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Veronica Cartwright (born April 20, 1950 in
Bristol, England) is an actress. 

Cartwright began her career as a child actor in
1958 with a role in  In Love and War. Among her
early appearances was a part in the television
series Leave it to Beaver (1960) and an episode of
The Twilight Zone titled I Sing the Body Electric
(1962).  She appeared in the  films, The
Children's Hour (1961) and Alfred Hitchcock's The
Birds (film)|The Birds (1963) which were both very
successful, and she was a regular on the
television series Daniel Boone from 1964 until
1966, however Cartwright's career slowed down
during the 1960s. She continued to work
sporadically and achieved two of her biggest
successes with Invasion of the Body Snatchers
(1978) and Alien (movie)|Alien (1979).

Her other film roles include Inserts (1976), Goin'
South (1978), The Right Stuff (1983), Flight of
the Navigator (1986), The Witches of Eastwick
(1987), Shoot the Moon (1996), Money Talks (1997)
and Scary Movie 2 (2001).

A frequent performer on television, she has played
guest roles in such series as The Mod Squad, Miami
Vice, Baywatch, ER (TV series)|ER, The X-Files,
Chicago Hope, Will and Grace, Touched by an Angel,
Judging Amy and Six Feet Under. 

Cartwright has received three Emmy Award
nominations, one for her work in ER in 1997, and
two for her work on The X-Files in 1998 and 1999. 

She is the sister of the actress Angela
Cartwright, who appeared in The Sound of Music
(1965) and in the television series Lost In Space.


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