Veronica Cartwright - wikipedia Veronica Cartwright This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. ( December 2010 ) Veronica Cartwright Cartwright in May 2006 Veronica A. Cartwright ( 1949 - 04 - 20 ) 20 April 1949 ( age 68 ) Bristol, England Occupation Actress Years active 1958 -- present Spouse ( s ) Richard Gates ( 1968 -- 1972 ; divorced ) Stanley Goldstein ( 1976 -- 1980 ; divorced ) Richard Compton ( 1982 -- 2007 ; his death ) Veronica A. Cartwright ( born 20 April 1949 ) is an English - born American actress who has worked mainly in American film 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. Contents 1 Early years 2 Mid-1960s to present 3 Family 4 Filmography 4.1 Film 4.2 Television 5 Notes 6 References 7 External links Early years Cartwright was born in Bristol and grew up in Los Angeles, having emigrated to America shortly after the birth of her younger sister, actress Angela Cartwright. Her career as a child actress began in 1958 with a role in 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 One Step Beyond `` The Haunting '' ( 1960 ) and The Twilight Zone `` I Sing the Body Electric '' ( 1962 ). She guest starred twice in 1963 in NBC 's medical drama about psychiatry, The Eleventh Hour, in the episodes `` The Silence of Good Men '' and `` My Name is Judith, I 'm Lost, You See. '' Cartwright appeared in the films The Children 's Hour ( 1961 ) and Alfred Hitchcock 's The Birds ( 1963 ), which were both highly successful. In The Birds, she was cast along with her TV father from Leave It To Beaver, Richard Deacon, although the two were not on screen together. She played daughter Jemima Boone in the first two seasons of NBC 's 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 for the 1964 TV movie Tell Me Not in Mournful Numbers. Mid-1960s to present Cartwright achieved successes with Invasion of the Body Snatchers ( 1978 ) and Alien ( 1979 ), the latter performance winning her a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress. She was originally cast as Alien 's heroine Ellen Ripley, but director Ridley Scott switched her role with Sigourney Weaver 's just prior to shooting the film. Other film roles include : Spencer 's Mountain with Henry Fonda and Kym Karath ( 1963 ), Inserts ( 1974 ), Goin ' South ( 1978 ), The Right Stuff ( 1983 ), Flight of the Navigator ( 1986 ), The Witches of Eastwick ( 1987 ), Money Talks ( 1997 ), Scary Movie 2 ( 2001 ), Kinsey ( 2004 ) and Straight - Jacket ( 2004 ). A frequent performer in television, she has played guest roles in such series as The Mod Squad, Miami Vice, Baywatch, L.A. Law, ER, The X-Files, Chicago Hope, Will & Grace, Touched by an Angel, Judging Amy, Six Feet Under, The Closer, and Law & Order : Special Victims Unit. 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. Veronica 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, The Invasion ( 2007 ). She appears on the cover art for the Scissor Sisters ' 2006 single `` I Do n't Feel Like Dancin ' '' as well as on their second album Ta - Dah. In 2014, Cartwright reprised her role as Joan Lambert for DLC episodes in Alien : Isolation based on the original film, and appeared in the remake of The Town That Dreaded Sundown. Family Cartwright is the older sister of actress Angela Cartwright, who appeared in The Sound of Music ( 1965 ) and as a regular in the television series Lost in Space and Make Room for Daddy. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1958 In Love and War Allie O'Neill ( uncredited ) 1961 Children 's Hour, The The Children 's Hour Rosalie Wells 1963 Birds, The The Birds Cathy Brenner 1963 Spencer 's Mountain Becky Spencer ( uncredited ) 1963 One Man 's Way Mary Inserts Harlene 1978 Kid from Not - So - Big, The The Kid from Not - So - Big Corinne 1978 Goin ' South Hermine 1978 Invasion of the Body Snatchers Nancy Bellicec 1979 Alien Joan Lambert Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress Nightmares Claire Houston Segment : `` Night of the Rat '' Right Stuff, The The Right Stuff Betty Grissom 1985 My Man Adam Elaine Swit 1986 Flight of the Navigator Helen Freeman Wisdom Samantha Wisdom Witches of Eastwick, The The Witches of Eastwick Felicia Alden Nominated - Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress 1989 Valentino Returns Patricia ' Pat ' Gibbs 1990 False Identity Vera Errickson 1991 Walking the Dog Short film 1992 Man Trouble Helen Dextra 1994 Two Over Easy Molly Short film 1994 Mirror, Mirror 2 : Raven Dance Sister Aja 1994 On Hope Woman in Grocery Short film 1995 Candyman : Farewell to the Flesh Octavia Tarrant Shoot the Moon Mrs. Thomas 1997 Money Talks Connie Cipriani 1997 Sparkler Dottie Delgato 1998 My Engagement Party Sarah Salsburg 1999 Slipping - Down Life, AA Slipping - Down Life Mrs. Casey 1999 Trash Principal Evans 2001 In the Bedroom Minister on Television 2001 Critic 's Choice Watkins Short film 2001 Scary Movie 2 Mother 2002 Mackenheim Eleanor Short film 2003 Just Married Mrs. ' Pussy ' McNerney ( uncredited ) Twisted Landlady ( uncredited ) Straight - Jacket Jerry Albrecht Kinsey Sara Kinsey 2005 Barry Dingle Eleanor Dingle 2007 Mommy 's House Mommy Short film 2007 Invasion, The The Invasion Wendy Lenk 2009 Call of the Wild Sheriff Taylor Neowolf Mrs. Belakov Video 2011 Montana Amazon Margaret 2011 InSight Patricia 2012 Yellow Wallpaper, The The Yellow Wallpaper Catherine Sayer 2012 Adventures of the Dunderheads Margaret 2013 The Odd Way Home Francine 2014 The Town That Dreaded Sundown Lillian Television Year Title Role Notes 1959 Zane Grey Theater Sarah Butler Episode : `` The Lone Woman '' 1959 Make Room for Daddy Girl in Play Episode : `` Bob Hope and Danny Become Directors '' 1959 -- 1960 Leave It to Beaver Violet Rutherford Episode : `` The Tooth '' Episode : `` Beaver and Violet '' 1960 Alcoa Presents : One Step Beyond Gillian Episode : `` The Haunting '' 1960 Betty Hutton Show, The The Betty Hutton Show Fake Foster Child ( uncredited ) Episode : `` Gullible Goldie '' 1960 -- 1961 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Judy Davidson Episode : `` The Schwartz - Metterklume Method '' Episode : `` Summer Shade '' 1961 Make Room for Daddy Veronica Episode : `` Teacher for a Day '' 1961 Leave It to Beaver Violet Rutherford Episode : `` Beaver 's Rat '' 1962 Route 66 Miriam ( age 9 ) Episode : `` Love Is a Skinny Kid '' 1962 Twilight Zone Anne Rogers - age 11 Episode : `` I Sing the Body Electric '' 1963 Dick Powell Theatre, The The Dick Powell Theatre Episode : `` The Third Side of a Coin '' 1963 Leave It to Beaver Peggy MacIntosh Episode : `` Don Juan Beaver '' 1963 Eleventh Hour, The The Eleventh Hour Judith Cameron Jan Ellendale Episode : `` My Name Is Judith, I 'm Lost, You See '' Episode : `` The Silence of Good Men '' 1964 Tell Me Not in Mournful Numbers TV film 1964 -- 1966 Daniel Boone Jemima Boone 36 episodes 1965 -- 1968 Lost in Space Penny Robinson 84 episodes 1965 Dr. Kildare Nancy Hiller Episode : `` Take Care of My Little Girl '' 1965 Who Has Seen the Wind ? Kiri Radek TV film 1968 Mannix Mrs. Goldberg ( uncredited ) Episode : `` Edge of the Knife '' 1968 Name of the Game, The The Name of the Game Nancy Robins Episode : `` High on a Rainbow '' 1969 Family Affair Jo - Ann Episode : `` Flower Power '' 1969 Dragnet 1967 Melissa Stevens Episode : `` Personnel : The Shooting '' 1969 Mod