Veronica Cartwright
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 20, 1949 (age 77)
- Birthplace
- 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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Filmography
The Vicar's Wife
Movie · as Mrs. Hope Saville-Smythe
The Ruse
Movie · as Olivia
A Kill for a Kill
Movie · as Janice
Alien: Terror in Space
Movie · as Self - Actress
A Man on the Inside
TV · as Beverly Banki · 5 eps
Gotham Knights
TV · as Eunice Harmon · 2 eps
Breaking Fast
Movie · as Judy
Life After The Navigator
Movie · as Herself
The Field
Movie · as Edith
Memory: The Origins of Alien
Movie · as Self
Limbo
Movie · as Louise
The Resident
TV · as Celeste Crisforth · 1 ep
The Rookie
TV · as Beatrice O'Malley · 1 ep
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
TV · as Fortune Teller · 1 ep
Mommy I Didn't Do It
Movie · as Judge Tannin
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
Movie · as Self
The Good Doctor
TV · as Maxine Stanley · 1 ep
The Dark Below
Movie
Re-Visitors from Outer Space, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Pod
Movie · as Self
Creature Features
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Bosch
TV · as Irene Saxon · 4 eps
CSI: Cyber
TV · as Renetta Wilkerson · 1 ep
The Town that Dreaded Sundown
Movie · as Lillian
Resurrection
TV · as Helen Edgerton · 5 eps
The Real History of Science Fiction
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Montana Amazon
Movie · as Margaret
The Odd Way Home
Movie · as Francine
Non-Stop
Movie · as Rose
InSight
Movie · as Patricia
The Yellow Wallpaper
Movie · as Catherine Sayer
Revenge
TV · as Judge Elizabeth Blackwell · 2 eps
Neowolf
Movie · as Mrs. Belakov
Call of the Wild
Movie · as Sheriff Taylor
The Face is Familiar
Movie
Eastwick
TV · as Bun Waverly · 11 eps
Drop Dead Diva
TV · as Marian Porter · 1 ep
The Invasion
Movie · as Wendy Lenk
Mommy's House
Movie · as Mommy
Barry Dingle
Movie · as Eleanor Dingle
The Perfect Scary Movie
Movie · as Self
Supernatural
TV · as Lily Sunder · 1 ep
Grey's Anatomy
TV · as Lydia Ashford · 2 eps
Invasion
TV · as Valerie Shenkman · 1 ep
The Closer
TV · as Vera Mathers · 1 ep
Criminal Minds
TV · as Flora Martin · 1 ep
Kinsey
Movie · as Sara Kinsey
Straight-Jacket
Movie · as Jerry Albrecht
Twisted
Movie · as Landlady
Boston Legal
TV · as Judge Peggy Zeder · 1 ep
The Beast Within: Making Alien
Movie · as Self
Just Married
Movie · as Mrs. 'Pussy' McNerney (uncredited)
Realizing The Right Stuff
Movie · as Self
Nip/Tuck
TV · as Mother Mary Claire · 1 ep
The Alien Saga
Movie · as Self
Without a Trace
TV · as Mrs. Beckworth, Susan · 1 ep
Critic's Choice
Movie · as Watkins
Alien Evolution
Movie · as Self / 'Lambert'
Inside The Osmonds
Movie · as Olive Osmond
Scary Movie 2
Movie · as Mother
In the Bedroom
Movie · as Minister on Television
All About 'The Birds'
Movie · as Self
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV · as Diane Chase · 1 ep
A Slipping Down Life
Movie · as Mrs. Casey
Trash
Movie · as Principal Evans
The Last Man on Planet Earth
Movie · as Director Elizabeth Riggs
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Virginia Kennison · 1 ep
Family Law
TV · as Norma Benson · 1 ep
The Rat Pack
Movie · as Rocky Cooper
Will & Grace
TV · as Judith McFarland · 1 ep
Quicksilver Highway
Movie · as Myra
Sparkler
Movie · as Dottie Delgato
Money Talks
Movie · as Connie Cipriani
George & Leo
TV · as Anna · 2 eps
The Lottery
Movie · as Maggie Dunbar
7th Heaven
TV · as Ms. Fitzhenry · 1 ep
Boston Common
TV · as Betty · 1 ep
Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh
Movie · as Octavia Tarrant
My Brother's Keeper
Movie · as Pat
Sliders
TV · as The Flame (voice) · 1 ep
American Gothic
TV · as Angela · 1 ep
Dead Air
Movie · as The Caller
On Hope
Movie
Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance
Movie · as Sister Aja
Chicago Hope
TV · as Karen Flanders · 1 ep
ER
TV · as Norma Houston · 2 eps
Touched by an Angel
TV · as Shirlee Gibbons · 1 ep
It's Nothing Personal
Movie · as Barbara
Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story
Movie · as Carla Hulin
The X-Files
TV · as Cassandra Spender · 4 eps
Lincoln and the War Within
Movie
Man Trouble
Movie · as Helen Dextra
Walking the Dog
Movie
The Making of 'Alien³'
Movie · as Self
Dead in the Water
Movie · as Victoria Haines
The Horror Hall of Fame II
Movie · as Self
Hitler's Daughter
Movie · as Patricia Benedict
False Identity
Movie · as Vera Errickson
A Son's Promise
Movie · as Dorothy Donaldson
Valentino Returns
Movie · as Patricia "Pat" Gibbs
Desperate for Love
Movie · as Betty Petrie
Baywatch: Panic at Malibu Pier
Movie · as Mrs. Harris (uncredited)
Baywatch
TV · as Mrs. Harris (uncredited) · 1 ep
Tanner '88
TV · as Molly Hark · 12 eps
The Witches of Eastwick
Movie · as Felicia Alden
Flight of the Navigator
Movie · as Helen Freeman
Wisdom
Movie · as Samantha Wisdom
Intimate Encounters
Movie · as Emily
L.A. Law
TV · as A.D.A. Margaret Flanagan · 7 eps
My Man Adam
Movie · as Elaine Swit
Robert Kennedy & His Times
TV · as Ethel Skakel Kennedy · 3 eps
Miami Vice
TV · as Society Dame · 1 ep
The Right Stuff
Movie · as Betty Grissom
Nightmares
Movie · as Claire Houston (segment "Night of the Rat")
Prime Suspect
Movie · as Janice Staplin
Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill
Movie · as Sister Theresa
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
TV · as Marceline "Marcy" Jones · 2 eps
Alien
Movie · as Lambert
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Movie · as Nancy Bellicec
Goin' South
Movie · as Hermine
The Kid from Not-So-Big
Movie · as Corrine
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
Movie · as Marjorie
Inserts
Movie · as Harlene
Here We Go Again
TV · as Nancy · 1 ep
Flip Side
Movie
Then Came Bronson
TV · as Petey Traine · 1 ep
The Name of the Game
TV · as Nancy Robins · 1 ep
Mannix
TV · as Mrs. Goldberg (uncredited) · 1 ep
Dragnet
TV · as Melissa Stevens · 1 ep
One Man's Way
Movie · as Mary
Daniel Boone
TV · as Jemima Boone · 59 eps
The Birds
Movie · as Cathy Brenner
Spencer's Mountain
Movie · as Becky Spencer (uncredited)
Tell Me Not In Mournful Numbers
Movie
The Children's Hour
Movie · as Rosalie Wells
My Three Sons
TV · 1 ep
Route 66
TV · as Miriam Moore (Age 9) · 1 ep
The Twilight Zone
TV · as Anne Rogers · 1 ep
One Step Beyond
TV · as Gillian · 1 ep
In Love and War
Movie · as Allie O'Neill
Leave It to Beaver
TV · as Violet Rutherford · 1 ep
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV · as Sarah Butler · 1 ep
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · as Judy Davidson, Viola Wellington (uncredited) · 1 ep