Editing Veronica Cartwright (section)

==Career==
In 1958, her career as a child actress began with a role in ''[[In Love and War (1958 film)|In Love and War]]''. Among her early appearances were repeated roles in the television series ''[[Leave It to Beaver]]'' (as Beaver's classmates Violet Rutherford and, later, Peggy MacIntosh) and episodes of ''[[Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond|One Step Beyond]]'' ("The Haunting") and ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'' ("[[I Sing the Body Electric (The Twilight Zone)|I Sing the Body Electric]]").<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chiotakis |first=Steve |date=October 31, 2019 |title=The 60-year legacy of The Twilight Zone |url=https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/greater-la/celebrating-the-60th-anniversary-of-the-twilight-zone/the-60-year-legacy-of-the-twilight-zone |website=[[KCRW]]}}</ref> In 1963, she guest starred twice in [[NBC]]'s [[medical drama]] about [[psychiatry]], ''[[The Eleventh Hour (1962 TV series)|The Eleventh Hour]]'', in the episodes "The Silence of Good Men" and "My Name is Judith, I'm Lost, You See". [[File:The Birds 026.jpg|thumb|Cartwright (second from left) with the cast of [[The Birds (film)|''The Birds'']] (1963) in 2006.|200x200px]]Cartwright appeared in the films ''[[The Children's Hour (film)|The Children's Hour]]'' (1961) and [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s ''[[The Birds (film)|The Birds]]'' (1963),<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Nolasco |first=Stephanie |date=2021-07-15 |title='The Birds' star Veronica Cartwright recalls giving Beaver Cleaver his first kiss, meeting Alfred Hitchcock |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/birds-veronica-cartwright-leave-beaver-alfred-hitchcock |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=[[Fox News]] |language=en-US}}</ref> which were both highly successful. In ''The Birds,'' she was cast along with her television father from ''Leave It to Beaver'', [[Richard Deacon (actor)|Richard Deacon]], although the two were not on screen together. She appeared in ''[[Spencer's Mountain]]'' (1963) with [[Henry Fonda]] and [[Kym Karath]]. She played daughter Jemima Boone in the first two seasons of NBC's ''[[Daniel Boone (1964 TV series)|Daniel Boone]]'' from 1964 until 1966, with co-stars [[Fess Parker]], [[Patricia Blair]], [[Darby Hinton]], [[Ed Ames]] and [[Dallas McKennon]]. She won a regional Emmy Award for the television movie ''Tell Me Not in Mournful Numbers'' (1964).<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |author=((Rick29)) |title=Veronica Cartwright Talks with the Café about Hitchcock, Alien, and the Beaver |url=https://www.classicfilmtvcafe.com/2014/02/veronica-cartwright-talks-with-cafe.html |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=Classic Film and TV Cafe}}</ref> She achieved adult success with film roles in ''[[Inserts (film)|Inserts]]'' (1974), ''[[Goin' South]]'' (1978) and ''[[Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978 film)|Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]'' (1978).

Cartwright's breakout feature was the science-fiction horror film ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]'' (1979), for which she was originally cast as ''Alien''{{'}}s heroine [[Ellen Ripley]], but director [[Ridley Scott]] instead set her to play [[Lambert (Alien)|Lambert]] prior to shooting. The infamous [[Chestburster|chestburster scene]] in the film featured a genuine reaction from Cartwright, who had not been informed beforehand that blood would be involved;<ref>{{Cite web |author=Scott |first=Ridley |author-link=Ridley Scott |date=2009-10-13 |title=The making of Alien's chestburster scene |url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/oct/13/making-of-alien-chestburster |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=[[The Guardian]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2007-04-26 |title=Alien named as top 18-rated scene |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6597295.stm |access-date=2022-04-21 |work=[[BBC News]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> co-star [[Tom Skerritt]] confirmed this by saying, "What you saw on camera was the real response. She had no idea what the hell happened. All of a sudden this thing just came up." She won the [[Saturn Award]] for [[Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] for her performance.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-09-14 |title=Past Saturn Awards |url=http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914184217/http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html |archive-date=14 September 2008 |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=[[Saturn Awards]]}}</ref>

Her subsequent film roles include ''[[The Right Stuff (film)|The Right Stuff]]'' (1983), ''[[Flight of the Navigator]]'' (1986), ''[[The Witches of Eastwick (film)|The Witches of Eastwick]]'' (1987), ''[[Money Talks (1997 film)|Money Talks]]'' (1997), ''[[Scary Movie 2]]'' (2001), ''[[Kinsey (film)|Kinsey]]'' (2004) and ''[[Straight-Jacket]]'' (2004). She was nominated again for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress for The ''Witches of Eastwick''.{{Citation needed |date=September 2024}} 

