Biography
A graduate of New York's American Academy of Dramatic Art, sultry brunette Lynn Cartwright made quite a splash in the early films of producer/director
Roger Corman, often in tandem with her husband, actor/writer
Leo Gordon. Perhaps best remembered as the tough-talking switchboard operator Maureen Reardon in
The Wasp Woman (1959), Cartwright, who also acted under the name of Danielle Carver, did her fair share of television work, as well, including guest stints on
Maverick,
Adam-12, and
Little House on the Prairie. Her last film appearance was as the older Dottie in 1992's
A League of Their Own. She died January 2, 2004. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide