Veronica Cartwright

Infobox actor


caption = Cartwright in May, 2006
birthdate = Birth date and age|1949|4|20|mf=y
birthplace = Bristol, England

Veronica A. Cartwright (born April 20, 1949) is an Emmy Award-nominated English/American actress.

Cartwright was born in Bristol, England, the sister of actress Angela Cartwright, who appeared in "The Sound of Music" (1965) and in the television series "Lost in Space".

Veronica Cartwright began her career as a child actress in 1958, with a role in "In Love and War".

Among her early appearances was a semi-regular part in the television series "Leave it to Beaver" (1959) (as "Violet Rutherford") and an episode of "The Twilight Zone" titled "I Sing the Body Electric" (1962). She appeared in the films, "The Children's Hour" (1961) and Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" (1963) which were both very successful, and she was a regular on the television series "Daniel Boone" from 1964 until 1966. Cartwright's career slowed down during the 1960s, however she continued to work sporadically and achieved two of her biggest successes with "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (1978) and "Alien" (1979). She was originally cast as "Alien"'s heroine Ellen Ripley, but director Ridley Scott switched her role with Sigourney Weaver's just prior to shooting the movie.

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 co-starred in the fourth remake of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", "The Invasion" (2007). 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 "Ta-dah".

External links

* [http://www.veronica-cartwright.com/ Official web site]
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