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Veronica Cartwright is a Actor British born on 20 april 1949 at Bristol (United-kingdom)

Veronica Cartwright

Veronica Cartwright
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Birth name Veronica A. Cartwright
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 20 april 1949 (75 years) at Bristol (United-kingdom)

Veronica A. Cartwright (born 20 April 1949) is an English-born American-Canadian actress who has worked mainly in American ilm and television in a career spanning six decades. As a child actress she appeared in supporting roles in The Children's Hour and The Birds. She is perhaps best known for her roles in the science fiction films Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) and Alien (1979), for which she won a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Best films

Alien
Alien
(1979)
(Actress) The Witches of Eastwick
The Witches of Eastwick
(1987)
(Actress) The Birds
The Birds
(1963)
(Actress)

Usually with

Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock
(4 films)
Philip Kaufman
Philip Kaufman
(3 films)
Buddy Joe Hooker
Buddy Joe Hooker
(3 films)
Jack Nicholson
Jack Nicholson
(4 films)
Mick Garris
Mick Garris
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Veronica Cartwright (48 films)

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Actress

The Town that Dreaded Sundown
The Town that Dreaded Sundown (2014)
, 1h30
Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Gary Cole, Edward Herrmann, Addison Timlin, Veronica Cartwright, Spencer Treat Clark, Travis Tope
Roles Lillian
Rating56% 2.802332.802332.802332.802332.80233
While at the drive-in on Halloween during the annual showing of The Town That Dreaded Sundown, Jami Lerner (Addison Timlin) and Corey Holland (Spencer Treat Clark) are watching the film. Realizing that she is not enjoying it, they decide to leave. Parked in a secluded area, they begin to talk and kiss, but Jami sees the Phantom in the woods. They decide to leave but the Phantom breaks the window and makes them get out of the car while pointing a gun at them. He makes Holland remove his pants and lie on the ground. He tells Jami to turn around and to not look back. The Phantom begins to slash Corey to death. Jami runs off but is caught when she falls. He tells her, "This is for Mary. Make them remember." Jami walks back to the drive-in and collapses. The next morning, police interview her at the hospital. Later that night, Jami and her grandmother, Lillian (Veronica Cartwright), watch the news about the attack. Jami asks her grandmother what she remembers from the original attacks. She researches the crimes. The next day, she visits Corey's funeral.
Montana Amazon
Montana Amazon (2013)

Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Adventure
Actors Olympia Dukakis, Haley Joel Osment, Alison Brie, Haley Pullos, Veronica Cartwright, Ellen Geer
Roles Margaret
Rating45% 2.2669052.2669052.2669052.2669052.266905
A crazed grandmother is a fugitive with her two teenage grandchildren. Along the way problems, revelations and adventures ensue.
The Yellow Wallpaper
The Yellow Wallpaper (2011)
, 1h55
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Juliet Landau, Alex Schemmer, Aric Cushing, Dale Dickey, Veronica Cartwright, Michael Moriarty
Roles Catherine Sayer
Rating56% 2.8012152.8012152.8012152.8012152.801215
Charlotte and John Weiland, along with Charlotte's sister Jennie, find themselves destitute after a fire claims all of their belongings, their money, and their only child, Sarah. A solicitor rents them a large, remote house in the countryside where they attempt to recover from the aftermath of the fire, and the death of their little girl. Charlotte soon believes her daughter is in the house, and alienates herself from her husband and sister by retreating to the strange yellow wallpapered attic.
Call of the Wild
Call of the Wild (2009)

Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs
Actors Christopher Lloyd, Wes Studi, Timothy Bottoms, Ariel Gade, Devon Graye, Aimee Teegarden
Roles Sheriff Taylor
Rating53% 2.674822.674822.674822.674822.67482
A modern-day retelling of Jack London's classic novel. A recently widowed man "Grandpa" Bill Hale in Montana takes his granddaughter Ryann in for several weeks while her parents are out of the country. When a wild wolf (Wolf-dog hybrid) shows up injured on the back porch one night, Ryann decides that wants to take the wolf, who she names Buck, back to Boston with her as a pet, but Grandpa knows that Buck will eventually have to return to the wild.
The Invasion
The Invasion (2007)
, 1h38
Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, James McTeigue
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about viral outbreaks, Political films, Dystopian films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Actors Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Jeremy Northam, Jackson Bond, Veronica Cartwright, Roger Rees
Roles Wendy Lenk
Rating59% 2.9511052.9511052.9511052.9511052.951105
After the space shuttle Patriot crashes on Earth, a fungus-like alien lifeform is discovered on the remaining parts scattered over US territory. Once people come into contact with the organism, they are controlled by it when they enter REM sleep. One of the first people infected is Tucker Kaufman, a CDC director investigating the crash.
Kinsey
Kinsey (2004)
, 1h58
Directed by Bill Condon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Peter Sarsgaard, Chris O'Donnell, Will Denton, Timothy Hutton
Roles Sara Kinsey
Rating70% 3.5478053.5478053.5478053.5478053.547805
Professor Alfred Kinsey is being interviewed about his sexual history. Interspersed with the interview, are flashbacks from his childhood and young-adulthood. The young child years show his father, a lay minister, denouncing modern inventions as leading to sexual sin, then in early adolescence, humiliating him in a store by denouncing its keeper for showing him cigarettes, while his adolescence shows his experiences as a Boy Scout and a late teenage scene shows Kinsey disappointing his father by his chosen vocational intentions. It then shows adult Kinsey teaching at Indiana University as a professor of biology lecturing on gall wasps. Kinsey falls in love with a student in his class, whom he calls Mac, and marries her. Consummation of their marriage is difficult at first, because of a medical problem Mac has that is fixed easily with minor surgery, after which it is shown that she has an equally intense sexual appetite as her husband. Meanwhile, at the University, Professor Kinsey, who is affectionately called "Prok" by his graduate students, meets with students after hours to offer individual sexual advice. Later, in a fictional scene where his mother has just died and Alfred Jr. is back at his parents home with grieving friends and relatives, ex. his sister being too fat and thus unattractive to get a husband and his brother as a possible early boomerang generation man who moved back home after losing his business, Kinsey shocks his father by telling his "big secret": that he's doing a sex survey and want his father to contribute his own sexual history to it.
Straight Jacket
Straight Jacket (2004)
, 1h36
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Films based on plays, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Matt Letscher, Carrie Preston, Michael Emerson, Veronica Cartwright, Jack Plotnick, Miss Coco Peru
Roles Jerry Albrecht
Rating64% 3.242083.242083.242083.242083.24208
Guy Stone (Matt Letscher) is blissfully closeted, picking up tricks for one-night-stands, while capturing the country's heart as "America's most eligible bachelor" (starring in such films as The Love Barrel and I Married the Ghost). However, Guy's carefully managed façade collapses when he comes up for the lead in S.R.O. studio's version of Ben-Hur. Things turn sour for the film idol when a fellow actor, Freddie Stevens (Jack Plotnick) (famous in the film for portraying "Captain Astro" in a succession of Buck Rogers or Flash Gordon-type serial films), decides to steal the lead in Ben-Hur from Guy by taking a picture of Guy exiting a gay bar. Freddie plans to out Guy to the world and ruin his career. Jerry (Veronica Cartwright), Guy's repressed lesbian ball-bustingly ambitious agent, connives to cover up the impending outing and ensure Guy the role in Ben-Hur by marrying her client off with great fanfare to the studio head's secretary, Sally (Carrie Preston), who just happens to also be a slavishly devoted Guy Stone fan. However, Sally isn't aware the marriage is a sham.
Twisted
Twisted (2004)
, 1h37
Directed by Philip Kaufman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Ashley Judd, Samuel L. Jackson, Andy García, David Strathairn, Russell Wong, Mark Pellegrino
Roles Landlady
Rating53% 2.6529152.6529152.6529152.6529152.652915
