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Veronica Cartwright is a British-born American actress who has worked mainly in US film and television in a career spanning six decades. As a child actress, she appeared in supporting roles in The Children's Hour and The Birds. She is best known for her roles in the 1970s science fiction films Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Alien, for which she won a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress. In the 1980s, she appeared in The Right Stuff and The Witches of Eastwick. In the 1990s, she received three Emmy nominations as Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her roles on the television series ER and The X-Files.
Birth Name
Veronica A. Cartwright
Born
Wednesday, 20 April 1949
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Gotham Knights | Eunice Harmon | 2023 |
Life After the Navigator | Self / Herself | 2020 |
Breaking Fast | Judy | 2020 |
The Field | Edith | 2019 |
Memory: The Origins of Alien | Self / Lambert | 2019 |
Limbo | Louise | 2019 |
The Rookie | Beatrice O'Malley | 2018 |
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina | Fortune Teller | 2018 |
Eli Roth's History of Horror | Lambert | 2018 |
The Resident | Celeste Crisforth | 2018 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Gotham Knights | Eunice Harmon | 2023 |
Life After the Navigator | Self / Herself | 2020 |
Breaking Fast | Judy | 2020 |
The Field | Edith | 2019 |
Memory: The Origins of Alien | Self / Lambert | 2019 |
Limbo | Louise | 2019 |
The Rookie | Beatrice O'Malley | 2018 |
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina | Fortune Teller | 2018 |
Eli Roth's History of Horror | Lambert | 2018 |
The Resident | Celeste Crisforth | 2018 |
The Green Fog | Nancy Bellicec | 2018 |
Will & Grace | Judith McFarland | 2017 |
The Good Doctor | Maxine Stanley | 2017 |
The Dark Below | Tess | 2017 |
Mommy, I Didn't Do It | Judge Tannin | 2017 |
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches | Herself / Self | 2016 |
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Lambert | 2015 |
The Loud House | Sue | 2015 |
Cocktails & Classics | Self | 2015 |
CSI: Cyber | Renetta Wilkerson | 2015 |
Earl Hamner Storyteller | Self | 2015 |
The Town That Dreaded Sundown | Lillian | 2014 |
The Real History of Science Fiction | Self | 2014 |
Bosch | Irene Saxon | 2014 |
Non-Stop | Rose | 2013 |
The Odd Way Home | Francine | 2013 |
Resurrection | Helen Edgerton | 2013 |
The Misadventures of the Dunderheads | Margaret | 2013 |
The Phantoms | Miss Sayer | 2012 |
The Yellow Wallpaper | Catherine Sayer | 2012 |
Revenge | Judge Elizabeth Blackwell | 2011 |
InSight | Patricia | 2011 |
Memphis Beat | Miranda | 2010 |
Neowolf | Mrs. Belakov | 2010 |
Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil | Ms. Dominic | 2010 |
Red Carpet Report | Self | 2009 |
Eastwick | Bun Waverly | 2009 |
Drop Dead Diva | Marian Porter | 2009 |
Starz Inside: The Face Is Familiar | Self | 2009 |
Call of the Wild | Sheriff Taylor | 2009 |
Pioneers of Television | Jemima Boone from Daniel Boone / Self / Self - Guest Star in Lost in Space | 2008 |
On the Edge of Black and White | Self | 2008 |
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Lambert | 2007 |
The Invasion | Wendy Lenk | 2007 |
October Road | Lynn Farmer | 2007 |
The Nine | Barbara Dalton | 2006 |
The Perfect Scary Movie | Herself / Self | 2005 |
20 to 1 | Lambert | 2005 |
Criminal Minds | Flora Martin | 2005 |
Invasion | Valerie Shenkman | 2005 |
Supernatural | Lily Sunder | 2005 |
The Closer | Vera Mathers | 2005 |
Grey's Anatomy | Lydia Ashford | 2005 |
Barry Dingle | Eleanor Dingle | 2005 |
Straight-Jacket | Jerry Albrecht / Jerry | 2004 |
Boston Legal | Judge Peggy Zeder | 2004 |
Dr. Vegas | Evelyn | 2004 |
Kinsey | Sara Kinsey | 2004 |
Twisted | Landlady | 2004 |
Twisted | Landlady | 2004 |
The Beast Within: The Making of 'Alien' | Self | 2003 |
Cold Case | Mary Ryan | 2003 |
Nip/Tuck | Mother Mary Claire | 2003 |
Just Married | Mrs. 'Pussy' McNerney | 2003 |
Without a Trace | Mrs. Beckworth / Susan | 2002 |
The 'Alien' Saga | Self | 2002 |
In the Bedroom | Minister on Television | 2001 |
Alien Evolution | Herself / 'Lambert' / Self / Lambert | 2001 |
Scary Movie 2 | Mother | 2001 |
Six Feet Under | Peg Kimmel | 2001 |
Inside the Osmonds | Olive Osmond | 2001 |
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Diane Chase | 2000 |
Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years | Self / Lambert | 2000 |
Family Law | Norma Benson | 1999 |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Virginia Kennison | 1999 |
Judging Amy | Dorothea Mitchell | 1999 |
Trash | Principal Evans | 1999 |
The Alien Legacy | Self | 1999 |
The Last Man on Planet Earth | Director Elizabeth Riggs | 1999 |
A Slipping-Down Life | Mrs. Casey | 1999 |
All About 'the Birds' | Herself / Self | 1999 |
The Directors | Self | 1999 |
Will & Grace | Judith McFarland | 1998 |
The Rat Pack | Rocky Cooper | 1998 |
Sparkler | Dottie Delgato | 1997 |
George & Leo | Anna | 1997 |
Money Talks | Connie Cipriani | 1997 |
Quicksilver Highway | Myra | 1997 |
The Lottery | Maggie Dunbar | 1996 |
7th Heaven | Ms. Fitzhenry | 1996 |
E! True Hollywood Story | Herself | 1996 |
Boston Common | Betty | 1996 |
Shoot the Moon | Mrs. Thomas | 1996 |
American Gothic | Angela | 1995 |
Sliders | The Flame | 1995 |
Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh | Octavia Tarrant | 1995 |
My Brother's Keeper | Pat | 1995 |
Dead Air | The Caller | 1994 |
On Hope | Woman in Grocery | 1994 |
Touched by an Angel | Shirlee Gibbons | 1994 |
ER | Norma Houston | 1994 |
Chicago Hope | Karen Flanders | 1994 |
Speed | Bag Lady | 1994 |
Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance | Sister Aja | 1994 |
The X-Files | Cassandra Spender | 1993 |
Man Trouble | Helen Dextra | 1992 |
The Making of 'Alien 3' | Self | 1992 |
Dead in the Water | Victoria Haines | 1991 |
The Horror Hall of Fame II | Self | 1991 |
The Horror Hall of Fame | Self | 1990 |
False Identity | Vera Errickson | 1990 |
A Son's Promise | Dorothy Donaldson (guardian ad litem) / Dorothy Donaldson | 1990 |
Valentino Returns | Patricia 'Pat' Gibbs / Patricia "Pat" Gibbs | 1989 |
Baywatch: Panic at Malibu Pier | Mrs. Harris | 1989 |
Desperate for Love | Betty Petrie | 1989 |
Tanner '88 | Molly Hark | 1988 |
The Witches of Eastwick | Felicia Alden | 1987 |
Wisdom | Samantha Wisdom | 1986 |
Intimate Encounters | Emily | 1986 |
L.A. Law | A.D.A. Margaret Flanagan | 1986 |
Flight of the Navigator | Helen Freeman | 1986 |
My Man Adam | Elaine Swit | 1985 |
Robert Kennedy and His Times | Ethel Skakel Kennedy | 1985 |
Miami Vice | Society Dame | 1984 |
Terror in the Aisles | Nancy Bellicec | 1984 |
The Right Stuff | Betty Grissom | 1983 |
Nightmares | Claire Houston (segment "Night of the Rat") | 1983 |
The New Leave It to Beaver | Violet Rutherford | 1983 |
Prime Suspect | Janice Staplin | 1982 |
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones | Marceline 'Marcy' Jones | 1982 |
The Big Black Pill | Sister Theresa | 1981 |
CBS Schoolbreak Special | Caroline Morris | 1980 |
Alien | Lambert | 1979 |
Invasion of the Body Snatchers | Nancy Bellicec | 1978 |
Goin' South | Hermine | 1978 |
The Kid from Not-So-Big | Corrine | 1978 |
Bernice Bobs Her Hair | Marjorie | 1976 |
Serpico | Lucy | 1976 |
Inserts | Harlene | 1975 |
Here We Go Again | Nancy | 1973 |
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers | Mary Gaffney | 1969 |
Then Came Bronson | Petey Traine | 1969 |
Mod Squad | Gail Whitney | 1968 |
The Name of the Game | Nancy Robins | 1968 |
Mannix | Mrs. Goldberg | 1967 |
Dragnet 1967 | Melissa Stevens | 1967 |
Family Affair | Jo-Ann | 1966 |
Who Has Seen the Wind? | Kiri Radek | 1965 |
Daniel Boone | Jemima Boone | 1964 |
One Man's Way | Mary | 1964 |
Spencer's Mountain | Becky Spencer | 1963 |
The Birds | Cathy Brenner | 1963 |
The Eleventh Hour | Jan Ellendale / Jane Cameron | 1962 |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Herself - Guest | 1962 |
The Children's Hour | Rosalie Wells | 1961 |
Dr. Kildare | Nancy Hiller | 1961 |
Route 66 | Miriam Moore (Age 9) | 1960 |
My Three Sons | Ruth Fletcher | 1960 |
The Twilight Zone | Anne Rogers | 1959 |
The Betty Hutton Show | Fake Foster Child | 1959 |
One Step Beyond | Gillian | 1959 |
In Love and War | Allie O'Neill | 1958 |
Leave It to Beaver | Violet Rutherford / Peggy MacIntosh | 1957 |
Zane Grey Theatre | Sarah Butler | 1956 |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Judy Davidson / Viola Wellington | 1955 |
The Danny Thomas Show | Veronica / Girl in Play | 1953 |
Death Valley Days | Carrie Dalton | 1952 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1999 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |
1998 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |
1997 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |