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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– Her film career began in the classic films, such as THE CHILDREN'S HOUR, with Audrey Hepburn and Shirley McLaine and directed by William Wyler, Alfred Hitchcock's THE BIRDS, starring Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy and Rod Taylor, and SPENCER'S MOUNTAIN, with Henry Fonda and Maureen O'Hara.
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– Was originally to play Ripley in ALIEN (1979), but producers opted for Sigourney Weaver.
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– The rumor that the cast, except for John Hurt, did not know what would happen during the chestburster scene in ALIEN (1979) is partly true. The scene had been explained for them, but they did not know specifics. For example, Veronica Cartwright did not expect to be sprayed with blood.
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– According to a quote from Veronica Cartwright in a film magazine, in the scene of ALIEN (1979) where the alien's tail wraps around her legs, they are actually Harry Dean Stanton's legs, in a shot originally filmed for another scene entirely.
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– Was nominated for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for X-FILES in 1998 and 1999 at Emmy Awards.
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– Nominated for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series at Emmy Awards for The X-Files (1999)
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– Nominated for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series at Emmy Awards for The X-Files (1998)
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– Nominated for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series at Emmy Awards for ER (1997)
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– When she is not working on an acting project she does voice-overs and works in her Interior Design business CARTWRIGHT DESIGN HOUSE.
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