Veronica Cartwright

Age: 60
Height: 5' 6"

Birth Place: Bristol, England, UK
Born: Apr. 20th, 1949

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Veronica Cartwright's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Eastwick	Bun
Daniel Boone	Jemima Boone
Then Came Bronson	Petey Traine
Here We Go Again	Nancy
Robert Kennedy & His Times	Ethel Skake…
Serpico	Lucy
Tanner '88	Molly Hark

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

Born in England, Veronica is the older sister of popular television child actress Angela Cartwright. In her early career, she was cast in a number of popular films such as The Children's Hour (1961), Spencer's Mountain (1963) and Alfred Hitchcock (I)'s The Birds (1963). As such, she was cast as "Jemima Boone" in the popular television series "Daniel Boone" (1964), which ran from 1964-66. Her career after "Boone" may have been influenced by Hitchcock as she appeared in both the remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) and the horror classic Alien (1979). On television, she appeared twice as Lumpy's younger sister, "Violet Rutherford" and once as "Peggy MacIntosh" on "Leave It to Beaver" (1957) and had a small role in the television movie Still the Beaver (1983) (TV).

She also appeared in "Robert Kennedy & His Times" (1985), "Tanner '88" (1988) and had a recurring role on "L.A. Law" (1986). Her big screen features included The Right Stuff (1983), Flight of the Navigator (1986) and The Witches of Eastwick (1987). Veronica worked on the stage in "Electra", "Talley's Folly", "Homesteaders", "Butterflies are Free" and "The Triplet Connection". Alternating between television and big screen movies in the 90s, she appeared in such films as Hitler's Daughter (1990) (TV) and Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995).

TRIVIA:

Played in _Hitler's Daughter (1990) (TV)_ (qv) and was born on Hitler's birthday (April 20).
Has a son, Dakota
Aunt of actors 'Jesse Gullion' (qv) and 'Rebecca Gullion' (qv).
Starred in two remakes of the 50's horror film _Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)_ (qv). The first _Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)_ (qv) and most recently in _The Invasion (2007)_ (qv).
She and sister Angela were born in England but grew up in America.
Sister of 'Angela Cartwright' (qv)
Sister-in-law of 'Steve Gullion' (qv).
Her character on _"Leave It to Beaver" (1957)_ (qv) gave Beaver Cleaver his first kiss.

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