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.
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Filmography
all 102
Movies 76
self 34
TV Shows 26
Paul Newman: The Restless (2023)
Tour de Cinema: The Nifty Fifties (2022)
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind (2020)
Trumbull Land (2018)
Howard (2018)
The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017)
Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime (2016)
Tab Hunter Confidential (2015)
Too Young to Die (2012)
Brunes et Blondes (2010)
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood (2009)
Dominick Dunne: After the Party (2008)
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents (2005)
Los Angeles Plays Itself (2004)
Rediscovering a Rebel (1996)
Intimate Portrait (1993)
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths (1990)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988)
T-Bag (1985)
Brainstorm (1983)
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady (1982)
Hollywood’s Children (1982)
Willie and Phil (1980)
The Memory of Eva Ryker (1980)
The Last Married Couple in America (1980)
From Here to Eternity (1980)
Meteor (1979)
Hart to Hart (1979)
The Cracker Factory (1979)
From Here to Eternity (1979)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1976)
Laurence Olivier Presents (1976)
Peeper (1975)
James Dean: The First American Teenager (1975)
Switch (1975)
I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1975)
James Dean Remembered (1974)
The Affair (1973)
The American Film Institute Salute to ... (1973)
The Candidate (1972)
V.I.P. Schaukel (1971)
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
Penelope (1966)
This Property Is Condemned (1966)
Inside Daisy Clover (1965)
The Great Race (1965)
Sex and the Single Girl (1964)
Hollywood and the Stars (1964)
Love with the Proper Stranger (1963)
Hollywood and the Stars (1963)
Gypsy (1962)
West Side Story (1961)
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
Splendor in the Grass (1961)
All the Fine Young Cannibals (1960)
Cash McCall (1960)
Kings Go Forth (1958)
Marjorie Morningstar (1958)
Bombers B-52 (1957)
The James Dean Story (1957)
The Girl He Left Behind (1956)
New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant' (1956)
The Burning Hills (1956)
A Cry in the Night (1956)
The Searchers (1956)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Kings Row (1955)
One Desire (1955)
The Silver Chalice (1954)
Studio 57 (1954)
Mayor of the Town (1954)
The Pride of the Family (1953)
The Oscars (1953)
General Electric Theater (1953)
The Star (1952)
Just for You (1952)
Four Star Playhouse (1952)
The Rose Bowl Story (1952)
Chevron Theatre (1952)
The Blue Veil (1951)
Dear Brat (1951)
The Jackpot (1950)
The Jack Benny Program (1950)
Never a Dull Moment (1950)
Our Very Own (1950)
No Sad Songs for Me (1950)
The Bob Hope Show (1950)
What's My Line? (1950)
Father Was a Fullback (1949)
The Green Promise (1949)
Chicken Every Sunday (1949)
Studio One (1948)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! (1948)
Driftwood (1947)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
The Bride Wore Boots (1946)
Tomorrow Is Forever (1946)
Happy Land (1943)
The Moon Is Down (1943)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1938-07-20
Deathday1981-11-29 (43 years old)
Birth NameНаталья Николаевна Захаренко
Birth PlaceSan Francisco, United States of America
ReligionEastern Orthodox Church
RelationshipsRichard Gregson (1969-01-01 - 1972-01-01), Robert Wagner (1972-01-01 - 1981-11-29)
ChildrenNatasha Gregson Wagner
SiblingsLana Wood
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsNatalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko, Natasha Gurdin, ナタリー・ウッド
AwardsGolden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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