Veronica Cartwright
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Birthplace:
Bristol, England, UK
An actress with the kind of versatile beauty that has allowed her to effortlessly alternate between earthy and glamorous roles, Veronica Cartwright's steel-blue eyes have a strange way of piercing through the screen and transcending their two-dimensional restraints. Having successfully made the transition from child actor to seasoned screen veteran, Cartwright continued a career which allowed her to explore roles that ran the gamut from straight drama to chilling horror. A native of Bristol, England, Cartwright's family emigrated to the United States when she was still very young. Following a series of modeling jobs and print ads, the aspiring actress became a familiar face to television viewers as the "Kellogg's Girl" in a series of breakfast cereal commercials. She made her screen debut in the 1958 war drama In Love and War, and, in the years that followed, alternated between film and TV work with roles in such features as The Children's Hour (1961) and The Birds (1963), in addition to a turn as Lumpy's sister on the small-screen classic Leave It to Beaver. From 1964-1968, the actress endeared herself to television viewers as Jemima Boone on the popular Daniel Boone series. Although the transition from adorable child star to serious adult actor has been a serious stumbling block for generations of young stars, Cartwright skillfully avoided this pitfall with a series of memorable roles in the 1970s. Playing opposite such heavies as Richard Dreyfuss in Inserts (1975) and Donald Sutherland in Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), Cartwright was well on her way to crafting an enduring film career. A role as the ill-fated navigator in the 1979 sci-fi horror classic Alien found her taking part in what would become one of the most lucrative and prolific franchises in cinema history, and a memorable performance in the 1983 space program drama The Right Stuff (in which she worked again with Body Snatchers director Philip Kaufman) helped to sustain her career through the '80s. Subsequent roles in Flight of the Navigator (1986) and Wisdom (1987) offered little in the way of dramatic depth, though Cartwright's winning performance in George Miller's The Witches of Eastwick (1987) found her nearly stealing the show from stars Cher, Susan Sarandon, and Michelle Pfeiffer. Despite the fact that Cartwright kicked off the '90s with a memorable turn in the popular weekly drama L.A. Law, the roles which followed were mostly comprised of thankless appearances in made-for-TV features and forgettable horror sequels. Although she remained busy, her parts just weren't as rich as they had been. Despite the dry spell, however, Cartwright was nominated for an Emmy for three memorable appearances in the popular small-screen chiller The X Files. The following decade found her edging back toward memorable film work with appearances in In the Bedroom (2001), Scary Movie 2 (2001), and Just Married (2003). After facing off against a cat-munching alien in the 2002 short Mackenheim, Cartwright essayed a substantial role in Richard Day's 2004 comedy Straight Jacket. She played the wife of famous sexual researcher Alfred Kinsey in the 2004 biopic of the man, and appeared in the 2007 sci-fi film The Invasion. In 2009 she returned to familiar ground with a part in the small-screen adaptation Eastwick, and she landed a major part in the 2011 thriller InSight.
Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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No Score Yet | Limbo |
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— | 2020 |
No Score Yet | The Field |
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— | 2019 |
14% | The Dark Below |
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— | 2017 |
No Score Yet | Mommy I Didn't Do It |
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— | 2017 |
66% | The Town That Dreaded Sundown |
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— | 2014 |
20% | The Odd Way Home |
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— | 2014 |
No Score Yet | The Dark Below |
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— | 2014 |
No Score Yet | The Misadventures Of The Dunderheads |
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— | 2013 |
No Score Yet | The Yellow Wallpaper |
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— | 2012 |
0% | InSight |
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$17.5k | 2011 |
No Score Yet | Call of the Wild 3D |
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— | 2009 |
No Score Yet | Starz Inside |
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— | 2009 |
No Score Yet | Neowolf (The Band from Hell) |
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— | 2009 |
19% | The Invasion |
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$15.2M | 2007 |
No Score Yet | Dingle, Barry |
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— | 2005 |
90% | Kinsey |
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$10.3M | 2004 |
48% | Straight Jacket |
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— | 2004 |
94% | Alien: The Director's Cut |
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— | 2003 |
20% | Just Married |
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$56M | 2003 |
93% | In the Bedroom |
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$35.8M | 2001 |
15% | Scary Movie 2 |
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— | 2001 |
No Score Yet | Inside the Osmonds |
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— | 2001 |
No Score Yet | Child Stars: Their Story |
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— | 2000 |
No Score Yet | Trash |
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— | 1999 |
17% | Sparkler |
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— | 1999 |
26% | A Slipping-Down Life |
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— | 1999 |
No Score Yet | The Last Man on Planet Earth |
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— | 1999 |
57% | The Rat Pack |
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— | 1998 |
16% | Money Talks |
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— | 1997 |
No Score Yet | Quicksilver Highway |
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— | 1997 |
No Score Yet | The Lottery |
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— | 1996 |
No Score Yet | My Brother's Keeper |
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— | 1995 |
No Score Yet | Dead Air |
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— | 1994 |
27% | Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh |
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— | 1994 |
No Score Yet | Mirror Mirror II: Raven Dance |
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— | 1994 |
7% | Man Trouble |
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— | 1992 |
No Score Yet | Dead In The Water |
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— | 1991 |
No Score Yet | A Son's Promise |
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— | 1990 |
No Score Yet | Hitler's Daughter |
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— | 1990 |
No Score Yet | False Identity |
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— | 1990 |
