1938-07-20 San Francisco, California, USA
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.
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Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind | Self (archive footage) | 2020-01-27 |
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Trumbull Land | Self (archive footage) | 2018-10-15 |
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Howard | Maria (archive footage) | 2018-04-22 |
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Hollywood: No Sex, Please! | 2018-03-01 | |
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Natalie Wood: An American Murder Mystery | 2018-04-16 | |
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Tab Hunter Confidential | Self (archive footage) | 2015-03-15 |
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Brunes et Blondes | Self | 2010-10-06 |
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Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's | (archive footage) | 2009-05-19 |
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Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood | Self (archive footage) | 2009-10-08 |
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Dominick Dunne: After the Party | Self (archive footage) | 2008-10-23 |
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Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents | Herself (uncredited) | 2005-01-01 |
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Los Angeles Plays Itself | Judy in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage) | 2004-07-28 |
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Rediscovering a Rebel | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1996-01-01 |
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Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths | (archive footage) | 1990-01-01 |
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Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC | Self (archive footage) | 1988-05-16 |
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Brainstorm | Karen Brace | 1983-09-30 |
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Hollywood’s Children | Self (archive footage) | 1982-02-24 |
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Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady | 1982-08-16 | |
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Willie & Phil | Herself | 1980-08-15 |
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The Memory of Eva Ryker | Eva Ryker / Claire Ryker | 1980-05-05 |
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The Last Married Couple in America | Mari Thompson | 1980-04-03 |
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Meteor | Tatiana Donskaya | 1979-10-19 |
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The Cracker Factory | Cassie Barrett | 1979-03-16 |
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Hart to Hart | Movie Star | 1979-08-25 |
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Margaret | 1976-12-06 |
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James Dean: The First American Teenager | Self | 1975-09-30 |
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Peeper | Ellen Prendergast | 1975-12-03 |
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I'm a Stranger Here Myself | Self | 1975-01-17 |
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James Dean Remembered | Self | 1974-01-01 |
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The Affair | Courtney Patterson | 1973-11-20 |
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The Candidate | Natalie Wood | 1972-06-29 |
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Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice | Carol Sanders | 1969-09-17 |
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This Property Is Condemned | Alva Starr | 1966-08-03 |
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Inside Daisy Clover | Daisy Clover | 1966-02-10 |
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Penelope | Penelope | 1966-11-10 |
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The Great Race | Maggie Dubois | 1965-07-01 |
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Sex and the Single Girl | Helen Gurley Brown | 1964-12-25 |
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Love with the Proper Stranger | Angie Rossini | 1963-12-25 |
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Gypsy | Louise Hovick/Gypsy Rose Lee | 1962-11-01 |
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Splendor in the Grass | Wilma “Deanie” Loomis | 1961-10-10 |
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West Side Story | Maria | 1961-12-13 |
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All the Fine Young Cannibals | Sarah "Salome" Davis | 1960-09-15 |
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Cash McCall | Lory Austen | 1960-01-20 |
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Marjorie Morningstar | Marjorie Morgenstern | 1958-04-24 |
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Kings Go Forth | Monique Blair | 1958-06-28 |
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The James Dean Story | Self | 1957-08-13 |
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Bombers B-52 | Lois Brennan | 1957-11-22 |
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The Girl He Left Behind | Susan Daniels | 1956-10-26 |
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A Cry in the Night | Elizabeth | 1956-08-17 |
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The Searchers | Debbie Edwards | 1956-05-16 |
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New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant' | Self | 1956-10-09 |
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The Deadly Riddle | Lady Marian | 1956-05-22 |
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The Burning Hills | Maria-Christina Colton | 1956-09-01 |
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Rebel Without a Cause | Judy | 1955-10-27 |
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Heidi | Klara Sesseman | 1955-10-01 |
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One Desire | Seely Dowder | 1955-07-20 |
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Feathertop | Polly Gookin | 1955-12-04 |
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Too Old for Dolls | Polly Ramsay | 1955-02-24 |
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The Wild Bunch | Louise | 1955-02-17 |
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Playmates | Monica | 1954-08-29 |
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Return of the Dead | Renee Marchand | 1954-09-09 |
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Sherwood Anderson's I'm A Fool | Lucy | 1954-11-14 |
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The Silver Chalice | Helena as a Girl | 1954-12-20 |
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The Rose Bowl Story | Sally Burke | 1952-08-24 |
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Just for You | Barbara Blake | 1952-09-27 |
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The Star | Gretchen | 1952-12-11 |
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The Blue Veil | Stephanie Rawlins | 1951-10-26 |
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Dear Brat | Pauline Baxter | 1951-05-30 |
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Never a Dull Moment | Nan Hayward | 1950-08-19 |
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No Sad Songs for Me | Polly Scott | 1950-04-27 |
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Our Very Own | Penny Macaulay | 1950-07-27 |
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The Jackpot | Phyllis Lawrence | 1950-11-01 |
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Father Was a Fullback | Ellen Cooper | 1949-09-30 |
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Chicken Every Sunday | Ruth Hefferen | 1949-01-18 |
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The Green Promise | Susan Matthews | 1949-03-22 |
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Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! | Eufraznee 'Bean' McGill | 1948-03-10 |
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Miracle on 34th Street | Susan Walker | 1947-06-04 |
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The Ghost and Mrs. Muir | Anna Muir as a Child | 1947-05-25 |
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Driftwood | Jenny Hollingsworth | 1947-09-15 |
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Tomorrow Is Forever | Margaret Ludwig | 1946-02-20 |
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The Bride Wore Boots | Carol Warren | 1946-06-05 |
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The Moon Is Down | Carrie (uncredited) | 1943-03-14 |
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Happy Land | Little Girl Dropping Ice Cream Cone (uncredited) | 1943-11-10 |
