Veronica Cartwright

Actor Apr 20 (age 76) Bristol, England, UK 1955–2025 (70 year career)

6.2 avg rating

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

Film

Alien

Lambert

Film

The Birds

Cathy Brenner

Film

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Nancy Bellicec

Film

The Right Stuff

Betty Grissom

Film

Scary Movie 2

Mother

Film

Flight of the Navigator

Helen Freeman

Film

The Witches of Eastwick

Felicia Alden

Film

The Children's Hour

Rosalie Wells

Filmography

Acting (136)

Movies (83)

The Ruse

2025

as Olivia

4.8

Alien: Terror in Space

as Self - Actress

A Kill for a Kill

as Janice

Breaking Fast

as Judy

Life After The Navigator

2020

as Herself

7.9

Memory: The Origins of Alien

as Self

Limbo

as Louise

The Field

as Edith

Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches

2017

as Self

Mommy I Didn't Do It

as Judge Tannin

The Dark Below

The Town that Dreaded Sundown

as Lillian

The Odd Way Home

as Francine

Montana Amazon

as Margaret

Non-Stop

as Rose

InSight

as Patricia

The Yellow Wallpaper

as Catherine Sayer

Neowolf

as Mrs. Belakov

Call of the Wild

as Sheriff Taylor

The Face is Familiar

The Invasion

as Wendy Lenk

Mommy's House

as Mommy

The Perfect Scary Movie

as Self

Barry Dingle

as Eleanor Dingle

Twisted

as Landlady

Kinsey

as Sara Kinsey

Straight-Jacket

as Jerry Albrecht

Just Married

as Mrs. 'Pussy' McNerney (uncredited)

5.8

The Beast Within: Making Alien

2003

as Self

8.2

Realizing The Right Stuff

2003

as Self

The Alien Saga

as Self

Scary Movie 2

as Mother

In the Bedroom

as Minister on Television

Alien Evolution

as Self / 'Lambert'

Critic's Choice

as Watkins

Inside The Osmonds

2001

as Olive Osmond

8.0

All About 'The Birds'

as Self

Trash

as Principal Evans

A Slipping Down Life

as Mrs. Casey

The Last Man on Planet Earth

1999

as Director Elizabeth Riggs

The Rat Pack

as Rocky Cooper

Money Talks

as Connie Cipriani

Sparkler

as Dottie Delgato

Quicksilver Highway

as Myra

The Lottery

as Maggie Dunbar

Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh

as Octavia Tarrant

My Brother's Keeper

as Pat

Dead Air

as The Caller

On Hope

Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance

1994

as Sister Aja

3.6

It's Nothing Personal

1993

as Barbara

Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story

1993

as Carla Hulin

Man Trouble

1992

as Helen Dextra

4.9

Lincoln and the War Within

Dead in the Water

as Victoria Haines

A Son's Promise

as Dorothy Donaldson

Hitler's Daughter

as Patricia Benedict

False Identity

as Vera Errickson

Desperate for Love

as Betty Petrie

Baywatch: Panic at Malibu Pier

1989

as Mrs. Harris (uncredited)

8.0

Valentino Returns

1989

as Patricia "Pat" Gibbs

0.9

The Witches of Eastwick

1987

as Felicia Alden

6.5

Flight of the Navigator

as Helen Freeman

Wisdom

as Samantha Wisdom

Intimate Encounters

as Emily

My Man Adam

as Elaine Swit

The Right Stuff

as Betty Grissom

Nightmares

as Claire Houston (segment "Night of the Rat")

5.7

Prime Suspect

1982

as Janice Staplin

6.7

Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill

as Sister Theresa

Alien

as Lambert

The Kid from Not-So-Big

1978

as Corrine

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

as Nancy Bellicec

Goin' South

as Hermine

Bernice Bobs Her Hair

as Marjorie

Inserts

as Harlene

One Man's Way

as Mary

The Birds

as Cathy Brenner

Tell Me Not In Mournful Numbers

1963

Spencer's Mountain

1963

as Becky Spencer (uncredited)

The Children's Hour

as Rosalie Wells

In Love and War

as Allie O'Neill

The Vicar's Wife

as Mrs. Hope Saville-Smythe

Television (53)

A Man on the Inside

as Beverly Banki

Gotham Knights

as Eunice Harmon

The Rookie

as Beatrice O'Malley

The Resident

as Celeste Crisforth

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

as Fortune Teller

The Good Doctor

as Maxine Stanley

Creature Features

as Self

Bosch

as Irene Saxon

Resurrection

as Helen Edgerton

The Real History of Science Fiction

2014

as Self

7.0

Revenge

2011

as Judge Elizabeth Blackwell

Drop Dead Diva

as Marian Porter

Eastwick

as Bun Waverly

Grey's Anatomy

as Lydia Ashford

Supernatural

as Lily Sunder

Criminal Minds

as Flora Martin

The Closer

as Vera Mathers

Invasion

as Valerie Shenkman

Boston Legal

as Judge Peggy Zeder

Nip/Tuck

as Mother Mary Claire

7.2

Without a Trace

2002

as Mrs. Beckworth

7.2

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000

as Diane Chase

7.6

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Virginia Kennison

Family Law

as Norma Benson

Will & Grace

as Judith McFarland

George & Leo

as Anna

7th Heaven

as Ms. Fitzhenry

Boston Common

as Betty

Sliders

as The Flame (voice)

American Gothic

as Angela

as Norma Houston

Chicago Hope

as Karen Flanders

Touched by an Angel

as Shirlee Gibbons

The X-Files

as Cassandra Spender

Baywatch

as Mrs. Harris (uncredited)

Tanner '88

as Molly Hark

L.A. Law

as Margaret Flanagan

Robert Kennedy & His Times

1985

as Ethel Skakel Kennedy

7.0

Miami Vice

1984

as Society Dame

7.5

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones

1980

as Marceline "Marcy" Jones

Here We Go Again

as Nancy

Then Came Bronson

as Petey Traine

The Name of the Game

as Nancy Robins

Mannix

as Mrs. Goldberg (uncredited)

Dragnet

as Melissa Stevens

Daniel Boone

as Jemima Boone

Route 66

as Miriam Moore (Age 9)

My Three Sons

The Twilight Zone

as Anne (age 13)

One Step Beyond

as Gillian

Leave It to Beaver

as Violet Rutherford

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956

as Sarah Butler

6.0

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

as Viola Wellington (uncredited)

7.8