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person_profile-Natalie Wood

Natalie Wood Died at age: 43

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Natalie Wood

Date of Birth:

Jul 20, 1938

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Nov 29, 1981

Biography of

Natalie Wood

    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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Filmography of

Natalie Wood

Found 72 Movies in total

Paul Newman: The Restless

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2023

Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2020

Trumbull Land

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2018

Howard

Maria (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2018

Tab Hunter Confidential

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2015

Brunes et Blondes

Self ( Actor )

... 2010

... 2009

Los Angeles Plays Itself

Judy in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2004

The Celluloid Closet

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1996

... 1990

... 1988

Brainstorm

Karen Brace ( Actor )

... 1983

... 1982

Hollywood’s Children

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1982

Willie and Phil

Herself ( Actor )

... 1980

The Memory of Eva Ryker

Eva Ryker / Claire Ryker ( Actor )

... 1980

The Last Married Couple in America

Mari Thompson ( Actor )

... 1980

Meteor

Tatiana Donskaya ( Actor )

... 1979

Hart to Hart

Movie Star ( Actor )

... 1979

The Cracker Factory

Cassie Barrett ( Actor )

... 1979

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Margaret ( Actor )

... 1976

Peeper

Ellen Prendergast ( Actor )

... 1975

... 1975

... 1975

... 1974

The Affair

Courtney Patterson ( Actor )

... 1973

The Candidate

Natalie Wood ( Actor )

... 1972

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

Carol Sanders ( Actor )

... 1969

Penelope

Penelope ( Actor )

... 1966

This Property Is Condemned

Alva Starr ( Actor )

... 1966

Inside Daisy Clover

Daisy Clover ( Actor )

... 1965

The Great Race

Maggie Dubois ( Actor )

... 1965

Sex and the Single Girl

Helen Gurley Brown ( Actor )

... 1964

... 1964

Love with the Proper Stranger

Angie Rossini ( Actor )

... 1963

Gypsy

Louise 'Gypsy Rose Lee' Hovick ( Actor )

... 1962

West Side Story

Maria ( Actor )

... 1961

Splendor in the Grass

Wilma Dean Loomis ( Actor )

... 1961

All the Fine Young Cannibals

Sarah "Salome" Davis ( Actor )

... 1960

Cash McCall

Lory Austen ( Actor )

... 1960

Kings Go Forth

Monique Blair ( Actor )

... 1958

Marjorie Morningstar

Marjorie Morgenstern ( Actor )

... 1958

Bombers B-52

Lois Brennan ( Actor )

... 1957

The James Dean Story

Self ( Actor )

... 1957

The Girl He Left Behind

Susan Daniels ( Actor )

... 1956

The Burning Hills

Maria-Christina Colton ( Actor )

... 1956

A Cry in the Night

Elizabeth ( Actor )

... 1956

The Deadly Riddle

Lady Marian ( Actor )

... 1956

The Searchers

Deborah "Debbie" Edwards (older) ( Actor )

... 1956

... 1955

One Desire

Seely Dowder ( Actor )

... 1955

The Silver Chalice

Helena as a Girl ( Actor )

... 1954

The Star

Gretchen ( Actor )

... 1952

Just for You

Barbara Blake ( Actor )

... 1952

The Rose Bowl Story

Sally Burke ( Actor )

... 1952

The Blue Veil

Stephanie Rawlins ( Actor )

... 1951

Dear Brat

Pauline Baxter ( Actor )

... 1951

The Jackpot

Phyllis Lawrence ( Actor )

... 1950

Never a Dull Moment

Nan Hayward ( Actor )

... 1950

Our Very Own

Penny Macaulay ( Actor )

... 1950

No Sad Songs for Me

Polly Scott ( Actor )

... 1950

Father Was a Fullback

Ellen Cooper ( Actor )

... 1949

The Green Promise

Susan Matthews ( Actor )

... 1949

Chicken Every Sunday

Ruth Hefferen ( Actor )

... 1949

Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!

Eufraznee 'Bean' McGill ( Actor )

... 1948

Driftwood

Jenny Hollingsworth ( Actor )

... 1947

Miracle on 34th Street

Susan Walker ( Actor )

... 1947

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

Anna Muir as a Child ( Actor )

... 1947

The Bride Wore Boots

Carol Warren ( Actor )

... 1946

Tomorrow Is Forever

Margaret Ludwig ( Actor )

... 1946

Happy Land

Little Girl Dropping Ice Cream Cone (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1943

The Moon Is Down

Carrie (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1943