Natalie Wood
Acting
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
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movieProust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
2026
Debbie Edwards - Age 15 (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieNatalie Wood: What Remains Behind
2020
Self (archive footage)
movieTrumbull Land
2018
Self (archive footage)
movieHoward
2018
Maria (archive footage)
movieThe Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
Self (archive)
movieBright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
2017
Self (archive footage, uncredited)
tvBuzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime
2016
Self (archive footage)
movieTab Hunter Confidential
2015
Self (archive)
tvToo Young to Die
2012
Self (archive footage)
movieGlanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
2009
Self (archive footage)
movieHollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's
2009
(archive footage)
Dominick Dunne: After the Party
2008
Self (archive footage)
movieRebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
2005
Herself (uncredited)
movieHow Real is 'The Star'?
2005
Self (archive footage)
movieRediscovering a Rebel
1996
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
tvIntimate Portrait
1993
Self (archive footage)
movieHollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990
(archive footage)
movieHappy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieBrainstorm
1983
Karen Brace
movieHollywood’s Children
1982
Self (archive footage)
movieWillie & Phil
1980
Herself
movieThe Memory of Eva Ryker
1980
Eva Ryker / Claire Ryker
movieThe Last Married Couple in America
1980
Mari Thompson
From Here to Eternity
1980
Karen Holmes
movieMeteor
1979
Tatiana Donskaya
movieHart to Hart
1979
Movie Star
movieThe Cracker Factory
1979
Cassie Barrett
tvFrom Here to Eternity
1979
Karen Holmes
movieCat on a Hot Tin Roof
1976
Margaret
tvLaurence Olivier Presents
1976
Margaret
moviePeeper
1975
Ellen Prendergast
tvSwitch
1975
Cruise Ship Passenger (uncredited)
tvPeople's Choice Awards
1975
Self - Presenter
tvDinah!
1974
Self
movieThe Affair
1973
Courtney Patterson
movieThe Candidate
1972
Natalie Wood
movieBob & Carol & Ted & Alice
1969
Carol Sanders
tvThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
Self - Guest
moviePenelope
1966
Penelope
movieThis Property Is Condemned
1966
Alva Starr
movieInside Daisy Clover
1966
Daisy Clover
movieThe Great Race
1965
Maggie Dubois
movieSex and the Single Girl
1964
Helen Gurley Brown
movieLove with the Proper Stranger
1963
Angie Rossini
movieGypsy
1962
Louise Hovick/Gypsy Rose Lee
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Self (archive footage)
movieSplendor in the Grass
1961
Wilma "Deanie" Loomis
movieAll the Fine Young Cannibals
1960
Sarah "Salome" Davis
movieCash McCall
1960
Lory Austen
movieKings Go Forth
1958
Monique Blair
movieMarjorie Morningstar
1958
Marjorie Morgenstern
movieBombers B-52
1957
Lois Brennan
movieThe Girl He Left Behind
1956
Susan Daniels
movieThe Burning Hills
1956
Maria-Christina Colton
movieA Cry in the Night
1956
Elizabeth
movieThe Deadly Riddle
1956
Lady Marian
movieThe Searchers
1956
Debbie Edwards
movieFeathertop
1955
Polly Gookin
movieHeidi
1955
Klara Sesseman
Kings Row
1955
Renee Gyllinson
movieOne Desire
1955
Seely Dowder
movieToo Old for Dolls
1955
Polly Ramsay
movieThe Wild Bunch
1955
Louise
movieThe Silver Chalice
1954
Helena as a Girl
movieReturn of the Dead
1954
Renee Marchand
moviePlaymates
1954
Monica
tvMayor of the Town
1954
Mayor's Niece
tvThe Pride of the Family
1953
Ann Morrison
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953
Lucy / Polly Gookin
movieThe Star
1952
Gretchen
movieJust for You
1952
Barbara Blake
movieThe Rose Bowl Story
1952
Sally Burke
Chevron Theatre
1952
Monica Everton
movieThe Blue Veil
1951
Stephanie Rawlins
movieDear Brat
1951
Pauline Baxter
movieThe Jackpot
1950
Phyllis Lawrence
tvThe Jack Benny Program
1950
Natalie Wood
movieNever a Dull Moment
1950
Nan Hayward
movieOur Very Own
1950
Penny Macaulay
movieNo Sad Songs for Me
1950
Polly Scott
tvWhat's My Line?
1950
Self - Mystery Guest
movieFather Was a Fullback
1949
Ellen Cooper
movieThe Green Promise
1949
Susan Matthews
movieChicken Every Sunday
1949
Ruth Hefferen
tvStudio One
1948
Jen Potter
movieScudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
1948
Eufraznee 'Bean' McGill
movieDriftwood
1947
Jenny Hollingsworth
movieMiracle on 34th Street
1947
Susan Walker
movieThe Ghost and Mrs. Muir
1947
Anna Muir as a Child
movieThe Bride Wore Boots
1946
Carol Warren
movieTomorrow Is Forever
1946
Margaret Ludwig
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Nominee / Presenter / Self - Nominee / Self / Self - Winner
movieHappy Land
1943
Little Girl Dropping Ice Cream Cone (uncredited)
movieThe Moon Is Down
1943
Carrie (uncredited)