No Score Yet | Valentino Returns |
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— | 1989 |
No Score Yet | Desperate for Love |
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— | 1989 |
76% | The Witches of Eastwick |
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— | 1987 |
84% | Flight of the Navigator |
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— | 1986 |
No Score Yet | Wisdom |
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— | 1986 |
No Score Yet | My Man Adam |
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— | 1985 |
No Score Yet | Not My Kid |
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— | 1985 |
96% | The Right Stuff |
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— | 1983 |
29% | Nightmares |
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— | 1983 |
No Score Yet | Prime Suspect |
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— | 1982 |
No Score Yet | Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill |
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— | 1981 |
No Score Yet | The Big Trade |
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— | 1981 |
No Score Yet | The Kid from Not-So-Big |
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— | 1981 |
No Score Yet | Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones |
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— | 1980 |
98% | Alien |
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— | 1979 |
93% | Invasion of the Body Snatchers |
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— | 1978 |
71% | Goin' South |
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— | 1978 |
No Score Yet | Bernice Bobs Her Hair |
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— | 1976 |
64% | Inserts |
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— | 1975 |
No Score Yet | Spencer's Mountain |
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— | 1963 |
95% | The Birds |
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— | 1963 |
No Score Yet | One Man's Way |
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— | 1963 |
78% | The Children's Hour |
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— | 1961 |
No Score Yet | In Love and War |
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— | 1958 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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No Score Yet |
Criminal Minds
2005
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34% |
CSI: Cyber
2015-2016
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84% |
Grey's Anatomy
2005
|
|
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53% |
Resurrection
2014-2015
|
|
|
69% |
Revenge
2011-2015
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|
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38% |
Memphis Beat
2010-2011
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|
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34% |
Eastwick
2009
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|
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100% |
The Nine
2006
|
|
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11% |
October Road
2007-2008
|
|
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86% |
Boston Legal
2004-2008
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|
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No Score Yet |
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000-2015
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|
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No Score Yet |
Cold Case
2003-2010
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|
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100% |
Invasion
2005-2006
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|
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78% |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
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15% |
Dr. Vegas
2004
|
|
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81% |
Six Feet Under
2001-2005
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No Score Yet |
Family Law
1999-2002
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No Score Yet |
Judging Amy
1999-2005
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|
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No Score Yet |
Touched by an Angel
1994-2003
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No Score Yet |
Chicago Hope
1994-2000
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|
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75% |
The X-Files
1993-2018
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No Score Yet |
Will & Grace
1998-2006
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33% |
Boston Common
1996-1997
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No Score Yet |
ER
1994-2009
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89% |
Tanner '88
1988
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No Score Yet |
Leave It to Beaver
1957-1963
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|
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82% |
The Twilight Zone
1959-1964
|
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No Score Yet |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955-1962
|
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No Score Yet |
Revenge
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Quotes from Veronica Cartwright's Characters
Hermine: | You was the best I ever had, except for that circus fella. |
Ash: | You still don't understand what you're dealing with, do you? Perfect organism. Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility. |
Lambert: | You admire it. |
Ash: | I admire its purity. A survivor... unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality. |
Parker: | Look, I am... I've heard enough of this, and I'm asking you to pull the plug. |
Ash: | Last word. |
Ellen Ripley: | What? |
Ash: | I can't lie to you about your chances, but... you have my sympathies. |
Ellen Ripley: | Ash can you hear me? Ash!? |
Ash: | [Eyes open] Yes I can hear you. |
Ellen Ripley: | What was your special order? |
Ash: | You read it, I thought it was clear. |
Ellen Ripley: | What was it? |
Ash: | Bring back life form, priority one, all other priorities are rescinded. |
Parker: | The damn Company. What about our lives you son of a bitch? |
Ash: | I repeat, all other priorities are rescinded. |
Ellen Ripley: | How do we kill it Ash, there's got to be a way of killing it, how, how do we do it? |
Ash: | You can't. |
Parker: | That's bullshit! |
Ash: | You still don't understand what you're dealing with do you? Perfect organism. It's structural perfection is matched only by its hostility. |
Lambert: | You admire it. |
Ash: | I admire its purity. A survivor, unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality. |
Parker: | I've heard enough of this and i'm asking you to pull the plug. |
Ash: | Last word. |
Ellen Ripley: | What? |
Ash: | I can't lie to you about your chances, but, you have my sympathies. [Smiles] |
Ellen Ripley: | [Pulls the plug] |
Wendy Lenk: | "He doesn't love me any more." (in relating how her violent husband has stopped abusing her after being infected by aliens) |
Wendy Lenk: | He doesn't love me any more. [in relating how her violent husband has stopped abusing her after being infected by aliens] |