Veronica Cartwright

Highest Rated: 97% Alien (1979)

Lowest Rated: 0% InSight (2011)

Birthday: Apr 20, 1949

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

		Credit
No Score Yet	The Field	Edith	—	2019
17%	The Dark Below	Actor	—	2017
No Score Yet	Mommy I Didn't Do It	Actor	—	2017
68%	The Town That Dreaded Sundown	Lillian	—	2014
No Score Yet	The Odd Way Home	Francine	—	2014
No Score Yet	The Dark Below	Actor	—	2014
No Score Yet	The Misadventures Of The Dunderheads	Margaret	—	2013
No Score Yet	The Yellow Wallpaper	Actor	—	2012
0%	InSight	Patricia	$17.5K	2011
No Score Yet	Call of the Wild 3D	Sheriff Taylor	—	2009
No Score Yet	Starz Inside	Actor	—	2009
No Score Yet	Neowolf (The Band from Hell)	Mrs. Belakov	—	2009
19%	The Invasion	Wendy Lenk	$15.2M	2007
No Score Yet	Dingle, Barry	Eleanor Dingle	—	2005
90%	Kinsey	Sara Kinsey	$10.3M	2004
48%	Straight Jacket	Jerry	—	2004
20%	Just Married	Mrs. McNerney	$56M	2003
94%	Alien: The Director's Cut	Lambert	—	2003
93%	In the Bedroom	Minister on television	$35.8M	2001
15%	Scary Movie 2	Mother Matka	—	2001
No Score Yet	Inside the Osmonds	Olive	—	2001
No Score Yet	Child Stars: Their Story	Actor	—	2000
No Score Yet	Trash	Principal Evans	—	1999
17%	Sparkler	Dottie Delgato	—	1999
26%	A Slipping-Down Life	Mrs. Casey	—	1999
No Score Yet	The Last Man on Planet Earth	Elizabeth Riggs	—	1999
69%	The Rat Pack	Rocky Cooper	—	1998
16%	Money Talks	Connie Cipriani	—	1997
No Score Yet	Quicksilver Highway	Myra	—	1997
No Score Yet	The Lottery	Maggie Dunbar	—	1996
No Score Yet	My Brother's Keeper	Pat	—	1995
No Score Yet	Dead Air	Actor	—	1994
28%	Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh	Octavia	—	1994
No Score Yet	Mirror Mirror II: Raven Dance	Sister Aja	—	1994
7%	Man Trouble	Helen	—	1992
No Score Yet	Dead In The Water	Victoria Haines	—	1991
No Score Yet	A Son's Promise	Dorothy Donaldson	—	1990
No Score Yet	Hitler's Daughter	Actor	—	1990
No Score Yet	False Identity	Vera Erickkson	—	1990
No Score Yet	Valentino Returns	Patricia	—	1989
No Score Yet	Desperate for Love	Betty Petrie	—	1989
76%	The Witches of Eastwick	Felicia Alden	—	1987
83%	Flight of the Navigator	Helen	—	1986
No Score Yet	Wisdom	Samantha Wisdom	—	1986
No Score Yet	My Man Adam	Elaine Swit	—	1985
No Score Yet	Not My Kid	Actor	—	1985
96%	The Right Stuff	Betty	—	1983
29%	Nightmares	Claire	—	1983
No Score Yet	Prime Suspect	Janice Staplin	—	1982
No Score Yet	Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill	Actor	—	1981
No Score Yet	The Big Trade	Actor	—	1981
No Score Yet	The Kid from Not-So-Big	Actor	—	1981
No Score Yet	Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones	Marcy	—	1980
97%	Alien	Lambert	—	1979
93%	Invasion of the Body Snatchers	Nancy Bellicec	—	1978
71%	Goin' South	Hermine	—	1978
No Score Yet	Bernice Bobs Her Hair	Marjorie	—	1976
64%	Inserts	Harlene	—	1975
No Score Yet	Spencer's Mountain	Becky Spencer	—	1963
95%	The Birds	Cathy Brenner	—	1963
No Score Yet	One Man's Way	Mary	—	1963
86%	The Children's Hour	Rosalie	—	1961
No Score Yet	In Love and War	Allie O'Neill	—	1958

TV

		Credit
No Score Yet	Criminal Minds 2005	Flora Martin	2016
34%	CSI: Cyber 2015-2016	Renetta Ferguson	2015
81%	Grey's Anatomy 2005	Lydia Ashford	2015 2013
53%	Resurrection 2014-2015	Helen Edgerton	2014
69%	Revenge 2011-2015	Judge Elizabeth Hawthorne	2012
53%	Memphis Beat 2010-2011		2010
35%	Eastwick 2009	Bun Waverly Bun	2009
100%	The Nine 2006	Barbara Barbara Dalton	2009 2006
11%	October Road 2007-2008	Lynn Farmer	2007
86%	Boston Legal 2004-2008	Judge Peggy Zeder	2006
No Score Yet	Cold Case 2003-2010	Mary Ryan	2006
No Score Yet	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 2000-2015	Diane Ray	2006
100%	Invasion 2005-2006	Valerie Shenkman	2006 2005
No Score Yet	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999	Virginia Kennison	2005
15%	Dr. Vegas 2004	Evelyn	2004
83%	Six Feet Under 2001-2005	Peg Kimmel	2004
No Score Yet	Family Law 1999-2002	Norma Benson	2002
No Score Yet	Judging Amy 1999-2005	Dorothea Mitchell	2002
No Score Yet	Touched by an Angel 1994-2003	Shirlee Gibbons	2001
No Score Yet	Chicago Hope 1994-2000	Caren Flanders	1999
74%	The X-Files 1993-2018	Cassandra Spender	1999 1998
No Score Yet	Will & Grace 1998	Judith McFarland	1999 1998
33%	Boston Common 1996-1997	Joy's Mother	1997
No Score Yet	ER 1994-2009	Mrs. Houston Norma	1997
No Score Yet	Tanner '88 1988		1988
No Score Yet	Leave It to Beaver 1957-1963	Peggy Violet Violet Rutherford	1963 1961 1960 1959
82%	The Twilight Zone 1959-1964	Anne (age 11)	1962 1960
No Score Yet	Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1955-1962	Judy	1961
No Score Yet	Revenge	Richterin Elizabeth Hawthorne

QUOTES FROM Veronica Cartwright CHARACTERS

Hermine says: You was the best I ever had, except for that circus fella.

Ash says: You still don't understand what you're dealing with, do you? Perfect organism. Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility.

Lambert says: You admire it.

Ash says: I admire its purity. A survivor... unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality.

Parker says: Look, I am... I've heard enough of this, and I'm asking you to pull the plug.

Ash says: Last word.

Ellen Ripley says: What?

Ash says: I can't lie to you about your chances, but... you have my sympathies.

Ellen Ripley says: Ash can you hear me? Ash!?

Ash says: [Eyes open] Yes I can hear you.

Ellen Ripley says: What was your special order?

Ash says: You read it, I thought it was clear.

Ellen Ripley says: What was it?

Ash says: Bring back life form, priority one, all other priorities are rescinded.

Parker says: The damn Company. What about our lives you son of a bitch?

Ash says: I repeat, all other priorities are rescinded.

Ellen Ripley says: How do we kill it Ash, there's got to be a way of killing it, how, how do we do it?

Ash says: You can't.

Parker says: That's bullshit!

Ash says: 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 says: You admire it.

Ash says: I admire its purity. A survivor, unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality.

Parker says: I've heard enough of this and i'm asking you to pull the plug.

Ash says: Last word.

Ellen Ripley says: What?

Ash says: I can't lie to you about your chances, but, you have my sympathies. [Smiles]

Ellen Ripley says: [Pulls the plug]

Wendy Lenk says: "He doesn't love me any more." (in relating how her violent husband has stopped abusing her after being infected by aliens)

Wendy Lenk says: He doesn't love me any more. [in relating how her violent husband has stopped abusing her after being infected by aliens]