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| Birth Name(s) : Veronica Cartwright |
Date of Birth: April 20, 1950 |
| Status:
Married
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Partner:
Richard Compton |
| Profession:
Actor |
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Full Veronica Cartwright Biography
| Born in England, Veronica is the older sister of popular Television child actress Angela Cartwright. In her early career, she was cast in a number of popular films such as 'The Children's Hour (1961)', 'Spencer's Mountain (1963)' and Hitchcock's 'The Birds (1963)'. As such, she was cast as Jemima Boone in the popular Television series "Daniel Boone" which ran from 1964-66. Her career after "Boone" may have been influenced by Hitchcock as she appeared in both the remake of 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)' and the horror classic 'Alien (1979)'. On Television, she would appear sporadically as the Lumpy's younger sister, Violet Rutherford on "Leave It to Beaver (1960)" and have a small role in the Television movie "Still the Beaver (1983)". She would also appear in "Robert Kennedy & His Times (1985)", "Tanner '88' (1988)" and have a recurring role on "L.A. Law (1986)". Her big screen features would include 'The Right Stuff (1983)', 'Flight of the Navigator (1986)' and 'The Witches of Eastwick (1987)'. Veronica would work 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 90's, she appears in such films as "Hitler's Daughter (1990) (TV)" and 'Candyman 2 (1995)'. |
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Additional Veronica Cartwright Biography
Other film roles include: Spencer's Mountain with Henry Fonda and Kym Karath (1963), Inserts (1976), Goin' South (1978), The Right Stuff (1983), Flight of the Navigator (1986), The Witches of Eastwick (1987), Shoot the Moon (1996), Money Talks (1997), Scary Movie 2 (2001), Kinsey (2004), and Straight-Jacket (2004).
A frequent performer in television, she has played guest roles in such series as The Mod Squad, Miami Vice, Baywatch, L.A. Law, ER, The X-Files, Chicago Hope, Will & Grace, Touched by an Angel, Judging Amy and Six Feet Under. Cartwright has received three Emmy Award nominations, one for her work in ER in 1997, and two for her work on The X-Files in 1998 and 1999.
She is the sister of the actress Angela Cartwright, who appeared in The Sound of Music (1965) and in the television series Lost in Space. She will co-star in the fourth remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. She currently appears on the cover art for the Scissor Sisters 2006 single I Don't Feel Like Dancin' as well as on their second album "Tah-da" |
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