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 Hitchcock's 'The Birds (1963)'. As
such, she was cast as Jemima Boone in the popular Television series
"Daniel Boone" 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 would appear
sporadically as the Lumpy's younger sister, Violet Rutherford on
"Leave It to Beaver (1960)" and have a small role in the Television
movie "Still the Beaver (1983)". She would also appear in "Robert
Kennedy & His Times (1985)", "Tanner '88' (1988)" and have a
recurring role on "L.A. Law (1986)". Her big screen features would
include 'The Right Stuff (1983)', 'Flight of the Navigator (1986)'
and 'The Witches of Eastwick (1987)'. Veronica would work 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 90's, she appears in such
films as "Hitler's Daughter (1990) (TV)" and 'Candyman 2 (1995)'.
Biography courtesy of the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com).
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