Natalie Wood

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

113

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

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

  • The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • Miracle on 34th Street

    Miracle on 34th Street

  • Dinah!

    Dinah!

  • Intimate Portrait

    Intimate Portrait

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Switch

    Switch

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • The Bob Hope Show

    The Bob Hope Show

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • The Jack Benny Program

    The Jack Benny Program

  • Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind

    Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind

  • Studio 57

    Studio 57

  • Penelope

    Penelope

  • One Desire

    One Desire

  • Heidi

    Heidi

  • Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents

    Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents

  • Cash McCall

    Cash McCall

  • Brainstorm

    Brainstorm

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

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

  • V.I.P. Schaukel

    V.I.P. Schaukel

  • The Great Race

    The Great Race

  • The Star

    The Star

  • The Searchers

    The Searchers

  • The Jackpot

    The Jackpot

  • Willie & Phil

    Willie & Phil

  • The Candidate

    The Candidate

  • The Affair

    The Affair

  • Feathertop

    Feathertop

  • Rebel Without a Cause

    Rebel Without a Cause

  • Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime

    Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime

  • Peeper

    Peeper

  • Driftwood

    Driftwood

  • West Side Story

    West Side Story

  • The American Film Institute Salute to ...

    The American Film Institute Salute to ...

  • Splendor in the Grass

    Splendor in the Grass

  • Meteor

    Meteor

  • Marjorie Morningstar

    Marjorie Morningstar

  • This Property Is Condemned

    This Property Is Condemned

  • The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

    The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

  • Dear Brat

    Dear Brat

  • Chevron Theatre

    Chevron Theatre

  • Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

    Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

  • The Rose Bowl Story

    The Rose Bowl Story

  • Father Was a Fullback

    Father Was a Fullback

  • Sex and the Single Girl

    Sex and the Single Girl

  • The Burning Hills

    The Burning Hills

  • The Pride of the Family

    The Pride of the Family

  • Too Young to Die

    Too Young to Die

  • Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood

    Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood

  • The Girl He Left Behind

    The Girl He Left Behind

  • Kings Go Forth

    Kings Go Forth

  • Chicken Every Sunday

    Chicken Every Sunday

  • The Blue Veil

    The Blue Veil

  • All the Fine Young Cannibals

    All the Fine Young Cannibals

  • Bombers B-52

    Bombers B-52

  • From Here to Eternity

    From Here to Eternity

  • Hollywood’s Children

    Hollywood’s Children

  • Los Angeles Plays Itself

    Los Angeles Plays Itself

  • The Moon Is Down

    The Moon Is Down

  • Inside Daisy Clover

    Inside Daisy Clover

  • The Silver Chalice

    The Silver Chalice

  • Return of the Dead

    Return of the Dead

  • The Green Promise

    The Green Promise

  • Laurence Olivier Presents

    Laurence Olivier Presents

  • Never a Dull Moment

    Never a Dull Moment

  • Tomorrow Is Forever

    Tomorrow Is Forever

  • A Cry in the Night

    A Cry in the Night

  • Love with the Proper Stranger

    Love with the Proper Stranger

  • Dominick Dunne: After the Party

    Dominick Dunne: After the Party

  • Tab Hunter Confidential

    Tab Hunter Confidential

  • Just for You

    Just for You

  • The Cracker Factory

    The Cracker Factory

  • The Bride Wore Boots

    The Bride Wore Boots

  • No Sad Songs for Me

    No Sad Songs for Me

  • Gypsy

    Gypsy

  • Rediscovering a Rebel

    Rediscovering a Rebel

  • From Here to Eternity

    From Here to Eternity

  • Hart to Hart

    Hart to Hart

  • Our Very Own

    Our Very Own

  • New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'

    New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'

  • Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!

    Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • The Last Married Couple in America

    The Last Married Couple in America

  • Mayor of the Town

    Mayor of the Town

  • James Dean Remembered

    James Dean Remembered

  • Howard

    Howard

  • I'm a Stranger Here Myself

    I'm a Stranger Here Myself

  • Kings Row

    Kings Row

  • The James Dean Story

    The James Dean Story

  • Happy Land

    Happy Land

  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

    Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

  • Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

    Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

  • James Dean: The First American Teenager

    James Dean: The First American Teenager

  • The Memory of Eva Ryker

    The Memory of Eva Ryker

  • The Wild Bunch

    The Wild Bunch

  • Trumbull Land

    Trumbull Land

  • Brunes et Blondes

    Brunes et Blondes

  • Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady

    Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady

  • Too Old for Dolls

    Too Old for Dolls

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

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

  • The Deadly Riddle

    The Deadly Riddle

  • Natalie Wood: An American Murder Mystery

    Natalie Wood: An American Murder Mystery

  • Sherwood Anderson's I'm A Fool

    Sherwood Anderson's I'm A Fool

  • Playmates

    Playmates