Veronica Cartwright
Acting • Born 1949-04-20
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
Filmography
138 credits
The Birds
Movie • 1963
Cathy Brenner
Flight of the Navigator
Movie • 1986
Helen Freeman
Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh
Movie • 1995
Octavia Tarrant
The Children's Hour
Movie • 1961
Rosalie Wells
The Invasion
Movie • 2007
Wendy Lenk
Neowolf
Movie • 2010
Mrs. Belakov
Kinsey
Movie • 2004
Sara Kinsey
Valentino Returns
Movie • 1989
Patricia "Pat" Gibbs
The Witches of Eastwick
Movie • 1987
Felicia Alden
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Movie • 1978
Nancy Bellicec
Inserts
Movie • 1975
Harlene
Quicksilver Highway
Movie • 1997
Myra
The Ruse
Movie • 2025
Olivia
The Right Stuff
Movie • 1983
Betty Grissom
Call of the Wild
Movie • 2009
Sheriff Taylor
Wisdom
Movie • 1986
Samantha Wisdom
Nightmares
Movie • 1983
Claire Houston (segment "Night of the Rat")
Barry Dingle
Movie • 2005
Eleanor Dingle
A Slipping Down Life
Movie • 1999
Mrs. Casey
The Beast Within: Making Alien
Movie • 2003
Self
InSight
Movie • 2011
Patricia
The Yellow Wallpaper
Movie • 2011
Catherine Sayer
The Lottery
Movie • 1996
Maggie Dunbar
Critic's Choice
Movie • 2001
Watkins
Lincoln and the War Within
Movie • 1992
All About 'The Birds'
Movie • 2000
Self
Desperate for Love
Movie • 1989
Betty Petrie
The Face is Familiar
Movie • 2009
Alien Evolution
Movie • 2001
Self / 'Lambert'
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
Movie • 1976
Marjorie
Dead Air
Movie • 1994
The Caller
It's Nothing Personal
Movie • 1993
Barbara
Sparkler
Movie • 1997
Dottie Delgato
On Hope
Movie • 1994
My Brother's Keeper
Movie • 1995
Pat
Goin' South
Movie • 1978
Hermine
One Man's Way
Movie • 1964
Mary
Straight-Jacket
Movie • 2004
Jerry Albrecht
Spencer's Mountain
Movie • 1963
Becky Spencer (uncredited)
The Town that Dreaded Sundown
Movie • 2014
Lillian
My Man Adam
Movie • 1985
Elaine Swit
Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story
Movie • 1993
Carla Hulin
The Vicar's Wife
Movie
Mrs. Hope Saville-Smythe
The Dark Below
Movie • 2016
Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill
Movie • 1981
Sister Theresa
Dead in the Water
Movie • 1991
Victoria Haines
Alien
Movie • 1979
Lambert
Man Trouble
Movie • 1992
Helen Dextra
The Alien Saga
Movie • 2002
Self
Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance
Movie • 1994
Sister Aja
Mommy I Didn't Do It
Movie • 2017
Judge Tannin
Inside The Osmonds
Movie • 2001
Olive Osmond
Montana Amazon
Movie • 2013
Margaret
The Odd Way Home
Movie • 2013
Francine
The Field
Movie • 2019
Edith
Intimate Encounters
Movie • 1986
Emily
Non-Stop
Movie • 2013
Rose
The Kid from Not-So-Big
Movie • 1978
Corrine
Scary Movie 2
Movie • 2001
Mother
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
Movie • 2017
Self
Hitler's Daughter
Movie • 1990
Patricia Benedict
Prime Suspect
Movie • 1982
Janice Staplin
False Identity
Movie • 1990
Vera Errickson
In Love and War
Movie • 1958
Allie O'Neill
Money Talks
Movie • 1997
Connie Cipriani
Trash
Movie • 1999
Principal Evans
In the Bedroom
Movie • 2001
Minister on Television
Just Married
Movie • 2003
Mrs. 'Pussy' McNerney (uncredited)
Twisted
Movie • 2004
Landlady
The Rat Pack
Movie • 1998
Rocky Cooper
The Last Man on Planet Earth
Movie • 1999
Director Elizabeth Riggs
Memory: The Origins of Alien
Movie • 2019
Self
Limbo
Movie • 2019
Louise
A Son's Promise
Movie • 1990
Dorothy Donaldson
Breaking Fast
Movie • 2020
Judy
The Perfect Scary Movie
Movie • 2005
Self
Life After The Navigator
Movie • 2020
Herself
Mommy's House
Movie • 2007
Mommy
A Kill for a Kill
Movie • 2025
Janice
Alien: Terror in Space
Movie • 2025
Self - Actress
Tell Me Not In Mournful Numbers
Movie • 1963
Baywatch: Panic at Malibu Pier
Movie • 1989
Mrs. Harris (uncredited)
Realizing The Right Stuff
Movie • 2003
Self
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Diane Chase
My Three Sons
TV • 1960
Tanner '88
TV • 1988
Molly Hark
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Virginia Kennison
The X-Files
TV • 1993
Cassandra Spender
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1959
Anne (age 13)
Chicago Hope
TV • 1994
Karen Flanders
Daniel Boone
TV • 1964
Jemima Boone
Family Law
TV • 1999
Norma Benson
The Good Doctor
TV • 2017
Maxine Stanley
Eastwick
TV • 2009
Bun Waverly
One Step Beyond
TV • 1959
Gillian
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Sarah Butler
Will & Grace
TV • 1998
Judith McFarland
Robert Kennedy & His Times
TV • 1985
Ethel Skakel Kennedy
Baywatch
TV • 1989
Mrs. Harris (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Judy Davidson
Revenge
TV • 2011
Judge Elizabeth Blackwell
Drop Dead Diva
TV • 2009
Marian Porter
The Name of the Game
TV • 1968
Nancy Robins
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
TV • 1980
Marceline "Marcy" Jones
Here We Go Again
TV • 1973
Nancy
Mannix
TV • 1967
Mrs. Goldberg (uncredited)
Leave It to Beaver
TV • 1957
Violet Rutherford
Sliders
TV • 1995
The Flame (voice)
Supernatural
TV • 2005
Lily Sunder
Route 66
TV • 1960
Miriam Moore (Age 9)
The Resident
TV • 2018
Celeste Crisforth
Grey's Anatomy
TV • 2005
Lydia Ashford
L.A. Law
TV • 1986
Margaret Flanagan
Resurrection
TV • 2014
Helen Edgerton
Invasion
TV • 2005
Valerie Shenkman
The Real History of Science Fiction
TV • 2014
Self
Bosch
TV • 2015
Irene Saxon
7th Heaven
TV • 1996
Ms. Fitzhenry
The Rookie
TV • 2018
Beatrice O'Malley
Without a Trace
TV • 2002
Mrs. Beckworth
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Viola Wellington (uncredited)
Without a Trace
TV • 2002
Susan
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
TV • 2018
Fortune Teller
Creature Features
TV • 2016
Self
George & Leo
TV • 1997
Anna
ER
TV • 1994
Norma Houston
Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994
Shirlee Gibbons
Boston Common
TV • 1996
Betty
The Closer
TV • 2005
Vera Mathers
Criminal Minds
TV • 2005
Flora Martin
A Man on the Inside
TV • 2024
Beverly Banki
Dragnet
TV • 1967
Melissa Stevens
Nip/Tuck
TV • 2003
Mother Mary Claire
Then Came Bronson
TV • 1969
Petey Traine
Gotham Knights
TV • 2023
Eunice Harmon
American Gothic
TV • 1995
Angela
Boston Legal
TV • 2004
Judge Peggy Zeder
Miami Vice
TV • 1984
Society Dame