Natalie Wood
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1938-07-20
Day of Death
1981-11-29 (43 years old)
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
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.
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Known For
Acting
(2023)
Paul Newman: The Restless
as Self (archive footage)
(2020)
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
as Self (archive footage)
(2018)
Howard
as Maria (archive footage)
(2018)
Trumbull Land
as Self (archive footage)
(2018)
(2015)
Tab Hunter Confidential
as Self (archive footage)
(2010)
Brunes et Blondes
as Self
(2009)
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
as Self (archive footage)
(2009)
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's
as (archive footage)
(2008)
Dominick Dunne: After the Party
as Self (archive footage)
(2005)
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
as Herself (uncredited)
(2004)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Judy in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)
(1996)
The Celluloid Closet
as Self (archive footage)
(1996)
Rediscovering a Rebel
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1990)
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
as (archive footage)
(1988)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self (archive footage)
(1983)
Brainstorm
as Karen Brace
(1982)
Hollywood’s Children
as Self (archive footage)
(1982)
(1980)
The Last Married Couple in America
as Mari Thompson
(1980)
The Memory of Eva Ryker
as Eva Ryker / Claire Ryker
(1980)
Willie and Phil
as Herself
(1979)
Meteor
as Tatiana Donskaya
(1979)
The Cracker Factory
as Cassie Barrett
(1979)
Hart to Hart
as Movie Star
(1976)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
as Margaret
(1975)
Peeper
as Ellen Prendergast
(1975)
(1975)
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
as Self
(1974)
James Dean Remembered
as Self
(1973)
The Affair
as Courtney Patterson
(1972)
The Candidate
as Natalie Wood
(1969)
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
as Carol Sanders
(1969)
How Fast?
as Self (Archive Footage)
(1966)
This Property Is Condemned
as Alva Starr
(1966)
Penelope
as Penelope
(1965)
The Great Race
as Maggie Dubois
(1965)
Inside Daisy Clover
as Daisy Clover
(1964)
Sex and the Single Girl
as Helen Gurley Brown
(1963)
Love with the Proper Stranger
as Angie Rossini
(1962)
Gypsy
as Louise Hovick/Gypsy Rose Lee
(1961)
West Side Story
as Maria
(1961)
Splendor in the Grass
as Wilma “Deanie” Loomis
(1960)
All the Fine Young Cannibals
as Sarah "Salome" Davis
(1960)
Cash McCall
as Lory Austen
(1958)
Marjorie Morningstar
as Marjorie Morgenstern
(1958)
Kings Go Forth
as Monique Blair
(1957)
The James Dean Story
as Self
(1957)
Bombers B-52
as Lois Brennan
(1956)
The Searchers
as Debbie Edwards
(1956)
The Burning Hills
as Maria-Christina Colton
(1956)
A Cry in the Night
as Elizabeth
(1956)
The Girl He Left Behind
as Susan Daniels
(1956)
(1956)
The Deadly Riddle
as Lady Marian
(1955)
Rebel Without a Cause
as Judy
(1955)
One Desire
as Seely Dowder
(1955)
Too Old for Dolls
as Polly Ramsay
(1955)
The Wild Bunch
as Louise
(1955)
Feathertop
as Polly Gookin
(1954)
The Silver Chalice
as Helena as a Girl
(1954)
Return of the Dead
as Renee Marchand
(1954)
(1954)
Playmates
as Monica
(1952)
The Star
as Gretchen
(1952)
Just for You
as Barbara Blake
(1952)
The Rose Bowl Story
as Sally Burke
(1951)
Dear Brat
as Pauline Baxter
(1951)
The Blue Veil
as Stephanie Rawlins
(1950)
The Jackpot
as Phyllis Lawrence
(1950)
Never a Dull Moment
as Nan Hayward
(1950)
Our Very Own
as Penny Macaulay
(1950)
No Sad Songs for Me
as Polly Scott
(1949)
Father Was a Fullback
as Ellen Cooper
(1949)
Chicken Every Sunday
as Ruth Hefferen
(1949)
The Green Promise
as Susan Matthews
(1948)
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
as Eufraznee 'Bean' McGill
(1947)
Miracle on 34th Street
as Susan Walker
(1947)
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
as Anna Muir as a Child
(1947)
Driftwood
as Jenny Hollingsworth
(1946)
Tomorrow Is Forever
as Margaret Ludwig
(1946)
The Bride Wore Boots
as Carol Warren
(1943)
Happy Land
as Little Girl Dropping Ice Cream Cone (uncredited)
(1943)
The Moon Is Down
as Carrie (uncredited)