FrameThrower · Actors · Veronica Cartwright
Veronica Cartwright
5 films · 266 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1979–1995
Born 20 April 1949 · Bristol, England, UK
Veronica Cartwright is a British-born American actress. She is known for appearing in science fiction and horror films, and has earned numerous accolades, including three Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Her younger sister is actress Angela Cartwright.
As a child actress, Cartwright appeared in supporting roles in The Children's Hour and The Birds, the latter of which was her first commercial success. She made her transition into mainstream, mature roles with 1978's Invasion of the Body Snatchers. The following year, she played Lambert in the science-fiction horror film Alien, which earned her recognition and a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 5 films · 266 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1979–1995
- Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress1979
How their films are shot
Measured across 266 frames from the 5 films we hold. This is the look of the work Veronica takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 5 films we hold, 50% of their frames are night, 48% low key — the look of the work Veronica takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 266 frames from Veronica Cartwright's 5 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.