Natalie Wood
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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
Credits
Sex and the Single Girl (1964)
as Helen Gurley Brown
The Searchers (1956)
as Debbie Edwards
West Side Story (1961)
as Maria
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
as Judy
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
as Susan Walker
Brainstorm (1983)
as Karen Brace
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)
as Carol Sanders
Driftwood (1947)
as Jenny Hollingsworth
The Great Race (1965)
as Maggie Dubois
Splendor in the Grass (1961)
as Wilma "Deanie" Loomis
Tab Hunter Confidential (2015)
as Self (archive)
Gypsy (1962)
as Louise Hovick/Gypsy Rose Lee
Willie & Phil (1980)
as Herself
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady (1982)
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: No Sex, Please! (2018)
Actor
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
as Anna Muir as a Child
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas (2026)
as Debbie Edwards - Age 15 (archive footage) (uncredited)
Meteor (1979)
as Tatiana Donskaya
Feathertop (1955)
as Polly Gookin
The Burning Hills (1956)
as Maria-Christina Colton
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1976)
as Margaret
James Dean: Forever Young (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
This Property Is Condemned (1966)
as Alva Starr
Paul Newman: The Restless (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Playmates (1954)
as Monica
Brunes et Blondes (2010)
as Self
Howard (2018)
as Maria (archive footage)
The Candidate (1972)
as Natalie Wood
The Last Married Couple in America (1980)
as Mari Thompson
Penelope (1966)
as Penelope
Love with the Proper Stranger (1963)
as Angie Rossini
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
Sherwood Anderson's I'm A Fool (1954)
as Lucy
The Silver Chalice (1954)
as Helena as a Girl
The Wild Bunch (1955)
as Louise
Tomorrow Is Forever (1946)
as Margaret Ludwig
James Dean Remembered (1974)
as Self
Inside Daisy Clover (1966)
as Daisy Clover
Natalie Wood: An American Murder Mystery (2018)
Actor
Cash McCall (1960)
as Lory Austen
The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
Marjorie Morningstar (1958)
as Marjorie Morgenstern
The James Dean Story (1957)
as Self
Bombers B-52 (1957)
as Lois Brennan
All the Fine Young Cannibals (1960)
as Sarah "Salome" Davis
Kings Go Forth (1958)
as Monique Blair
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Jackpot (1950)
as Phyllis Lawrence
Never a Dull Moment (1950)
as Nan Hayward
Rediscovering a Rebel (1996)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths (1990)
as Self (archive footage)
No Sad Songs for Me (1950)
as Polly Scott
The Memory of Eva Ryker (1980)
as Eva Ryker / Claire Ryker
Too Old for Dolls (1955)
as Polly Ramsay
Trumbull Land (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
One Desire (1955)
as Seely Dowder
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! (1948)
as Eufraznee 'Bean' McGill
Father Was a Fullback (1949)
as Ellen Cooper
Peeper (1975)
as Ellen Prendergast
The Green Promise (1949)
as Susan Matthews
The Blue Veil (1951)
as Stephanie Rawlins
The Star (1952)
as Gretchen
James Dean: The First American Teenager (1975)
as Self
I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1975)
as Self
A Cry in the Night (1956)
as Elizabeth
Hart to Hart (1979)
as Movie Star
The Rose Bowl Story (1952)
as Sally Burke
The Cracker Factory (1979)
as Cassie Barrett
The Bride Wore Boots (1946)
as Carol Warren
Return of the Dead (1954)
as Renee Marchand
Dominick Dunne: After the Party (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's (2009)
as (archive footage)
The Girl He Left Behind (1956)
as Susan Daniels
Dear Brat (1951)
as Pauline Baxter
Happy Land (1943)
as Little Girl Dropping Ice Cream Cone (uncredited)
The Affair (1973)
as Courtney Patterson
Just for You (1952)
as Barbara Blake
The Moon Is Down (1943)
as Carrie (uncredited)
Our Very Own (1950)
as Penny Macaulay
New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant' (1956)
as Self
Death In Hollywood (1990)
as Self (archive footage)
The Deadly Riddle (1956)
as Lady Marian
Hollywood’s Children (1982)
as Self (archive footage)
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
How Real is 'The Star'? (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents (2005)
as Self (uncredited)
Chicken Every Sunday (1949)
as Ruth Hefferen
Heidi (1955)
as Klara Sesseman