Editing Angela Cartwright (section)

==Early life and career==
Angela Cartwright was born in [[Altrincham]], Cheshire, England, in 1952.  When she was one year old, her family moved to Los Angeles via Canada.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cartwright |first=Angela |date=2023-09-04 |title=The Official Angela Cartwright Website, Scrapbook 1 |url=http://www.angela-cartwright.com/part1begin.html |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=The Official Angela Cartwright Website}}</ref> She made her first film appearance at the age of three years as [[Paul Newman]]'s character's daughter in ''[[Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956 film)|Somebody Up There Likes Me]]'' (1956), and appeared with [[Rock Hudson]] and [[Sidney Poitier]] in ''[[Something of Value]]'' (1957).<ref name=MetaCritic>{{cite web|title=Angela Cartwright|url=http://www.metacritic.com/person/angela-cartwright?filter-options=movies|publisher=MetaCritic|access-date=23 September 2014}}</ref> Cartwright appeared for seven seasons in the [[CBS]] TV series ''[[The Danny Thomas Show]]'', opposite comedian [[Danny Thomas]].<ref name="Danny Thomas AllMovie">{{cite web|last1=Eder|first1=Bruce|title=Make Room for Daddy [TV Series] (1953)|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/make-room-for-daddy-tv-series-v30922|website=[[AllMovie]]|access-date=23 September 2014}}</ref><ref name="Who is Cartwright WT">{{cite news|last1=Haydon|first1=John|title=The List: Who is Angela Cartwright?|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/sep/8/list-who-angela-cartwright/|newspaper=[[The Washington Times]]|access-date=23 September 2014|date=8 September 2012}}</ref> She remained close to Thomas after the series' cancellation until his death on February 6, 1991.

Cartwright played the role of Brigitta von Trapp in ''[[The Sound of Music (film)|The Sound of Music]]'' (1965).<ref name="Sound of Music Cast">{{cite web|title=Sound of Music Cast & Crew|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-sound-of-music-v45745/cast-crew|website=[[AllMovie]]|access-date=23 September 2014}}</ref> The film won five [[Academy Awards]] and eclipsed [[Gone with the Wind (film)|''Gone with the Wind'']] as the [[List of highest-grossing films#Timeline of highest-grossing films|highest-grossing film of all-time]].

Cartwright played Penny Robinson in the TV series ''[[Lost in Space]]'' (1965–68).<ref name="Lost in Space Allmovie">{{cite web|last1=Erickson|first1=Hal|title=Lost in Space [TV Series] (1965)|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/lost-in-space-tv-series-v175155|website=[[AllMovie]]|access-date=23 September 2014}}</ref> She made appearances on several TV shows, including ''[[My Three Sons]]'', ''[[Adam-12]]'' and ''[[The Love Boat]]''. She was also cast in the television movies [[Scout's Honor (film)|''Scout's Honor'']] (1980) and played the role of Miss D'Angelo in ''[[High School U.S.A.]]'' (1983).<ref name="AllMovie Bio"/>

She played Theresa Mazzetti in ''[[Beyond the Poseidon Adventure]]'' (1979), directed by ''Lost in Space'' producer [[Irwin Allen]]. Cartwright made a cameo appearance as Reporter #2 in the 1998 ''[[Lost in Space (film)|Lost in Space]]'' film<ref name=MetaCritic/> and as Dr. Smith's mother in the third episode of the second season of the 2018 [[Netflix]] [[Lost in Space (2018 TV series)|reimagined ''Lost In Space'' series]].