Natalie Wood
Biography
Natalie Wood (née Zacharenko; July 20, 1938 – November 29, 1981) was an American actress who began her career in film as a child and successfully transitioned to young adult roles. Wood started acting at age four and was given a co-starring role at age 8 in Miracle on 34th Street (1947). As a teenager, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Rebel Without a Cause (1955), followed by a role in John Ford's The Searchers (1956). Wood starred in the musical films West Side Story (1961) and Gypsy (1962) and received nominations for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performances in Splendor in the Grass (1961) and Love with the Proper Stranger (1963). Her career continued with films such as Sex and the Single Girl (1964), Inside Daisy Clover (1965), and Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969). During the 1970s, Wood began a hiatus from film and had two daughters: one with her second husband Richard Gregson, and one with Robert Wagner, her first husband whom she married again after divorcing Gregson. She acted in only two feature films throughout the decade, but she appeared slightly more often in television productions, including a remake of From Here to Eternity (1979) for which she won a Golden Globe Award. Wood's films represented a "coming of age" for her and for Hollywood films in general. Critics have suggested that her cinematic career represents a portrait of modern American womanhood in transition, as she was one of the few to take both child roles and those of middle-aged characters. Wood died off the coast of Santa Catalina Island on November 29, 1981, at age 43, during a holiday break from the production of her would-be comeback film Brainstorm (1983) with Christopher Walken. The events surrounding her death have been the subject of conflicting witness statements, prompting the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, under the instruction of the coroner's office, to list her cause of death as "drowning and other undetermined factors" in 2012. Description above from the Wikipedia article Natalie Wood, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Judy
Rebel Without a Cause
Maria
West Side Story
Debbie Edwards
The Searchers
(archive footage)
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
Anna Muir as a Child
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Maggie Dubois
The Great Race
Susan Walker
Miracle on 34th Street
Carol Sanders
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Marjorie Morgenstern
Marjorie Morningstar
Helen Gurley Brown
Sex and the Single Girl
Self (archive footage)
Dominick Dunne: After the Party
Self (archive footage)
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
Tatiana Donskaya
Meteor
Wilma “Deanie” Loomis
Splendor in the Grass
Elizabeth
A Cry in the Night
Lory Austen
Cash McCall
Karen Brace
Brainstorm
Barbara Blake
Just for You
Alva Starr
This Property Is Condemned
Herself (uncredited)
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
Louise Hovick/Gypsy Rose Lee
Gypsy
Angie Rossini
Love with the Proper Stranger
Daisy Clover
Inside Daisy Clover
Judy in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Mari Thompson
The Last Married Couple in America
Gretchen
The Star
Monique Blair
Kings Go Forth
Penny Macaulay
Our Very Own
Lois Brennan
Bombers B-52
Maria-Christina Colton
The Burning Hills
Ellen Prendergast
Peeper
Jenny Hollingsworth
Driftwood
Ellen Cooper
Father Was a Fullback
Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Sarah "Salome" Davis
All the Fine Young Cannibals
Stephanie Rawlins
The Blue Veil
Seely Dowder
One Desire
Eufraznee 'Bean' McGill
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
Susan Daniels
The Girl He Left Behind
Self
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
Pauline Baxter
Dear Brat
Nan Hayward
Never a Dull Moment
Penelope
Penelope
Polly Scott
No Sad Songs for Me
Ruth Hefferen
Chicken Every Sunday
Carol Warren
The Bride Wore Boots
Self
The James Dean Story
Maria (archive footage)
Howard
Courtney Patterson
The Affair
Susan Matthews
The Green Promise
Cassie Barrett
The Cracker Factory
Carrie (uncredited)
The Moon Is Down
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rediscovering a Rebel
Movie Star
Hart to Hart
Margaret Ludwig
Tomorrow Is Forever
Sally Burke
The Rose Bowl Story
Little Girl Dropping Ice Cream Cone (uncredited)
Happy Land
Helena as a Girl
The Silver Chalice
Eva Ryker / Claire Ryker
The Memory of Eva Ryker
Margaret
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Self
James Dean: The First American Teenager
Self
New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'
Natalie Wood
The Candidate
Self
James Dean Remembered
Self (archive footage)
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
Self (archive footage)
Tab Hunter Confidential
Self (archive footage)
Trumbull Land
Phyllis Lawrence
The Jackpot
Self
Brunes et Blondes
Herself
Willie & Phil
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood’s Children
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
Lucy
Sherwood Anderson's I'm A Fool
(archive footage)
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's
Polly Ramsay
Too Old for Dolls
Monica
Playmates
Louise
The Wild Bunch
Renee Marchand
Return of the Dead
Polly Gookin
Feathertop
Lady Marian
The Deadly Riddle
Natalie Wood: An American Murder Mystery
Klara Sesseman
Heidi
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
82
Gender
Female
Birthday
1938-07-20
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Also Known As
Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko