Veronica Cartwright
Date of birth: 1949-04-20
Place of birth: Bristol, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: ورونیکا کارت رایت, ورونیکا کارترایت
Biography
Veronica Cartwright (born April 20, 1949) is a British-born American actress. She is known for appearing in science fiction and horror films, and has earned numerous accolades, including three Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Her younger sister is actress Angela Cartwright. As a child actress, Cartwright appeared in supporting roles in The Children's Hour and The Birds, the latter of which was her first commercial success. She made her transition into mainstream, mature roles with 1978's Invasion of the Body Snatchers. The following year, she played Lambert in the science-fiction horror film Alien, which earned her recognition and a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress. She additionally appeared in the films The Right Stuff and The Witches of Eastwick which earned her praise, and in the 1990s, received three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, one of which was for her role on ER and two of which were for her role in The X-Files. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Movie Credits
The Birds
1963-03-28
Thousands of birds flock into a seaside town and terrorize the residents in a series of deadly attac
Flight of the Navigator
1986-07-30
12-year-old David is accidentally knocked out in the forest near his home, but when he awakens eight
Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh
1995-03-17
Annie, a young schoolteacher struggling to solve the brutal murder of her father, unwittingly summon
The Children's Hour
1961-12-19
An unruly student at a private all-girls boarding school scandalously accuses the two women who run
The Invasion
2007-08-17
Washington, D.C. psychologist Carol Bennell and her colleague Dr. Ben Driscoll are the only two peop
Neowolf
2010-04-19
When an aspiring rock musician Tony returns to his college town to make up with his estranged girlfr
Kinsey
2004-09-04
Kinsey is a portrait of researcher Alfred Kinsey, driven to uncover the most private secrets of a na
Valentino Returns
1989-07-21
On a Saturday night, in a small 1950s Californian town, a young man, whose parents are an inch from
The Witches of Eastwick
1987-06-12
Three single women in a picturesque Rhode Island village have their wishes granted - at a cost - whe
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1978-12-20
The residents of San Francisco are becoming drone-like shadows of their former selves, and as the ph
Inserts
1975-02-20
A young, once-great Hollywood film director refuses to accept changing times during the early 1930s,
Quicksilver Highway
1997-05-13
Aaron Quicksilver is a mysterious storyteller whose listeners invariably end up as the subjects of h
The Ruse
2025-05-16
An in-home caregiver fears for her life after being assigned to a mysterious elderly patient in a re
The Right Stuff
1983-10-20
At the dawn of the Space Race, seven test pilots set out to become the first American astronauts to
Call of the Wild
2009-06-12
Self-centered and status-conscious, ten year old Ryann Hale journeys to Montana to visit her down-to
Wisdom
1986-12-31
Unable to find work after a past felony, graduate John Wisdom and his girlfriend embark on a cross-c
Nightmares
1983-09-02
A collection of short stories. In one a woman who leaves her house late at night to drive to the sto
Barry Dingle
2005-03-13
A conniving mother tries desperately to marry off her son Barry to a senator's daughter.
A Slipping Down Life
1999-01-22
A young woman becomes obsessed with a small-time North Carolina rock singer.
The Beast Within: Making Alien
2003-12-02
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of “Alien,” the terrifying classic about a spaceship crew tra
InSight
2011-09-02
While tending to a stabbing victim, Kaitlyn is electrocuted and awakens to find that she is experien
The Yellow Wallpaper
2011-11-10
The Yellow Wallpaper (Motion Picture) is an "Origins Myth"... rather than a direct adaptation of the
The Lottery
1996-09-29
Returning to his small hometown of Icara, Maine, a man discovers its horrible secret -- a bizarre, c
Critic's Choice
2001-02-04
Lincoln and the War Within
1992-12-01
First few weeks of Lincoln's presidency where crucial for the direction the country would take. He h
All About 'The Birds'
2000-05-28
A wonderfully informative 80-minute documentary combining current interviews with archival materials
Desperate for Love
1989-01-17
The story of murder among a trio of teenagers after a boy breaks up with a girl and she runs into th
The Face is Familiar
2009-06-08
Get to know some of Hollywood's most talented character actors, who have supported leading roles in
Alien Evolution
2001-10-12
Mark Kermode brings a tribute to the successful Alien series, featuring interviews with the cast mem
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
1976-10-06
Bernice, a shy young woman, leaves her safe home to go visit her flapper cousin. When her cousin tri
Dead Air
1994-10-06
A distraught disc jockey seeks out a mystery caller who may be the killer of his girlfriend.
It's Nothing Personal
1993-02-01
An embittered ex-cop, on a quest for justice, teams up with a hard-boiled bounty hunter to go after
Sparkler
1997-10-01
Melba is a Californian trailer-park girl who is told to look for three kings by a phone psychic, and
On Hope
1994-10-02
On Hope is a 1994 short film directed by JoBeth Williams, with Annette O'Toole, Mercedes Ruehl, Ray
My Brother's Keeper
1995-03-19
A man and his HIV-positive twin take an insurance company to court over a possibly life-saving bone
Goin' South
1978-10-06
Henry Moon is captured for a capital offense by a posse when his horse quits while trying to escape
One Man's Way
1964-02-26
Reverend Norman Vincent Peale fights to bring his message to the nation.
Straight-Jacket
2004-02-01
In 1950's Hollywood, movie star Guy Stone must marry a studio secretary in order to conceal his homo
Spencer's Mountain
1963-05-16
Clay Spencer and his wife, Olivia, live in a small town deep in the mountains. When Clay isn't busy
The Town that Dreaded Sundown
2014-10-16
A masked maniac terrorizes the same small community where a murderer known as the Phantom Killer str
My Man Adam
1985-10-25
A young man meets the girl of his dreams, whereupon he finds himself involved in a murder mystery.
Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story
1993-05-24
Relationship problems between a father and son are intensified by Hurricane Andrew.
The Vicar's Wife
In a small parish village in England, a handsome yet socially challenged Anglican Vicar starts getti
The Dark Below
2016-06-01
The Dark Below is an experimental thriller set on Michigan's Great Lakes.
Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill
1981-01-29
The first of three private-eye movies created by Robert Blake about rugged Joe Dancer as the forerun
Dead in the Water
1991-12-04
Charlie Deegan has almost everything he has ever wanted. He has an important law practice, a beautif
Alien
1979-05-25
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a di
Man Trouble
1992-07-17
A sleazy but affable guard dog trainer is blackmailed to steal a manuscript for a tell-all book from
The Alien Saga
2002-11-13
In 1979, Alien burst onto the scene with a strong female lead in the form of Ripley (Sigourney Weave
Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance
1994-05-25
A mysterious mirror is found hidden in a church orphanage, yet few realize its legacy of evil. When
Mommy I Didn't Do It
2017-01-01
After finishing law school, Ellen Plainview is looking forward to spending some much needed time wit
Inside The Osmonds
2001-02-05
The story of the personal lives and professional careers of the show-business family The Osmonds, an
Montana Amazon
2013-03-08
The Dunderheads are an eccentric Montana family who've been in the mountains for far too long. Now o
The Odd Way Home
2013-10-25
Two strangers, each living at the edges of society, are fatefully united for a harrowing and inspira
The Field
2019-09-24
A long-empty farmstead holds secret worlds, accidentally unlocked by an amateur photographer and his
Intimate Encounters
1986-09-28
It started as fantasy...and ended as intimate encounters.
Non-Stop
2013-11-29
Mysterious emotional thriller about a woman who, after being left at the altar, has a brief liaison
The Kid from Not-So-Big
1978-01-01
A young girl is left to run her grandfather's frontier newspaper. She finds out about a group of co
Scary Movie 2
2001-07-04
While the original parodied slasher flicks like Scream, Keenen Ivory Wayans's sequel to Scary Movie
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
2017-04-17
Documentary about the life and career of Australian actor Rod Taylor.
Hitler's Daughter
1990-09-26
Hitler's Daughter wants to occupy the White House. She might just do it, unless the ineffectual Nazi
Prime Suspect
1982-01-20
A respectable businessman becomes the prime suspect in the abduction and murder of several young gir
False Identity
1990-06-08
When Rachel, a radio personality, discovers a Purple Heart at a garage sale she decides to find out
In Love and War
1958-10-31
Three Marines take shore leave in San Francisco during World War II. Frankie O'Neill visits his lowe
Money Talks
1997-08-22
Sought by police and criminals, a small-time huckster makes a deal with a TV newsman for protection.
Trash
1999-06-24
Trash is a coming of age drama set amongst the poverty stricken trailer parks of the deep South. In
In the Bedroom
2001-11-23
Summertime on the coast of Maine, "In the Bedroom" centers on the inner dynamics of a family in tran
Just Married
2003-01-08
Although Tom Leezak and Sarah McNerney come from different worlds, they are both unexpectedly swept
Twisted
2004-02-27
Recently promoted and transferred to the homicide division, Inspector Jessica Shepard feels pressure
The Rat Pack
1998-08-22
After a brief flash-forward to Frank Sinatra as an old man, saying "I miss my guys," the movie's mai
The Last Man on Planet Earth
1999-02-18
During a war with Afghanistan, a weapon called the "Y-bomb" was used, which resulted in the deaths o
Memory: The Origins of Alien
2019-01-24
The untold origin story behind Ridley Scott's Alien - rooted in Greek and Egyptian mythologies, unde
Limbo
2019-08-22
A murderer finds himself on trial in Hell, caught between a bitter prosecutor and an inexperienced d
A Son's Promise
1990-03-05
An iron-willed Georgia boy accepts the burden of a man on his young shoulders. Fifteen-year-old Terr
Breaking Fast
2020-03-07
Mo, a practicing Muslim living in West Hollywood, is learning to navigate life post heartbreak. Ente
The Perfect Scary Movie
2005-10-29
A documentary looking at the various conventions and scare techniques of the horror genre.
Life After The Navigator
2020-11-09
A feature that not only celebrates the 1986 classic "Flight of the Navigator", but also looks at the
Mommy's House
2007-06-04
When Richard and Carl's car breaks down in the mountains, they find themselves stranded at the opule
A Kill for a Kill
2025-01-17
A deceptive motivational speaker becomes entangled in a deadly game with a fan who suggests they kil
Alien: Terror in Space
2025-02-21
A retrospective look at the global impact of Alien, the science fiction and horror masterpiece direc
Tell Me Not In Mournful Numbers
1963-11-07
Based on the true story of a young girl who communicates only in numbers. The movie explores the rea
Baywatch: Panic at Malibu Pier
1989-04-29
Welcome to the bay... Mitch and his friends enter the sink or swim world that is BAYWATCH.