Squad Gail Whitney Episode : `` The Girl in Chair Nine '' 1970 Death Valley Days Episode : `` Simple Question of Justice '' 1970 Bold Ones : The Lawyers, The The Bold Ones : The Lawyers Mary Episode : `` Point of Honor '' 1970 Then Came Bronson Petey Traine Episode : `` Still Waters '' 1970 My Three Sons Ruth Fletcher Episode : `` The Honeymoon '' 1973 Here We Go Again Nancy Episode : `` Sunday, Soggy Sunday '' 1976 Bernice Bobs Her Hair Marjorie TV film 1976 Serpico Lucy Episode : `` Dawn of the Furies '' 1980 Guyana Tragedy : The Story of Jim Jones Marceline ' Marcy ' Jones TV film 1981 Big Black Pill, The The Big Black Pill Sister Theresa TV film 1982 Prime Suspect Janice Staplin TV film 1985 New Leave It to Beaver, The The New Leave It to Beaver Violet Rutherford Episode : `` Violet Rutherford Returns '' 1985 Robert Kennedy & His Times Ethel Skakel Kennedy TV miniseries 1986 Intimate Encounters Emily TV film Miami Vice Society Dame Episode : `` By Hooker by Crook '' Tanner ' 88 Molly Hark 10 episodes 1989 Desperate for Love Betty Petrie TV film 1989 Baywatch Mrs. Harris ( uncredited ) Episode : `` Panic at Malibu Pier '' 1989 -- 1992 L.A. Law A.D.A. Margaret Flanagan 9 episodes 1990 Son 's Promise, AA Son 's Promise Dorothy Donaldson TV film 1990 Hitler 's Daughter Patricia Benedict TV film 1991 CBS Schoolbreak Special Caroline Morris Episode : `` Abby, My Love '' 1991 Dead in the Water Victoria Haines TV film 1992 Lincoln & Seward TV film 1992 Lincoln and the War Within TV film 1993 It 's Nothing Personal Barbara TV film 1993 Triumph Over Disaster : The Hurricane Andrew Story Carla Hulin TV film 1994 Dead Air The Caller TV film 1995 My Brother 's Keeper Pat TV film American Gothic Angela Episode : `` Dr. Death Takes a Holiday '' Lottery, The The Lottery Maggie Dunbar TV film Sliders The Flame ( voice ) Episode : `` The Fire Within '' 1997 ER Norma Houston Episode : `` Whose Appy Now ? '' Episode : `` Faith '' Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series 1997 Boston Common Betty Episode : `` Here 's to You, Mrs. Byrnes '' 1997 Quicksilver Highway Myra TV film 1997 George & Leo Anna Episode : `` The Wedding '' 1998 George & Leo Anna Episode : `` The Nine Wives of Leo Wagonman '' 1998 Rat Pack, The The Rat Pack Rocky Cooper TV film 1998 -- 1999 X-Files, The The X-Files Cassandra Spender 4 episodes Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series ( 1998 - 1999 ) 1999 Last Man on Earth, The The Last Man on Earth Director Elizabeth Riggs TV film 1999 Chicago Hope Karen Flanders Episode : `` Team Play '' 1999 Will & Grace Judith McFarland Episode : `` Homo for the Holidays '' 2001 Inside the Osmonds Olive Osmond TV film 2001 Touched by an Angel Shirlee Gibbons Episode : `` Famous Last Words '' 2002 Family Law Norma Benson Episode : `` Arlene 's Choice '' 2002 Judging Amy Dorothea Mitchell Episode : `` A Pretty Good Day '' 2003 Without a Trace Mrs. Beckworth Episode : `` There Goes the Bride '' Dr. Vegas Evelyn Episode : `` All In '' Six Feet Under Peg Kimmel Episode : `` Falling into Place '' Episode : `` The Black Forest '' 2005 Six Feet Under Peg Kimmel Episode : `` A Coat of White Primer '' 2005 Closer, The The Closer Vera Mathers Episode : `` Good Housekeeping '' 2005 Without a Trace Susan Episode : `` John Michaels '' 2005 Law & Order : Special Victims Unit Virginia Kennison Episode : `` Starved '' 2005 Nip / Tuck Mother Mary Claire Episode : `` Quentin Costa '' 2005 -- 2006 Invasion Valerie Shenkman 5 episodes 2006 Boston Legal Judge Peggy Zeder Episode : `` Helping Hands '' 2006 Cold Case Mary Ryan Episode : `` Dog Day Afternoons '' 2006 CSI : Crime Scene Investigation Diane Chase Episode : `` Rashomama '' 2006 7th Heaven Ms. Fitzhenry Episode : `` A Pain in the Neck '' 2006 Nine, The The Nine Barbara Dalton Episode : `` Brother 's Keeper '' 2007 Nine, The The Nine Barbara Dalton Episode : `` Confessions '' Episode : `` The Inside Man '' 2007 October Road Lynn Farmer Episode : `` Deck the Howls '' 2009 Eastwick Bun Waverly 11 episodes 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 ) 3 episodes 2012 Revenge Judge Elizabeth Blackwell Episode : `` Scandal '' Episode : `` Justice '' 2013 Non-Stop Rose TV Film 2014 Resurrection Helen Edgerton 6 episodes 2015 Bosch Irene Saxon 4 episodes 2016 The Loud House Sue Voice `` The Old and the Restless '' 2016 Criminal Minds Episode `` The Bond '' Flora Martin 2017 Mommy, I Did n't Do It Judge Tannin TV film Notes Jump up ^ ClassicFilmTVCafe.com interview, February 2014 Jump up ^ IMDB.com page for Veronica Cartwright Jump up ^ The Town That Dreaded Sundown References Alien ( The Director 's Cut ) : DVD 20th Century Fox 2006. ASIN : B00011V8IQ UPC : 024543098508. Interview with Veronica Cartwright External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Veronica Cartwright. Official website Veronica Cartwright interview at Classic Film & TV Cafe Veronica Cartwright on IMDb Veronica Cartwright at the TCM Movie Database Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress Ida Lupino ( 1974 / 75 ) Bette Davis ( 1976 ) Susan Tyrrell ( 1977 ) Dyan Cannon ( 1978 ) Veronica Cartwright ( 1979 ) Eve Brent ( 1980 ) Frances Sternhagen ( 1981 ) Zelda Rubinstein ( 1982 ) Candy Clark ( 1983 ) Polly Holliday ( 1984 ) Anne Ramsey ( 1985 ) Jenette Goldstein ( 1986 ) Anne Ramsey ( 1987 ) Sylvia Sidney ( 1988 ) Whoopi Goldberg ( 1989 / 90 ) Mercedes Ruehl ( 1991 ) Isabella Rossellini ( 1992 ) Amanda Plummer ( 1993 ) Mia Sara ( 1994 ) Bonnie Hunt ( 1995 ) Alice Krige ( 1996 ) Gloria Stuart ( 1997 ) Joan Allen ( 1998 ) Patricia Clarkson ( 1999 ) Rebecca Romijn - Stamos ( 2000 ) Fionnula Flanagan ( 2001 ) Samantha Morton ( 2002 ) Ellen DeGeneres ( 2003 ) Daryl Hannah ( 2004 ) Summer Glau ( 2005 ) Famke Janssen ( 2006 ) Marcia Gay Harden ( 2007 ) Tilda Swinton ( 2008 ) Sigourney Weaver ( 2009 ) Mila Kunis ( 2010 ) Emily Blunt ( 2011 ) Anne Hathaway ( 2012 ) Scarlett Johansson ( 2013 ) Rene Russo ( 2014 ) Jessica Chastain ( 2015 ) Tilda Swinton ( 2016 ) VIAF : 49407528 LCCN : no95020373 ISNI : 0000 0001 1875 8723 GND : 141207051 SUDOC : 072284595 BNF : cb13892221t ( data ) IATH : w6x47qwk Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Veronica_Cartwright&oldid=798625741 '' Categories : 1949 births Living people 20th - century American actresses 21st - century American actresses American child actresses American film actresses American television actresses American voice actresses English child actresses English emigrants to the United States Actresses from Bristol Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from March 2015 Use British English from March 2015 BLP articles lacking sources from December 2010 All BLP articles lacking sources Articles with hCards Turner Classic Movies person ID not in Wikidata Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with SNAC - ID identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Asturianu Български Čeština Corsu Deutsch Español فارسی Français 한국어 Italiano Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk Plattdüütsch Polski Português Русский Simple English Svenska Türkçe Українська Edit links This page was last edited on 3 September 2017, at 00 : 21. 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Question: who played violet rutherford on leave it to beaver
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