Veronica Cartwright
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Acting Credits
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 Invas...
Known For
Filmography
The Ruse
2025
as Olivia
A Kill for a Kill
2025
as Janice
Alien: Terror in Space
2025
as Self - Actress
A Man on the Inside
2024
as Beverly Banki
Gotham Knights
2023
as Eunice Harmon
Breaking Fast
2020
as Judy
Life After The Navigator
2020
as Herself
The Field
2019
as Edith
Memory: The Origins of Alien
2019
as Self
Limbo
2019
as Louise
The Resident
2018
as Celeste Crisforth
The Rookie
2018
as Beatrice O'Malley
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
2018
as Fortune Teller
Mommy I Didn't Do It
2017
as Judge Tannin
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
2017
as Self
The Good Doctor
2017
as Maxine Stanley
The Dark Below
2016
Re-Visitors from Outer Space, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Pod
2016
as Self
Creature Features
2016
as Self
Bosch
2015
as Irene Saxon
CSI: Cyber
2015
as Renetta Wilkerson
The Town that Dreaded Sundown
2014
as Lillian
Resurrection
2014
as Helen Edgerton
The Real History of Science Fiction
2014
as Self
Montana Amazon
2013
as Margaret
The Odd Way Home
2013
as Francine
Non-Stop
2013
as Rose
InSight
2011
as Patricia
The Yellow Wallpaper
2011
as Catherine Sayer
Revenge
2011
as Judge Elizabeth Blackwell
Neowolf
2010
as Mrs. Belakov
Call of the Wild
2009
as Sheriff Taylor
The Face is Familiar
2009
Eastwick
2009
as Bun Waverly
Eastwick
2009
as Bun Waverly
Drop Dead Diva
2009
as Marian Porter
The Invasion
2007
as Wendy Lenk
Mommy's House
2007
as Mommy
Barry Dingle
2005
as Eleanor Dingle
The Perfect Scary Movie
2005
as Self
Supernatural
2005
as Lily Sunder
Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Lydia Ashford
Invasion
2005
as Valerie Shenkman
The Closer
2005
as Vera Mathers
Criminal Minds
2005
as Flora Martin
Kinsey
2004
as Sara Kinsey
Straight-Jacket
2004
as Jerry Albrecht
Twisted
2004
as Landlady
Boston Legal
2004
as Judge Peggy Zeder
The Beast Within: Making Alien
2003
as Self
Just Married
2003
as Mrs. 'Pussy' McNerney (uncredited)
Realizing The Right Stuff
2003
as Self
Nip/Tuck
2003
as Mother Mary Claire
The Alien Saga
2002
as Self
Without a Trace
2002
as Mrs. Beckworth
Without a Trace
2002
as Susan
Critic's Choice
2001
as Watkins
Alien Evolution
2001
as Self / 'Lambert'
Inside The Osmonds
2001
as Olive Osmond
Scary Movie 2
2001
as Mother
In the Bedroom
2001
as Minister on Television
All About 'The Birds'
2000
as Self
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Diane Chase
A Slipping Down Life
1999
as Mrs. Casey
Trash
1999
as Principal Evans
The Last Man on Planet Earth
1999
as Director Elizabeth Riggs
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Virginia Kennison
Family Law
1999
as Norma Benson
The Rat Pack
1998
as Rocky Cooper
Will & Grace
1998
as Judith McFarland
Quicksilver Highway
1997
as Myra
Sparkler
1997
as Dottie Delgato
Money Talks
1997
as Connie Cipriani
George & Leo
1997
as Anna
The Lottery
1996
as Maggie Dunbar
7th Heaven
1996
as Ms. Fitzhenry
Boston Common
1996
as Betty
Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh
1995
as Octavia Tarrant
My Brother's Keeper
1995
as Pat
Sliders
1995
as The Flame (voice)
American Gothic
1995
as Angela
Dead Air
1994
as The Caller
On Hope
1994
Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance
1994
as Sister Aja
Chicago Hope
1994
as Karen Flanders
ER
1994
as Norma Houston
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Shirlee Gibbons
It's Nothing Personal
1993
as Barbara
Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story
1993
as Carla Hulin
The X-Files
1993
as Cassandra Spender
Lincoln and the War Within
1992
Man Trouble
1992
as Helen Dextra
Walking the Dog
1992
Dead in the Water
1991
as Victoria Haines
The Horror Hall of Fame II
1991
as Self
Hitler's Daughter
1990
as Patricia Benedict
False Identity
1990
as Vera Errickson
A Son's Promise
1990
as Dorothy Donaldson
Valentino Returns
1989
as Patricia "Pat" Gibbs
Desperate for Love
1989
as Betty Petrie
Baywatch: Panic at Malibu Pier
1989
as Mrs. Harris (uncredited)
Baywatch
1989
as Mrs. Harris (uncredited)
Tanner '88
1988
as Molly Hark
The Witches of Eastwick
1987
as Felicia Alden
Flight of the Navigator
1986
as Helen Freeman
Wisdom
1986
as Samantha Wisdom
Intimate Encounters
1986
as Emily
L.A. Law
1986
as A.D.A. Margaret Flanagan
My Man Adam
1985
as Elaine Swit
Robert Kennedy & His Times
1985
as Ethel Skakel Kennedy
Miami Vice
1984
as Society Dame
The Right Stuff
1983
as Betty Grissom
Nightmares
1983
as Claire Houston (segment "Night of the Rat")
Prime Suspect
1982
as Janice Staplin
Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill
1981
as Sister Theresa
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
1980
as Marceline "Marcy" Jones
Alien
1979
as Lambert
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1978
as Nancy Bellicec
Goin' South
1978
as Hermine
The Kid from Not-So-Big
1978
as Corrine
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
1976
as Marjorie
Inserts
1975
as Harlene
Here We Go Again
1973
as Nancy
Flip Side
1970
Then Came Bronson
1969
as Petey Traine
The Name of the Game
1968
as Nancy Robins
Mannix
1967
as Mrs. Goldberg (uncredited)
Dragnet
1967
as Melissa Stevens
One Man's Way
1964
as Mary
Daniel Boone
1964
as Jemima Boone
The Birds
1963
as Cathy Brenner
Spencer's Mountain
1963
as Becky Spencer (uncredited)
Tell Me Not In Mournful Numbers
1963
The Children's Hour
1961
as Rosalie Wells
My Three Sons
1960
Route 66
1960
as Miriam Moore (Age 9)
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Anne Rogers
One Step Beyond
1959
as Gillian
In Love and War
1958
as Allie O'Neill
Leave It to Beaver
1957
as Violet Rutherford
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Sarah Butler
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Judy Davidson
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Viola Wellington (uncredited)