A frequent performer in television, she has played guest roles in such series as ''[[Route 66 (TV series)|Route 66]]'', ''[[Leave It to Beaver]]'', ''[[The Mod Squad]]'', ''[[Miami Vice]]'', ''[[Baywatch]]'', ''[[L.A. Law]]'', ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'', ''[[The X-Files]]'', ''[[Chicago Hope]]'', ''[[Will & Grace]]'', ''[[Touched by an Angel]]'', ''[[Judging Amy]]'', ''[[Six Feet Under (TV series)|Six Feet Under]]'', ''[[The Closer]]'', and ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maden |first=Ben L |date=2017-08-06 |title=EXCLUSIVE: At #LFCC Alien star Veronica Cartwright told me she is returning as Cassandra Spender in #TheXFiles season 11! |url=https://twitter.com/blmaden/status/894274495124471809 |access-date=2018-04-30 |website=[[Twitter]]}}</ref> Cartwright has received three [[Emmy Award]] nominations,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Emmys Bio: Veronica Cartwright {{!}} Awards and Nominations |url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/veronica-cartwright |website=[[Emmy Awards |Emmys]]}}</ref> one for her work in ''ER'' in 1997, and two for her work on ''The X-Files'' in 1998 and 1999. Cartwright also starred as Mrs. Olive Osmond in the made-for-TV film ''Inside the Osmonds''.

She co-starred in the fourth version of ''[[Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978 film)|Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]'', ''[[The Invasion (film)|The Invasion]]'' (2007). She appears on the cover art for the [[Scissor Sisters]]' 2006 single "[[I Don't Feel Like Dancin']]" and on their second album ''[[Ta-Dah]]''. In 2014, Cartwright reprised her role as Joan Lambert for [[Downloadable content|DLC]] episodes in ''[[Alien: Isolation]]'' based on the original film, and appeared in the remake of ''[[The Town That Dreaded Sundown (2014 film)|The Town That Dreaded Sundown]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Danny! |date=2015-03-02 |title=Double Murder Ep 55: The Town That Dreaded Sundown (Original vs. Remake/Sequel) |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/reviews/3334335/double-murder-ep-55-town-dreaded-sundown-original-vs-remakesequel/ |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=Bloody Disgusting! |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=May 7, 2013 |title='Town That Dreaded Sundown' Casts Trio (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/town-dreaded-sundown-casts-trio-518864/ |access-date=2024-01-27 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> She played the role of Sibley Gamble, a psychic on ''[[General Hospital]]'', between July 8, 2019, and July 16, 2019.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rice |first=Lynette |date=June 11, 2019 |title=General Hospital casts Alien actress Veronica Cartwright in secret role |url=https://ew.com/tv/2019/06/11/general-hospital-casts-alien-actress-veronica-cartwright/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190611185843/https://ew.com/tv/2019/06/11/general-hospital-casts-alien-actress-veronica-cartwright/ |archive-date=11 June 2019 |access-date=2024-01-27 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] }}</ref>

Cartwright's many theatre credits include ''Electra'', ''Talley's Folly'', ''The Bat''<ref>{{Cite news |last=Brandes |first=Philip |date=August 2, 2012 |title=Theater review: 'The Bat' at Theatre 40 |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-xpm-2012-aug-02-la-et-cm-theater-review-the-bat-at-theatre-40-20120801-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120223143/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-xpm-2012-aug-02-la-et-cm-theater-review-the-bat-at-theatre-40-20120801-story.html |archive-date=2022-01-20 |work=[[The Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> and ''The Master Builder'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Richards |first=David |date=January 20, 1991 |title=Sunday View: Is It Ibsen? Or Is It Stephen King? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/01/20/theater/sunday-view-is-it-ibsen-or-is-it-stephen-king.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202215426/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/01/20/theater/sunday-view-is-it-ibsen-or-is-it-stephen-king.html |archive-date=2 December 2010 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=27 January 2024 }}</ref> for which she received brilliant reviews. Her performances in ''The Hands of its Enemy'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Foster |first=Catherine |date=January 10, 1985 |title=Deft handling of difficult story in new Mark Medoff play |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1985/0110/lhands.html |website=[[The Christian Science Monitor]]}}</ref> ''The Triplet Collection'' and ''Homesteaders'' brought her [[Drama-Logue Award]]s for Best Actress.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 2007 |title=Mark Taper Forum Awards |url=https://studylib.net/doc/7497973/ |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=StudyLib}}</ref>