Biography for
Veronica Cartwright More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

20 April 1949, Bristol, England, UK

Birth Name

Veronica A. Cartwright

Height

5' 6" (1.68 m)

Mini Biography

Born in Bristol, England, Veronica is the older sister of the popular child actress Angela Cartwright. In her early career, Veronica was cast in a number of popular movies such as The Children's Hour (1961), Spencer's Mountain (1963) and Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963). As such, she was cast as "Jemima Boone" in the popular television series "Daniel Boone" (1964), which ran from 1964 to 66. Her career after "Daniel Boone" may have been influenced by Hitchcock, since she appeared in both the remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) and the horror classic Alien (1979). On television, she appeared twice as Lumpy's younger sister, "Violet Rutherford" and once as "Peggy MacIntosh" on "Leave It to Beaver" (1957) and had a small role in the television movie Still the Beaver (1983) (TV).

Cartwright also appeared in "Robert Kennedy & His Times" (1985), "Tanner '88" (1988) and had a recurring role on "L.A. Law" (1986). Her big screen features included The Right Stuff (1983), Flight of the Navigator (1986) and The Witches of Eastwick (1987). Veronica worked on the stage in "Electra", "Talley's Folly", "Homesteaders", "Butterflies are Free" and "The Triplet Connection". Alternating between television and big screen movies in the 90s, Cartwright has appeared in such films as Hitler's Daughter (1990) (TV) and Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995).

IMDb Mini Biography By: Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>

Spouse

Richard Compton	(16 October 1982 - 11 August 2007) (his death) 1 child
Stanley Goldstein	(4 April 1976 - ?) (divorced)
Richard Gates	(14 June 1968 - 1972) (divorced)

Trivia

Sister of Angela Cartwright

Played in Hitler's Daughter (1990) (TV) and was born on Hitler's birthday (April 20).

Has a son, Dakota

Her character on "Leave It to Beaver" (1957) gave Beaver Cleaver his first kiss.

Aunt of actors Jesse Gullion and Rebecca Gullion.

Sister-in-law of Steve Gullion.

She and sister Angela were born in England but grew up in America.

Starred in two remakes of the 50's horror film Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956). The first Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) and most recently in The Invasion (2007/I).