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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Natalie Wood, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For	Acting
Most Rating	0.272
Birthday	1938-07-20
Place of Birth	San Francisco, California, USA
Also Known As	Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko, Natasha Gurdin, ナタリー・ウッド, ناتالی وود,

Rebel Without a Cause

West Side Story

The Searchers

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

The Great Race

Miracle on 34th Street

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

Marjorie Morningstar

Sex and the Single Girl

Dominick Dunne: After the Party

Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood

Meteor

Splendor in the Grass

A Cry in the Night

Cash McCall

Brainstorm

Hollywood and the Stars

Just for You

This Property Is Condemned

Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents

Gypsy

Love with the Proper Stranger

Inside Daisy Clover

Los Angeles Plays Itself

The Last Married Couple in America

The Star

Kings Go Forth

Paul Newman: The Restless

Our Very Own

Bombers B-52

The Burning Hills

Peeper

Driftwood

Father Was a Fullback

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

All the Fine Young Cannibals

The Blue Veil

One Desire

Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!

The Girl He Left Behind

I'm a Stranger Here Myself

Dear Brat

Never a Dull Moment

Penelope

No Sad Songs for Me

Chicken Every Sunday

The Bride Wore Boots

The James Dean Story

Howard

The Affair

The Green Promise

The Cracker Factory

The Moon Is Down

Rediscovering a Rebel

Hart to Hart

Tomorrow Is Forever

How Fast?

The Rose Bowl Story

Happy Land

The Celluloid Closet

The Silver Chalice

The Memory of Eva Ryker

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

James Dean: The First American Teenager

New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'

The Candidate

James Dean Remembered

Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind

Tab Hunter Confidential

Trumbull Land

The Jackpot

Brunes et Blondes

Willie and Phil

Hollywood’s Children

Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady

Sherwood Anderson's I'm A Fool

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

Too Old for Dolls

Playmates