Natalie Wood
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 20, 1938
- Died
- November 29, 1981 (aged 43)
- Birthplace
- San Francisco, California, USA
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Natalie Wood, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
Movie · as Debbie Edwards - Age 15 (archive footage) (uncredited)
Paul Newman: The Restless
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Howard
Movie · as Maria (archive footage)
Trumbull Land
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Natalie Wood: An American Murder Mystery
Movie
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
Movie
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Tab Hunter Confidential
Movie · as Self (archive)
Too Young to Die
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Brunes et Blondes
Movie · as Self
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's
Movie · as (archive footage)
Dominick Dunne: After the Party
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
How Real is 'The Star'?
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
James Dean: Forever Young
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Rediscovering a Rebel
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Intimate Portrait
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 2 eps
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Death In Hollywood
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Brainstorm
Movie · as Karen Brace
Hollywood’s Children
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Last Married Couple in America
Movie · as Mari Thompson
The Memory of Eva Ryker
Movie · as Eva Ryker / Claire Ryker
Willie & Phil
Movie · as Herself
From Here to Eternity
TV · as Karen Holmes · 12 eps
Meteor
Movie · as Tatiana Donskaya
The Cracker Factory
Movie · as Cassie Barrett
Hart to Hart
Movie · as Movie Star
From Here to Eternity
TV · as Karen Holmes · 3 eps
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Movie · as Margaret
Laurence Olivier Presents
TV · as Margaret · 1 ep
Peeper
Movie · as Ellen Prendergast
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
Movie · as Self
James Dean: The First American Teenager
Movie · as Self
Switch
TV · as Cruise Ship Passenger (uncredited) · 1 ep
People's Choice Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep
James Dean Remembered
Movie · as Self
Dinah!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Affair
Movie · as Courtney Patterson
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Candidate
Movie · as Natalie Wood
V.I.P. Schaukel
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Film '72
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Movie · as Carol Sanders
The Dick Cavett Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
This Property Is Condemned
Movie · as Alva Starr
Inside Daisy Clover
Movie · as Daisy Clover
Penelope
Movie · as Penelope
The Great Race
Movie · as Maggie Dubois
Sex and the Single Girl
Movie · as Helen Gurley Brown
Love with the Proper Stranger
Movie · as Angie Rossini
Gypsy
Movie · as Louise Hovick/Gypsy Rose Lee
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
West Side Story
Movie · as Maria
Splendor in the Grass
Movie · as Wilma "Deanie" Loomis
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Cash McCall
Movie · as Lory Austen
All the Fine Young Cannibals
Movie · as Sarah "Salome" Davis
Marjorie Morningstar
Movie · as Marjorie Morgenstern
Kings Go Forth
Movie · as Monique Blair
Bombers B-52
Movie · as Lois Brennan
The James Dean Story
Movie · as Self
The Searchers
Movie · as Debbie Edwards
A Cry in the Night
Movie · as Elizabeth
The Burning Hills
Movie · as Maria-Christina Colton
The Girl He Left Behind
Movie · as Susan Daniels
New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'
Movie · as Self
The Deadly Riddle
Movie · as Lady Marian
Rebel Without a Cause
Movie · as Judy
One Desire
Movie · as Seely Dowder
Too Old for Dolls
Movie · as Polly Ramsay
The Wild Bunch
Movie · as Louise
Feathertop
Movie · as Polly Gookin
Heidi
Movie · as Klara Sesseman
Kings Row
TV · as Renee Gyllinson · 2 eps
The Silver Chalice
Movie · as Helena as a Girl
Sherwood Anderson's I'm A Fool
Movie · as Lucy
Playmates
Movie · as Monica
Return of the Dead
Movie · as Renee Marchand
Mayor of the Town
TV · as Mayor's Niece · 34 eps
Studio 57
TV · 1 ep
General Electric Theater
TV · as Lucy, Polly Gookin · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 5 eps
The Pride of the Family
TV · as Ann Morrison · 39 eps
Just for You
Movie · as Barbara Blake
The Star
Movie · as Gretchen
The Rose Bowl Story
Movie · as Sally Burke
Four Star Playhouse
TV · as Louise · 1 ep
Chevron Theatre
TV · as Monica Everton · 1 ep
The Blue Veil
Movie · as Stephanie Rawlins
Dear Brat
Movie · as Pauline Baxter
Our Very Own
Movie · as Penny Macaulay
Never a Dull Moment
Movie · as Nan Hayward
No Sad Songs for Me
Movie · as Polly Scott
The Jackpot
Movie · as Phyllis Lawrence
The Bob Hope Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Jack Benny Program
TV · as Natalie Wood · 1 ep
What's My Line?
TV · as Self - Mystery Guest · 1 ep
Father Was a Fullback
Movie · as Ellen Cooper
Chicken Every Sunday
Movie · as Ruth Hefferen
The Green Promise
Movie · as Susan Matthews
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
Movie · as Eufraznee 'Bean' McGill
Studio One
TV · as Jen Potter · 1 ep
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Movie · as Anna Muir as a Child
Miracle on 34th Street
Movie · as Susan Walker
Driftwood
Movie · as Jenny Hollingsworth
The Bride Wore Boots
Movie · as Carol Warren
Tomorrow Is Forever
Movie · as Margaret Ludwig
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee / Presenter, Self - Winner · 1 ep
The Moon Is Down
Movie · as Carrie (uncredited)
Happy Land
Movie · as Little Girl Dropping Ice Cream Cone (uncredited)