Veronica Cartwright

Born in Bristol, England, Veronica is the older sister of the popular child actress 'Angela Cartwright' (qv). In her early career, Veronica was cast in a number of popular movies such as 'William Wyler' (qv)'s _The Children's Hour (1961)_ (qv), _Spencer's Mountain (1963)_ (qv) and 'Alfred Hitchcock' (qv)'s _The Birds (1963)_ (qv). As such, she was cast as "Jemima Boone" in the popular television series _Daniel Boone (1964)_ (qv), which ran from 1964 to 66. Her career after "Daniel Boone" may have been influenced by Hitchcock, since she appeared in both the remake of _Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)_ (qv) and the horror classic _Alien (1979)_ (qv). On television, she appeared twice as Lumpy's younger sister, "Violet Rutherford" and once as "Peggy MacIntosh" on _Leave It to Beaver (1957)_ (qv) and had a small role in the television movie _Still the Beaver (1983)_ (qv).Cartwright also appeared in _Robert Kennedy and His Times (1985)_ (qv), _Tanner '88 (1988)_ (qv) and had a recurring role on _L.A. Law (1986)_ (qv). Her big screen features included _The Right Stuff (1983)_ (qv), _Flight of the Navigator (1986)_ (qv) and _The Witches of Eastwick (1987)_ (qv). 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, Cartwright has appeared in such films as _Hitler's Daughter (1990)_ (qv) and _Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995)_ (qv).::Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>