Natalie Wood

Acting

Born Jul 20, 1938

From San Francisco, California, USA

Died Nov 29, 1981

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.

Natalie Wood

Known For

Miracle on 34th Street

The Searchers

West Side Story

Rebel Without a Cause

The Great Race

Sex and the Single Girl

Meteor

Gypsy

Brainstorm

Howard

Filmography — Acting

Miracle on 34th Street

The Searchers

West Side Story

Rebel Without a Cause

The Great Race

Sex and the Single Girl

Meteor

Gypsy

Brainstorm

Howard

Splendor in the Grass

This Property Is Condemned

Los Angeles Plays Itself

The Candidate

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

Love with the Proper Stranger

All the Fine Young Cannibals

The Silver Chalice

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

Bombers B-52

Tomorrow Is Forever

Inside Daisy Clover

Penelope

Peeper

Tab Hunter Confidential

Cash McCall

Willie & Phil

Driftwood

The Memory of Eva Ryker

The Star

Marjorie Morningstar

Hollywood: No Sex, Please!

One Desire

Father Was a Fullback

The Moon Is Down

The Burning Hills

Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind

The James Dean Story

Hart to Hart

The Last Married Couple in America

Happy Land

The Jackpot

Kings Go Forth

A Cry in the Night

The Girl He Left Behind

The Blue Veil

Trumbull Land

Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!

The Affair

Dominick Dunne: After the Party

The Rose Bowl Story

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

No Sad Songs for Me

Just for You

Hollywood’s Children

Never a Dull Moment

Brunes et Blondes

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's

James Dean: The First American Teenager

The Cracker Factory

The Bride Wore Boots

Dear Brat

Natalie Wood: An American Murder Mystery

The Green Promise

Our Very Own

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'