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