Having solved a high-profile case involving a serial killer, Jessica Shepard (Ashley Judd) is a rising officer in the San Francisco Police Department. She is transferred to the homicide division and promoted to the rank of inspector. Her deceased father's former partner, John Mills (Samuel L. Jackson), serves as her proud mentor. Shepard finds that she might once again have to prove herself in a department that takes no prisoners.
Just Married
Just Married (2003)
, 1h35
Directed by Shawn Levy
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Ashton Kutcher, Brittany Murphy, Christian Kane, David Moscow, Monet Mazur, David Rasche
Roles Mrs. 'Pussy' McNerney (uncredited)
Rating55% 2.7524152.7524152.7524152.7524152.752415
The film starts off with Tom and Sarah in the airport. When Tom Leezak is back again to the radio, he reminisces and tells all of the details from the day they first met to back to the airport. Tom Leezak (Ashton Kutcher) and Sarah McNerney (Brittany Murphy) meet up when Tom accidentally hits Sarah with a football. A few months later, despite opposition from Sarah's rich, uptight family, they get married. However they each have a secret that they want to keep from each other: Tom doesn't want Sarah to know that he accidentally killed her dog and Sarah doesn't want Tom to know she slept with Peter Prentiss (Christian Kane), a family friend. Tom and Sarah decide to honeymoon at a classy hotel at the foot of the Alps. On their way there, they attempt to join the mile high club, but fail when the captain turns on the fasten seat belt sign and they are forced to go back to their seats.
In the Bedroom
In the Bedroom (2002)
, 2h10
Directed by Todd Field
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Tom Wilkinson, Sissy Spacek, Nick Stahl, Marisa Tomei, William Mapother, Celia Weston
Roles Minister on Television
Rating73% 3.6979453.6979453.6979453.6979453.697945
The film is set in the Mid-Coast town of Camden, Maine. Matt (Tom Wilkinson) and Ruth Fowler (Sissy Spacek) enjoy a happy marriage and a good relationship with their son Frank (Nick Stahl), a recent college graduate who has come home for the summer. Frank has fallen in love with an older woman with children, Natalie Strout (Marisa Tomei). Frank is also applying to graduate school for architecture, but is considering staying in town to work in the fishing industry and be near to Natalie. Natalie's ex-husband, Richard Strout (William Mapother), tries to find a way into his ex-wife and son's lives, going to increasingly violent lengths to get his intentions across to Natalie. Ruth is openly concerned about Frank's relationship with Natalie, while Matt thinks it is only a fling.
Scary Movie 2
Scary Movie 2 (2001)
, 1h23
Directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy
Themes Films about religion, Ghost films, Serial killer films, Comedy horror films
Actors Shawn Wayans, Anna Faris, Marlon Wayans, Regina Hall, Taraji P. Henson, Christopher Masterson
Roles Mother
Rating53% 2.6561452.6561452.6561452.6561452.656145
The film opens with a parody of The Exorcist, during which a teenage girl, Megan Voorhees (Natasha Lyonne), becomes possessed by the spirit of Hugh Kane, the previous owner of the House. Megan's mother (Veronica Cartwright) calls in two priests, Father McFeely (James Woods) and Father Harris (Andy Richter), who visit the house. After Father McFeely pays a trip to the toilet, the men attempt to drive Hugh's ghost out, but the exorcism does not go as planned, resulting in a chain of projectile vomit and various instances of pedophilia. Finally, Father McFeely responds to an insult towards his mother by shooting Megan.
The Last Man on Planet Earth
The Last Man on Planet Earth (1999)
, 1h29
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Romance
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, LGBT-related films, Disaster films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Julie Bowen, Tamlyn Tomita, L. Scott Caldwell, Cliff De Young, Elizabeth Dennehy, Tom Hallick
Roles Director Elizabeth Riggs
Rating44% 2.214562.214562.214562.214562.21456
During a war with Afghanistan, an incurable biological weapon called the "Y-bomb", which targets only the male Y-chromosome, is used and results in the eventual deaths of 97% of the world's men. Feeling that they are better off without men, the planet's women decide to outlaw males because they were too violent. 20 years later, scientist Hope Chayse, fearing for the future of the species, conducts a cloning experiment to produce a new male, Adam, genetically enhanced to refrain from violence. When Adam reaches maturity, he soon finds himself on the run from the FBI, and hiding out with small rebel bands of the last surviving men on Earth.
A Slipping Down Life
A Slipping Down Life (1999)
, 1h51
Directed by Toni Kalem
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Lili Taylor, Guy Pearce, Irma P. Hall, John Hawkes, Veronica Cartwright, Marshall Bell
Roles Mrs. Casey
Rating60% 3.041443.041443.041443.041443.04144
Shy loner Evie (Taylor) hears musician Drumstrings Casey (Pearce) on the radio one night and becomes infatuated with him. She pursues him, carving his name (sadly, backwards) in her forehead with broken glass, and eventually they meet and then marry. They both still struggle to make something of their lives.