Veronica Cartwright Archive Page

Veronica was born in Bristol, England and emigrated to the United States as a young girl with her parents and sister Angela. She began her career modeling and doing print ads. She became the Kellogg is Girl doing commercials for Kellogg's Corn Flakes, Sugar Smacks and Rice Krispies. At the age of nine Veronica appeared in IN LOVE AND WAR, playing Robert Wagner's sister, following that as a semi-regular on the CBS series, LEAVE IT TO BEAVER, as Violet Rutherford, famed for giving Beaver his first kiss. Other shows followed such as THE ELEVENTH HOUR, ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS and the classic episode of THE TWILIGHT ZONE called I Sing the Body Electric as young Anne. There were many guest appearances on various shows and then the NBC serial, DANIEL BOONE, where she played Jemima Boone from 1964 to 1966.

At age 15 she won a Emmy for Best Actress in a television movie called TELL ME NOT IN MOURNFUL NUMBERS, an actual case-history of a young girl who was admitted to the Children is Psychiatric Unit of Los Angeles County General Hospital, who thought, drew and spoke only in numbers. It was the only case of numbers syndrome in psychiatric records. Her film career began in the classic films, such as THE CHILDRENS HOUR, with Audrey Hepburn and Shirley McLaine and directed by William Wyler, Alfred Hitchcock is THE BIRDS, starring Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy and Rod Taylor, and SPENCER'S MOUNTAIN, with Henry Fonda and Maureen O'Hara.