Angela Cartwright

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Angela Cartwright
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Cartwright, November 2005
Born
Angela Margaret Cartwright

(1952-09-09) September 9, 1952 (age 72)
Altrincham, Cheshire, England
Occupations
  • Actress
  • photographer
Years active1956–present
Spouse
Steve Gullion
(m. 1976)
Children2
Relatives Veronica Cartwright (sister)
Website www.angela-cartwright.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
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L-R: Cartwright, Milton Berle and Rusty Hamer on TV's Make Room for Daddy

Angela Margaret Cartwright (born September 9, 1952) is an English-born American actress primarily known for her roles in movies and television. On television, she played Linda Williams, the stepdaughter of Danny Williams (played by Danny Thomas) in the long-running TV series The Danny Thomas Show , and Penny Robinson in the 1960s television series Lost in Space . Cartwright's most famous movie role was the part of Brigitta von Trapp in the film The Sound of Music (1965). Her older sister is actress Veronica Cartwright. [1]

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Early life and career

Angela Cartwright was born in Altrincham, Cheshire, England, in 1952. When she was one year old, her family moved to Los Angeles via Canada. [2] She made her first film appearance at the age of three years as Paul Newman's character's daughter in Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956), and appeared with Rock Hudson and Sidney Poitier in Something of Value (1957). [3] Cartwright appeared for seven seasons in the CBS TV series The Danny Thomas Show , opposite comedian Danny Thomas. [4] [5] She remained close to Thomas after the series' cancellation until his death on February 6, 1991.

Cartwright played the role of Brigitta von Trapp in The Sound of Music (1965). [6] The film won five Academy Awards and eclipsed Gone with the Wind as the highest-grossing film of all-time.

Cartwright played Penny Robinson in the TV series Lost in Space (1965–68). [7] She made appearances on several TV shows, including My Three Sons , Adam-12 and The Love Boat . She was also cast in the television movies Scout's Honor (1980) and played the role of Miss D'Angelo in High School U.S.A. (1983). [1]

She played Theresa Mazzetti in Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979), directed by Lost in Space producer Irwin Allen. Cartwright made a cameo appearance as Reporter #2 in the 1998 Lost in Space film [3] and as Dr. Smith's mother in the third episode of the second season of the 2018 Netflix reimagined Lost In Space series.

Personal life

Cartwright married Steve Gullion in 1976. They have two children. [8]

She has been a photographer for 30 years. Her work is displayed at her studio in Studio City, Los Angeles. [9]

Angela is a Catholic, and she's attended Mass at St. Charles Borromeo with her sister Veronica. [10]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1956 Somebody Up There Likes Me Audrey at age 3Uncredited
1957 Something of Value CarolineUncredited
1962 Lad, A Dog Angela
1965 The Sound of Music Brigitta von Trapp
1975Mr. & Ms. and the Magic Studio MysterySallyTV film
1979 Beyond the Poseidon Adventure Theresa Mazzetti
1980 Scout's Honor Alfredo's MomTV film
1983 High School U.S.A. Miss D'AngeloTV film
1998 Lost in Space Reporter #2
2010Elf Sparkle and the Special Red DressMiss CowVoice

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1957-1964 The Danny Thomas Show Linda WilliamsSeries regular
1958 The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour Linda WilliamsEpisode: "Lucy Makes Room for Danny"
Whirlybirds Susan DavisEpisode: "Glamour Girl"
1960 Shirley Temple's Storybook JaneEpisode: "Babes in Toyland"
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Irenee WellingtonSeason 5 Episode 35: "The Schartz-Metterklume Method" (uncredited)
1961 The Red Skelton Hour Girl1 episode. uncredited

1962 twilight zone, Anne “I sing the body electric”

1965 The John Forsythe Show Episode: "Little Miss Egghead"
My Three Sons Alice VailEpisode: "The Glass Sneaker"
1965-1968 Lost in Space Penny RobinsonSeries regular
1969 My Three Sons Debbie HunterEpisode: "Chip and Debbie"
Calling Dr. Gannon AngelaEpisode: "Operation Heartbeat"
1970-1971 Make Room for Granddaddy Linda WilliamsSeries regular
1971 Adam-12 Cindy WilliamsEpisode: "Assassination"
1972 Room 222 Phyllis Nichols2 episodes
1977 Logan's Run KarenEpisode: "The Collectors"
1982 The Love Boat YanneEpisode: "Baby Talk/My Friend, the Executrix/Programmed for Love"
1985 Airwolf Mrs. CranovichEpisode: "Eruption"
2018 Lost in Space Sheila HarrisEpisode: "Echoes"

Books and publications

Pasticcio quartz is a bi-annual journal written and published by Sarah Fishburn and Angela Cartwright. Issue Number 1 was 52, full-color glossy 8.5 by 8.5 inch, pages and was published on July 23, 2007. The most current, 60 page issue (Number 15: January 10, 2014), retains the size and full-color attributes. [11]

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