Natalie Wood

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

111

Gender

Female

Birthday

1938-07-20

Day of death

1981-11-29 (43 years old)

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

Natalie Wood

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.

Known For

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • The Bob Hope Show

    The Bob Hope Show

  • The Jack Benny Program

    The Jack Benny Program

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • Intimate Portrait

    Intimate Portrait

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • Dinah!

    Dinah!

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • Switch

    Switch

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Studio 57

    Studio 57

  • V.I.P. Schaukel

    V.I.P. Schaukel

  • Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind

    Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind

  • Kings Go Forth

    Kings Go Forth

  • This Property Is Condemned

    This Property Is Condemned

  • Splendor in the Grass

    Splendor in the Grass

  • The Rose Bowl Story

    The Rose Bowl Story

  • The American Film Institute Salute to ...

    The American Film Institute Salute to ...

  • Rediscovering a Rebel

    Rediscovering a Rebel

  • The Silver Chalice

    The Silver Chalice

  • The Green Promise

    The Green Promise

  • The Great Race

    The Great Race

  • Hollywood’s Children

    Hollywood’s Children

  • Brainstorm

    Brainstorm

  • The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

    The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

  • The Jackpot

    The Jackpot

  • Willie & Phil

    Willie & Phil

  • Trumbull Land

    Trumbull Land

  • Chevron Theatre

    Chevron Theatre

  • Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime

    Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime

  • Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

    Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

  • The Searchers

    The Searchers

  • West Side Story

    West Side Story

  • Cash McCall

    Cash McCall

  • Bombers B-52

    Bombers B-52

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

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

  • No Sad Songs for Me

    No Sad Songs for Me

  • Meteor

    Meteor

  • Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents

    Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents

  • The Burning Hills

    The Burning Hills

  • Peeper

    Peeper

  • Driftwood

    Driftwood

  • Gypsy

    Gypsy

  • Miracle on 34th Street

    Miracle on 34th Street

  • The Blue Veil

    The Blue Veil

  • Too Young to Die

    Too Young to Die

  • Penelope

    Penelope

  • Rebel Without a Cause

    Rebel Without a Cause

  • From Here to Eternity

    From Here to Eternity

  • The Girl He Left Behind

    The Girl He Left Behind

  • All the Fine Young Cannibals

    All the Fine Young Cannibals

  • Heidi

    Heidi

  • Laurence Olivier Presents

    Laurence Olivier Presents

  • Sex and the Single Girl

    Sex and the Single Girl

  • Just for You

    Just for You

  • Dear Brat

    Dear Brat

  • Love with the Proper Stranger

    Love with the Proper Stranger

  • The Cracker Factory

    The Cracker Factory

  • The Pride of the Family

    The Pride of the Family

  • Chicken Every Sunday

    Chicken Every Sunday

  • The Moon Is Down

    The Moon Is Down

  • One Desire

    One Desire

  • Feathertop

    Feathertop

  • Happy Land

    Happy Land

  • The Memory of Eva Ryker

    The Memory of Eva Ryker

  • Our Very Own

    Our Very Own

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • From Here to Eternity

    From Here to Eternity

  • Los Angeles Plays Itself

    Los Angeles Plays Itself

  • The Star

    The Star

  • Return of the Dead

    Return of the Dead

  • Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood

    Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood

  • Mayor of the Town

    Mayor of the Town

  • Kings Row

    Kings Row

  • Marjorie Morningstar

    Marjorie Morningstar

  • The Affair

    The Affair

  • Dominick Dunne: After the Party

    Dominick Dunne: After the Party

  • New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'

    New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'

  • Hart to Hart

    Hart to Hart

  • A Cry in the Night

    A Cry in the Night

  • The Deadly Riddle

    The Deadly Riddle

  • Tomorrow Is Forever

    Tomorrow Is Forever

  • Inside Daisy Clover

    Inside Daisy Clover

  • The Candidate

    The Candidate

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

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

  • Tab Hunter Confidential

    Tab Hunter Confidential

  • The Last Married Couple in America

    The Last Married Couple in America

  • Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!

    Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!

  • Howard

    Howard

  • Never a Dull Moment

    Never a Dull Moment

  • James Dean Remembered

    James Dean Remembered

  • Father Was a Fullback

    Father Was a Fullback

  • The Bride Wore Boots

    The Bride Wore Boots

  • Natalie Wood: An American Murder Mystery

    Natalie Wood: An American Murder Mystery

  • I'm a Stranger Here Myself

    I'm a Stranger Here Myself

  • The James Dean Story

    The James Dean Story

  • Brunes et Blondes

    Brunes et Blondes

  • James Dean: The First American Teenager

    James Dean: The First American Teenager

  • Too Old for Dolls

    Too Old for Dolls

  • Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

    Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

    Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

  • The Wild Bunch

    The Wild Bunch

  • Sherwood Anderson's I'm A Fool

    Sherwood Anderson's I'm A Fool

  • Playmates

    Playmates

  • Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady

    Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady