Editing Veronica Cartwright

{{Short description|British-American actress (born 1949)|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2015}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Veronica Cartwright
| image              = Veronica_Cartwright_2022.jpg
| caption            = Cartwright in 2022
| birth_name         =
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1949|4|20}}
| birth_place        = [[Bristol]], England
| death_date         = 
| death_place        = 
| occupation         = Actress
| children = 
| years_active       = 1958–present
| spouse             = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Richard Gates|||reason=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Stanley Goldstein|||reason=divorced}}
* {{marriage|[[Richard Compton]]||2007|reason=died}}
}}
| relatives          = [[Angela Cartwright]] (sister)
}}

'''Veronica Cartwright''' (born April 20, 1949) is a British-born American actress. She is known for appearing in [[Sci-fi|science fiction]] and [[horror film]]s, and has earned numerous accolades, including three [[Primetime Emmy Awards|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 (film)|The Children's Hour]]'' and ''[[The Birds (film)|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 (1978 film)|Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]''. She played [[Lambert (Alien)|Lambert]] in the science-fiction horror film ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]'', which earned her recognition and a [[Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress]], and additionally appeared in the films ''[[The Right Stuff (film)|The Right Stuff]]'' and ''[[The Witches of Eastwick (film)|The Witches of Eastwick]]'' which earned her praise. In the 1990s, she received three nominations for the [[Primetime Emmy Awards|Primetime Emmy Award]] for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series]], one of which was for her role on ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'' and two of which were for her role in ''[[The X-Files]]''.

==Early life==
Veronica Cartwright was born on April 20, 1949<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rubin |first1=Steven Jay |title=The Twilight Zone Encyclopedia |date=2017 |publisher=Chicago Review Press |isbn=9781613738887 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iSLXDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT146}}</ref> in [[Bristol]], England, and grew up in [[Los Angeles]], having immigrated to the US shortly after the birth of her younger sister, actress [[Angela Cartwright]].{{Citation needed |date=September 2024}}

==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>

==Personal life==
Cartwright married Richard Gates first, then Stanley Goldstein; both ended in divorce. Her third marriage to television director [[Richard Compton]] lasted until Compton's death in 2007.{{Citation needed |date=September 2024}}

==Filmography==
=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1958
| ''[[In Love and War (1958 film)|In Love and War]]''
| Allie O'Neill
| Uncredited
|-
| 1961
| ''[[The Children's Hour (film)|The Children's Hour]]''
| Rosalie Wells
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1963
| ''[[The Birds (film)|The Birds]]''
| Cathy Brenner
|
|-
| ''[[Spencer's Mountain]]''
| Becky Spencer
| Uncredited
|-
| 1964
| ''[[One Man's Way]]''
| Mary
|
|-
| 1975
| ''[[Inserts (film)|Inserts]]''
| Harlene
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1978
| ''[[Goin' South]]''
| Hermine
|
|-
| ''[[Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978 film)|Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]''
| Nancy Bellicec
|
|-
| ''The Kid from Not-So-Big''
| Corinne
|
|-
| 1979
| ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]''
| Joan Lambert
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1983
| ''[[Nightmares (1983 film)|Nightmares]]''
| Claire Houston
| Segment: "Night of the Rat"
|-
| ''[[The Right Stuff (film)|The Right Stuff]]''
| Betty Grissom
|
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Terror in the Aisles]]''
| Nancy Bellicec
| [[Archive footage]] from ''Invasion of the Body Snatchers''
|-
| 1985
| ''[[My Man Adam]]''
| Elaine Swit
|
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Flight of the Navigator]]''
| Helen Freeman
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1987
| ''[[Wisdom (film)|Wisdom]]''
| Samantha Wisdom
|
|-
| ''[[The Witches of Eastwick (film)|The Witches of Eastwick]]''
| Felicia Alden
|
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Valentino Returns]]''
| Patricia "Pat" Gibbs
|
|-
| 1990
| ''[[False Identity]]''
| Vera Errickson
|
|-
| 1991
| ''Walking the Dog''
| Unknown 
| [[Short film]]
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Man Trouble]]''
| Helen Dextra
|
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1994
| ''[[Mirror, Mirror 2: Raven Dance]]''
| Sister Aja
|
|-
| ''[[Speed (1994 film)|Speed]]''
| Bag Lady
| Uncredited
|-
| ''On Hope''
| Woman In Grocery
| Short film
|-
| ''Two Over Easy''
| Molly
| Short film
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh]]''
| Octavia Tarrant
|
|-
| 1996
| ''Shoot the Moon''
| Mrs. Thomas
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1997
| ''[[Money Talks (1997 film)|Money Talks]]''
| Connie Cipriani
|
|-
| ''[[Sparkler (film)|Sparkler]]''
| Dottie Delgato
|
|-
| 1998
| ''My Engagement Party''
| Sarah Salsburg
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1999
| ''[[A Slipping-Down Life]]''
| Mrs. Casey
|
|-
| ''Trash''
| Principal Evans
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2001
| ''[[In the Bedroom]]''
| Minister On Television
|
|-
| ''Critic's Choice''
| Watkins
| Short film
|-
| ''[[Scary Movie 2]]''
| Mother
|
|-
| 2002
| ''Mackenheim''
| Eleanor
| Short film
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Just Married]]''
| Mrs. "Pussy" McNerney
| Uncredited
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2004
| ''[[Twisted (2004 film)|Twisted]]''
| Landlady
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Straight-Jacket]]''
| Jerry Albrecht
|
|-
| ''[[Kinsey (film)|Kinsey]]''
| Sara Kinsey
|
|-
| 2005
| ''Barry Dingle''
| Eleanor Dingle
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2007
| ''Mommy's House''
| Mommy
| Short film
|-
| ''[[The Invasion (film)|The Invasion]]''
| Wendy Lenk
|
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Call of the Wild (2009 film)|Call of the Wild]]''
| Sheriff Taylor
|
|-
| 2010
| ''Neowolf''
| Mrs. Belakov
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2011
| ''[[InSight (film)|InSight]]''
| Patricia
|
|-
| ''[[Montana Amazon]]''
| Margaret
|
|-
| 2012
| ''[[The Yellow Wallpaper (film)|The Yellow Wallpaper]]''
| Catherine Sayer
|
|-
| 2013
| ''[[The Odd Way Home]]''
| Francine
|
|-
| 2014
| ''[[The Town That Dreaded Sundown (2014 film)|The Town That Dreaded Sundown]]''
| Grandma Lillian
|
|-
| 2015
| ''The Dark Below''
| Tess
|
|-
| 2019
| ''Limbo''
| Louise
|
|-
| 2019
| ''The Field''
| Edith
|
|-
| 2020
| ''[[Breaking Fast]]''
| Judy
|
|-
| 2022
| ''The Phantoms''
| Miss Sayer
|
|}

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1959
| ''[[Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre|Zane Grey Theater]]''
| Sarah Butler
| Episode: "The Lone Woman"
|-
| ''[[Make Room for Daddy]]''
| Girl in Play
| Episode: "Bob Hope and Danny Become Directors"
|-
| 1959–1961
| ''[[Leave It to Beaver]]''
| Violet Rutherford
| Episode: "The Tooth"<br />Episode: "Beaver and Violet" <br />Episode: "Beaver's Rat"
|-
| rowspan="2" |1960
| ''[[Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond]]''
| Gillian
| Episode: "The Haunting"
|-
| ''[[The Betty Hutton Show]]''
| Fake Foster Child
| Uncredited, Episode: "Gullible Goldie"
|-
| 1960
| ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]''
| Viola Wellington
| Season 5 Episode 35: "The Schwartz-Metterklume Method" (uncredited)
|-
| 1961
| ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]''
| Judy Davidson / Lettie / Lauretta Bishop
| Season 6 Episode 15: "Summer Shade" 
|-
| 1961
| ''[[Make Room for Daddy]]''
| Veronica
| Episode: "Teacher for a Day"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1962
| ''[[Route 66 (TV series)|Route 66]]''
| Miriam - age 9
| Episode: "Love Is a Skinny Kid"
|-
| ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]''
| Anne Rogers - age 11
| Episode: "[[I Sing the Body Electric (The Twilight Zone)|I Sing the Body Electric]]" S3 E35
|-
| rowspan="3" |1963
| ''The Dick Powell Theatre''
| Unknown 
| Episode: "The Third Side of a Coin"
|-
| ''[[Leave It to Beaver]]''
| Peggy MacIntosh
| Episode: "Don Juan Beaver"
|-
| ''[[The Eleventh Hour (1962 TV series)|The Eleventh Hour]]''
| Judith Cameron / Jan Ellendale
| Episode: "My Name Is Judith, I'm Lost, You See"<br />Episode: "The Silence of Good Men"
|-
| 1964
| ''Tell Me Not in Mournful Numbers''
| Unknown 
| [[Television film]]
|-
| 1964–1966
| ''[[Daniel Boone (1964 TV series)|Daniel Boone]]''
| Jemima Boone
| 37 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1965
| ''[[Dr. Kildare (TV series)|Dr. Kildare]]''
| Nancy Hiller
| Episode: "Take Care of My Little Girl"
|-
| ''[[Who Has Seen the Wind?]]''
| Kiri Radek
| Television film
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1968
| ''[[Mannix]]''
| Mrs. Goldberg
| Uncredited, Episode: "Edge of the Knife"
|-
| ''[[The Name of the Game (TV series)|The Name of the Game]]''
| Nancy Robins
| Episode: "High on a Rainbow"
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1969
| ''[[Family Affair]]''
| Jo-Ann
| Episode: "Flower Power"
|-
| ''[[Dragnet (1967 TV series)|Dragnet 1970]]''
| Melissa Stevens
| Episode: "Personnel: The Shooting"
|-
| ''[[Mod Squad]]''
| Gail Whitney
| Episode: "The Girl in Chair Nine"
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1970
| ''[[Death Valley Days]]''
| Unknown 
| Episode: "Simple Question of Justice"
|-
| ''[[The Bold Ones: The Lawyers]]''
| Mary
| Episode: "Point of Honor"
|-
| ''[[Then Came Bronson]]''
| Petey Traine
| Episode: "Still Waters"
|-
| ''[[My Three Sons]]''
| Ruth Fletcher
| Episode: "The Honeymoon"
|-
| 1973
| ''[[Here We Go Again (1973 TV series)|Here We Go Again]]''
| Nancy
| Episode: "Sunday, Soggy Sunday"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1976
| ''[[Bernice Bobs Her Hair#Adaptations|Bernice Bobs Her Hair]]''
| Marjorie
| Television film
|-
| ''[[Serpico (TV series)|Serpico]]''
| Lucy
| Episode: "Dawn of the Furies"
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones]]''
| Marceline "Marcy" Jones
| [[Miniseries]]
|-
| 1981
| ''The Big Black Pill''
| Sister Theresa
| Television film
|-
| 1982
| ''Prime Suspect''
| Janice Staplin
| Television film
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1985
| ''[[The New Leave It to Beaver]]''
| Violet Rutherford
| Episode: "Violet Rutherford Returns"
|-
| ''[[Robert Kennedy & His Times]]''
| [[Ethel Skakel Kennedy]]
| Miniseries
|-
| 1986
| ''Intimate Encounters''
| Emily
| Television film
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Miami Vice]]''
| Society Dame
| Episode: "By Hooker by Crook"
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Tanner '88]]''
| Molly Hark
| Contract role
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1989
| ''[[Desperate for Love]]''
| Betty Petrie
| Television film
|-
| ''[[Baywatch]]''
| Mrs. Harris
| Uncredited, Episode: "Panic at Malibu Pier"
|-
| 1989–1992
| ''[[L.A. Law]]''
| Assistant District Attorney Margaret Flanagan
|Recurring role
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1990
| ''A Son's Promise''
| Dorothy Donaldson
| Television film
|-
| ''Hitler's Daughter''
| Patricia Benedict
| Television film
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1991
| ''[[CBS Schoolbreak Special]]''
| Caroline Morris
| Episode: "Abby, My Love"
|-
| ''[[Dead in the Water (1991 film)|Dead in the Water]]''
| Victoria Haines
| Television film
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1992
| ''Lincoln & Seward''
| Unknown 
| Television film
|-
| ''Lincoln and the War Within''
| Unknown 
| Television film
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1993
| ''It's Nothing Personal''
| Barbara
| Television film
|-
| ''[[Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story]]''
| Carla Hulin
| Television film
|-
| 1994
| ''Dead Air''
| The Caller
| Television film
|-
| 1995
| ''My Brother's Keeper''
| Pat
| Television film
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1996
| ''[[American Gothic (1995 TV series)|American Gothic]]''
| Angela
| Episode: "Dr. Death Takes a Holiday"
|-
| ''[[The Lottery]]''
| Maggie Dunbar
| Television film
|-
| ''[[Sliders (TV series)|Sliders]]''
| The Flame
| Voice, Episode: "The Fire Within"
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1997
| ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]''
| Norma Houston
| Episode: "Whose Appy Now?"<br />Episode: "Faith"
|-
| ''[[Boston Common (TV series)|Boston Common]]''
| Betty
| Episode: "Here's to You, Mrs. Byrnes"
|-
| ''[[Quicksilver Highway]]''
| Myra
| Television film
|-
| 1997–1998
| ''[[George & Leo]]''
| Anna
| Episode: "The Wedding"<br />Episode: "The Nine Wives of Leo Wagonman"
|-
| 1998
| ''[[The Rat Pack (film)|The Rat Pack]]''
| Rocky Cooper
| Television film
|-
| 1998–2018
| ''[[The X-Files]]''
| [[Cassandra Spender]]
| Recurring role; 4 episodes
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1999
| ''[[The Last Man on Planet Earth]]''
| Director Elizabeth Riggs
| Television film
|-
| ''[[Chicago Hope]]''
| Karen Flanders
| Episode: "Team Play"
|-
| ''[[Will & Grace]]''
| Judith McFarland
| Episode: "Homo for the Holidays"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2001
| ''[[Inside the Osmonds]]''
| Olive Osmond
| Television film
|-
| ''[[Touched by an Angel]]''
| Shirlee Gibbons
| Episode: "Famous Last Words"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2002
| ''[[Family Law (American TV series)|Family Law]]''
| Norma Benson
| Episode: "Arlene's Choice"
|-
| ''[[Judging Amy]]''
| Dorothea Mitchell
| Episode: "A Pretty Good Day"
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Without a Trace]]''
| Mrs. Beckworth
| Episode: "There Goes the Bride"
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Dr. Vegas]]''
| Evelyn
| Episode: "All In"
|-
| 2004–2005
| ''[[Six Feet Under (TV series)|Six Feet Under]]''
| Peg Kimmel
|Recurring role
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2005
| ''[[The Closer]]''
| Vera Mathers
| Episode: "Good Housekeeping"
|-
| ''[[Without a Trace]]''
| Susan
| Episode: "John Michaels"
|-
| ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]''
| Virginia Kennison
| Episode: "Starved"
|-
| ''[[Nip/Tuck]]''
| Mother Mary Claire
| Episode: "Quentin Costa"
|-
| 2005–2006
| ''[[Invasion (2005 TV series)|Invasion]]''
| Valerie Shenkman
|Recurring role
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2006
| ''[[Boston Legal]]''
| Judge Peggy Zeder
| Episode: "Helping Hands"
|-
| ''[[Cold Case]]''
| Mary Ryan
| Episode: "Dog Day Afternoons"
|-
| ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]''
| Diane Chase
| Episode: "Rashomama"
|-
| ''[[7th Heaven (TV series)|7th Heaven]]''
| Ms. Fitzhenry
| Episode: "A Pain in the Neck"
|-
| 2006–2007
| ''[[The Nine (TV series)|The Nine]]''
| Barbara Dalton
| Episode: "Brother's Keeper"<br /> Episode: "Confessions"<br />Episode: "The Inside Man"
|-
| 2007
| ''[[October Road (TV series)|October Road]]''
| Lynn Farmer
| Episode: "Deck the Howls"
|-
| 2008
| ''[[The Mr. Men Show]]''
| Little Miss Elderly / Little Miss Jotünheim / Little Miss Scarlett
| Voice
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Eastwick (TV series)|Eastwick]]''
| Bun Waverly
| Contract role
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2010
| ''[[Drop Dead Diva]]''
| Marian Porter
| Episode: "Back from the Dead"
|-
| ''[[Memphis Beat]]''
| Miranda
| Episode: "I Shall Not Be Moved"
|-
| 2010–2012
| ''[[Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil]]''
| Ms. Dominic
|Voice, recurring role
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Revenge (TV series)|Revenge]]''
| Judge Elizabeth Blackwell
| Episode: "Scandal"<br />Episode: "Justice"
|-
| 2013
| ''Non-Stop''
| Rose
| Television film
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Resurrection (U.S. TV series)|Resurrection]]''
| Helen Edgerton
|Recurring role
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Bosch (TV series)|Bosch]]''
| Irène Saxon, Raynard Waits’ mother
| Season 1 
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2016
| ''[[The Loud House]]''
| Sue
| Voice, episode: "The Old and the Restless"<ref name="BtVA">{{Cite web|title=Veronica Cartwright (visual voices guide)|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Veronica-Cartwright/|access-date=August 20, 2024|website=Behind The Voice Actors|type=A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Criminal Minds]]''
| Flora Martin
| Episode: "The Bond"
|-
| 2017
| ''Mommy, I Didn't Do It''
| Judge Tannin
| Television film
|-
| 2018
| ''[[Supernatural (American TV series)|Supernatural]]''
| Lily Sunder
| Episode: "Byzantium"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2019
| ''[[Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (TV series)|Chilling Adventures of Sabrina]]''
| Mrs. McGarvey
| Episode: "Doctor Cerberus’s House of Horror"
|-
| ''[[General Hospital]]''
| Sibley Gamble
| Guest role
|-
| 2021
| ''[[The Good Doctor (American TV series)|The Good Doctor]]''
| Maxine Stanley
| Episode: "Dr. Ted"
|-
| 2021
| ''[[The Resident (TV series)|The Resident]]''
| Celeste Crisforth
| Episode: "Old Dogs, New Tricks"
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Gotham Knights (TV series)|Gotham Knights]]''
| Eunice Harmon
| 2 episodes
|-
| 2024
| ''[[A Man on the Inside]]''
| Beverley Bankl
| 5 episodes
|}

=== Video games ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Alien: Isolation]]''
| [[Lambert (Alien)|Joan Lambert]]
| Voice; Nostromo Edition<ref name="BtVA" />
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Fallout 4]]''
| Trashcan Carla, Doc Anderson, Jackie Hudson, Bartender, Settlers, Vault 81 Residents
| <ref name="BtVA" />
|}

== Awards and nominations ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Award
!Category
!Work
!Result
|-
|1980
|[[Saturn Awards]]
|[[Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
|[[Alien (film)|''Alien'']]
|{{won}}
|-
|1984
|[[Drama-Logue Award]]s
|Outstanding Performance
|''The Hands of its Enemy''
|{{won}}
|-
|1988
|[[Saturn Awards]]
|[[Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
|[[The Witches of Eastwick (film)|''The Witches of Eastwick'']]
|{{nominated}}
|-
|1997
|[[Primetime Emmy Awards]]
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series]]
|[[ER (TV series)|''ER'']]
|{{nominated}}
|-
|1998
|[[Primetime Emmy Awards]]
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series]]
|''[[The X-Files]]''
|{{nominated}}
|-
|1999
|[[Primetime Emmy Awards]]
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series]]
|''[[The X-Files]]''
|{{nominated}}
|-
|2003
|[[DVD Exclusive Awards]]
|Best Audio Commentary
|[[Alien (film)|''Alien'']]
|{{won}}
|-
|2005
|[[Fort Lauderdale, Florida|Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival]]
|Best Supporting Actress
|''Barry Dingle''
|{{won}}
|-
|2005
|Glitter Awards
|Best Supporting Actress
|''[[Straight-Jacket]]''
|{{won}}
|-
|2005
|Online Film & Television Association
|Best Ensemble in a Motion Picture or Limited Series
|[[Kinsey (film)|''Kinsey'']]
|{{nominated}}
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
* ''[[Alien (The Director's Cut)]]'' : DVD [[20th Century Fox]] 2006. ASIN: B00011V8IQ UPC: 024543098508. Interview with Veronica Cartwright

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{official website|http://www.veronica-cartwright.com}}
* [http://www.classicfilmtvcafe.com/2014/02/veronica-cartwright-talks-with-cafe.html Veronica Cartwright interview at Classic Film & TV Cafe]
* {{IMDb name|1021}}
* [https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/30108%7C150616/Veronica-Cartwright#overview Veronica Cartwright] at [[Turner Classic Movies]]

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