Born in Bristol, England, Veronica is the older sister of the popular child actress 'Angela Cartwright' .
Older sister of Angela Cartwright.
Has one son with Richard Compton : Dakota Compton.
She appeared in Hitlers Daughter and was born on Hitlers birthday (April 20).
Her character on "Leave It to Beaver" gave Beaver Cleaver his first kiss.
Aunt of actors Jesse Gullion and Rebecca Gullion.
Sister-in-law of Steve Gullion.
She and her sister, Angela Cartwright , were born in England but grew up in America.
She starred in two remakes of the 1950s horror film Invasion of the Body Snatchers . The first Invasion of the Body Snatchers and most recently in The Invasion (2007/I) .
She was a guest at the 2012 Memphis Film Festivals "A Gathering of Guns 4: A TV Western Reunion" at the Whispering Woods Hotel and Conference Center in Olive Branch, Mississippi.
She was awarded the 1980 Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress as Joan Lambert in Ridley Scott s horror classic Alien .
She was awarded the 1984 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Performance for the play, "The Hands of Its Enemy", at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
She originally auditioned for the role of Ellen Ripley in Ridley Scott s horror classic Alien , but had instead been cast as Joan Lambert. She disliked the characters emotional weakness, but nevertheless accepted the role.
