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