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Veronica Cartwright

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Veronica Cartwright
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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 William Wyler's 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).

Cartwright also appeared in Robert Kennedy and 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) and Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995).
BornApril 20, 1949
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  • Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys

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Veronica Cartwright, Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy, and Rod Taylor in The Birds (1963)
Veronica Cartwright, Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy, and Rod Taylor in The Birds (1963)
Veronica Cartwright, Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy, and Rod Taylor in The Birds (1963)
Veronica Cartwright, Tippi Hedren, and Rod Taylor in The Birds (1963)
Veronica Cartwright and Tippi Hedren in The Birds (1963)
Veronica Cartwright in The Birds (1963)
Veronica Cartwright in The Birds (1963)
Veronica Cartwright and Tippi Hedren in The Birds (1963)
Veronica Cartwright and Gary Cole in American Gothic (1995)
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Veronica Cartwright and Robert Logan in Daniel Boone (1964)
Veronica Cartwright and Fess Parker in Daniel Boone (1964)

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Alien (1979)
Alien
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  • 1979
Jack Nicholson, Michelle Pfeiffer, Susan Sarandon, and Cher in The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
The Witches of Eastwick
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  • Felicia Alden
  • 1987
Alfred Hitchcock and Tippi Hedren in The Birds (1963)
The Birds
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  • Cathy Brenner
  • 1963
Donald Sutherland and Veronica Cartwright in Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
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  • Nancy Bellicec
  • 1978

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  • The Horror Heathen YouTube Channel
  • The Vicar's Wife
    • Pre-production
  • How to Talk with Spirits
    • Pre-production
  • Nathan Fillion, Richard T. Jones, Eric Winter, Alyssa Diaz, Melissa O'Neil, and Mekia Cox in The Rookie (2018)
    The Rookie
  • Matt Czuchry, Bruce Greenwood, Emily VanCamp, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Manish Dayal, and Anuja Joshi in The Resident (2018)
    The Resident
  • Freddie Highmore in The Good Doctor (2017)
    The Good Doctor
  • Michael Cassidy and Haaz Sleiman in Breaking Fast (2020)
    Breaking Fast
  • The Field (2019)
    The Field
  • Maurice Benard, Ingo Rademacher, Julie Berman, Steve Burton, Tyler Christopher, Nancy Lee Grahn, Rebecca Herbst, Kelly Monaco, Kirsten Storms, Laura Wright, Dominic Zamprogna, and Chad Duell in General Hospital (1963)
    General Hospital
  • Christopher Atkins, Veronica Cartwright, Bruce Davison, Carl Weathers, Harry Hamlin, Tanna Frederick, Kelly De Sarla, and Clinton Valencia in Defrost: The Virtual Series (2019)
    Defrost: The Virtual Series
  • Limbo (2019)
    Limbo
  • Miranda Otto, Richard Coyle, Lucy Davis, Michelle Gomez, Luke Cook, Kiernan Shipka, Ross Lynch, Jaz Sinclair, Skye P. Marshall, Lachlan Watson, Tati Gabrielle, Abigail Cowen, Jonathan Whitesell, Gavin Leatherwood, Sam Corlett, Chance Perdomo, and Adeline Rudolph in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2018)
    Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
  • Supernatural (2005)
    Supernatural
  • Mommy, I Didn't Do It (2017)
    Mommy, I Didn't Do It
  • The Loud House (2014)
    The Loud House
    • (voice)
  • Criminal Minds (2005)
    Criminal Minds
  • Patricia Arquette, Peter MacNicol, James Van Der Beek, Shad Moss, Hayley Kiyoko, and Charley Koontz in CSI: Cyber (2015)
    CSI: Cyber
  • Fallout 4 (2015)
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  • Kathleen Robertson, Marlon Wayans, Chris Elliott, Anna Faris, Andy Richter, and Shawn Wayans in Scary Movie 2 (2001)
    Scary Movie 2
  • Fess Parker in Daniel Boone (1964)
    Daniel Boone
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    • Veronica-Cartwright.com
    • April 20, 1949
    • Bristol, England, UK
    • Richard ComptonOctober 16, 1982 - August 11, 2007 (his death, 1 child)
    • Angela Cartwright(Sibling)
  • Other works
    Guested on the daytime program "Afternoon Exchange" promoting "Alien".
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    She and her sister, Angela Cartwright, were born in England and grew up in Ontario and Los Angeles.
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    [speaking in 2011] I recently met Q [Quentin Tarantino] coming back from England and we had a long talk and I told him I'd love to work with him. I heard that he made it mandatory for the cast and crew on Grindhouse (2007) to watch Macon County Line (1974) and my husband [Richard Compton] directed that... I thought, 'This is my intro into Tarantino'. I mean, this guy knew every movie that Richard had done. We were on this flight and he was on his knees talking to me. It was so cool... I introduced myself and he said, 'Oh, I loved The Invasion of the Body Snatchers!' He didn't know that I had been married to Richard.
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