection ( 5 episodes ) as Helen Edgerton
- 2005 Invasion ( 1 episode ) as Valerie Shenkman
- 2014 The Real History of Science Fiction ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2015 Bosch ( 4 episodes ) as Irene Saxon
- 1996 7th Heaven ( 1 episode ) as Ms. Fitzhenry
- 2018 The Rookie ( 1 episode ) as Beatrice O'Malley
- 2002 Without a Trace ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Beckworth
- 1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents ( 1 episode ) as Viola Wellington (uncredited)
- 2002 Without a Trace ( 1 episode ) as Susan
- 2018 Chilling Adventures of Sabrina ( 1 episode ) as Fortune Teller
- 2016 Creature Features ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1997 George & Leo ( 2 episodes ) as Anna
- 1994 ER ( 2 episodes ) as Norma Houston
- 1994 Touched by an Angel ( 1 episode ) as Shirlee Gibbons
- 1996 Boston Common ( 1 episode ) as Betty
- 2005 The Closer ( 1 episode ) as Vera Mathers
- 2005 Criminal Minds ( 1 episode ) as Flora Martin
- 2024 A Man on the Inside ( 5 episodes ) as Beverly Banki
- 1967 Dragnet ( 1 episode ) as Melissa Stevens
- 2003 Nip/Tuck ( 1 episode ) as Mother Mary Claire
- 1969 Then Came Bronson ( 1 episode ) as Petey Traine
- 2023 Gotham Knights ( 2 episodes ) as Eunice Harmon
- 1995 American Gothic ( 1 episode ) as Angela
- 2004 Boston Legal ( 1 episode ) as Judge Peggy Zeder
- 1984 Miami Vice ( 1 episode ) as Society Dame
- 2015 CSI: Cyber ( 1 episode ) as Renetta Wilkerson
