Natalie Wood
Acting
Born: July 20, 1938 · San Francisco, California, USA
Died: November 29, 1981 (aged 43)
Highest Rated
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
West Side Story
1961
Rebel Without a Cause
1955
The Searchers
1956
Miracle on 34th Street
1947
The Great Race
1965
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
1947
Splendor in the Grass
1961
Brainstorm
1983
The Candidate
1972
Meteor
1979
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
1969
This Property Is Condemned
1966
Photos (11)
Movies (68)
Sex and the Single Girl
Helen Gurley Brown
The Searchers
Debbie Edwards
West Side Story
Maria
Miracle on 34th Street
Susan Walker
Rebel Without a Cause
Judy
The Great Race
Maggie Dubois
Brainstorm
Karen Brace
Splendor in the Grass
Wilma "Deanie" Loomis
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Anna Muir as a Child
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Carol Sanders
Meteor
Tatiana Donskaya
Penelope
Penelope
Gypsy
Louise Hovick/Gypsy Rose Lee
This Property Is Condemned
Alva Starr
The Burning Hills
Maria-Christina Colton
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
2018
Love with the Proper Stranger
Angie Rossini
Howard
Maria (archive footage)
The Candidate
Natalie Wood
Driftwood
Jenny Hollingsworth
Marjorie Morningstar
Marjorie Morgenstern
Inside Daisy Clover
Daisy Clover
Bombers B-52
Lois Brennan
The Last Married Couple in America
Mari Thompson
The Silver Chalice
Helena as a Girl
Peeper
Ellen Prendergast
Kings Go Forth
Monique Blair
The Memory of Eva Ryker
Eva Ryker / Claire Ryker
One Desire
Seely Dowder
Tomorrow Is Forever
Margaret Ludwig
The Cracker Factory
Cassie Barrett
The Blue Veil
Stephanie Rawlins
The Jackpot
Phyllis Lawrence
Never a Dull Moment
Nan Hayward
A Cry in the Night
Elizabeth
Hart to Hart
Movie Star
Feathertop
Polly Gookin
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
Our Very Own
Penny Macaulay
Cash McCall
Lory Austen
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
(archive footage)
All the Fine Young Cannibals
Sarah "Salome" Davis
The Affair
Courtney Patterson
The Star
Gretchen
Death In Hollywood
1990
The Moon Is Down
Carrie (uncredited)
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
Debbie Edwards - Age 15 (archive footage) (uncredited)
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
Eufraznee 'Bean' McGill
The Girl He Left Behind
Susan Daniels
Chicken Every Sunday
Ruth Hefferen
Father Was a Fullback
Ellen Cooper
The Green Promise
Susan Matthews
Playmates
Monica
No Sad Songs for Me
Polly Scott
The Bride Wore Boots
Carol Warren
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Margaret
Just for You
Barbara Blake
Happy Land
Little Girl Dropping Ice Cream Cone (uncredited)
The Rose Bowl Story
Sally Burke
Return of the Dead
Renee Marchand
Natalie Wood: An American Murder Mystery
2018
Sherwood Anderson's I'm A Fool
Lucy
The Wild Bunch
Louise
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's
(archive footage)
Dear Brat
Pauline Baxter
The Deadly Riddle
Lady Marian
Heidi
Klara Sesseman
Too Old for Dolls
Polly Ramsay
TV Shows (11)
Four Star Playhouse
Louise · 1 eps
Studio One
Jen Potter · 1 eps
The Jack Benny Program
Natalie Wood · 1 eps
Switch
Cruise Ship Passenger (uncredited) · 1 eps
Studio 57
1 eps
The Pride of the Family
Ann Morrison · 39 eps
Mayor of the Town
Mayor's Niece · 34 eps
General Electric Theater
Lucy · 1 eps
General Electric Theater
Polly Gookin · 1 eps
Laurence Olivier Presents
Margaret · 1 eps
From Here to Eternity
Karen Holmes · 3 eps
Self / Appearances (36)
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner · 1 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 3 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · 1 eps
Intimate Portrait
Self (archive footage) · 2 eps
The Oscars
Self · 5 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
People's Choice Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest · 1 eps
Dinah!
Self · 1 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · 2 eps
The Bob Hope Show
Self · 3 eps
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self · 2 eps
Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
Too Young to Die
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
Tab Hunter Confidential
Self (archive)
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Self (archive)
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
Self (archive footage, uncredited)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Paul Newman: The Restless
Self
Willie & Phil
Herself
Trumbull Land
Self (archive footage)
Brunes et Blondes
Self
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
Self (archive footage)
James Dean: The First American Teenager
Self
The James Dean Story
Self
Hollywood’s Children
Self (archive footage)
Rediscovering a Rebel
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
Self
James Dean Remembered
Self
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
Self (archive footage)
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
Herself (uncredited)
How Real is 'The Star'?
Self (archive footage)
New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'
Self