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
1961
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
What's My Line?
1950
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Studio One
1948
Intimate Portrait
1993
Four Star Playhouse
1952
Film '72
1971
Filmography
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self · 1961
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self · 1962
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest · 1950
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest · 1968
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee / Presenter · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Winner · 1944
Studio One
as Jen Potter · 1948
Intimate Portrait
as Self (archive footage) · 1993
Four Star Playhouse
as Louise · 1952
Film '72
as Self · 1971
Dinah!
as Self · 1974
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self · 1948
The Bob Hope Show
as Self · 1950
The Jack Benny Program
as Natalie Wood · 1950
Switch
as Cruise Ship Passenger (uncredited) · 1975
Studio 57
· 1954
The Oscars
as Self · 1953
People's Choice Awards
as Self - Presenter · 1975
Sex and the Single Girl
as Helen Gurley Brown · 1964
The Searchers
as Debbie Edwards · 1956
V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self · 1971
Chevron Theatre
as Monica Everton · 1952
Miracle on 34th Street
as Susan Walker · 1947
Rebel Without a Cause
as Judy · 1955
Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime
as Self (archive footage) · 2016
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self · 1973
West Side Story
as Maria · 1961
The Great Race
as Maggie Dubois · 1965
Laurence Olivier Presents
as Margaret · 1976
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
as Carol Sanders · 1969
The Pride of the Family
as Ann Morrison · 1953
From Here to Eternity
as Karen Holmes · 1979
Too Young to Die
as Self (archive footage) · 2012
Splendor in the Grass
as Wilma "Deanie" Loomis · 1961
From Here to Eternity
as Karen Holmes · 1980
General Electric Theater
as Lucy · 1953
General Electric Theater
as Polly Gookin · 1953
Mayor of the Town
as Mayor's Niece · 1954
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
as Anna Muir as a Child · 1947
This Property Is Condemned
as Alva Starr · 1966
Meteor
as Tatiana Donskaya · 1979
Gypsy
as Louise Hovick/Gypsy Rose Lee · 1962
Brainstorm
as Karen Brace · 1983
Kings Row
as Renee Gyllinson · 1955
Inside Daisy Clover
as Daisy Clover · 1966
Love with the Proper Stranger
as Angie Rossini · 1963
The Candidate
as Natalie Wood · 1972
Howard
as Maria (archive footage) · 2018
Penelope
as Penelope · 1966
The Burning Hills
as Maria-Christina Colton · 1956
James Dean: The First American Teenager
as Self · 1975
Bombers B-52
as Lois Brennan · 1957
The Silver Chalice
as Helena as a Girl · 1954
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
as Self (archive footage) · 2020
The Moon Is Down
as Carrie (uncredited) · 1943
The Memory of Eva Ryker
as Eva Ryker / Claire Ryker · 1980
No Sad Songs for Me
as Polly Scott · 1950
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
· 2018
Marjorie Morningstar
as Marjorie Morgenstern · 1958
The Last Married Couple in America
as Mari Thompson · 1980
Driftwood
as Jenny Hollingsworth · 1947
Willie & Phil
as Herself · 1980
A Cry in the Night
as Elizabeth · 1956
Tomorrow Is Forever
as Margaret Ludwig · 1946
James Dean: Forever Young
as Self (archive footage) · 2005
Paul Newman: The Restless
as Self (archive footage) · 2023
Kings Go Forth
as Monique Blair · 1958
The Fabulous Allan Carr
as Self (archive footage) · 2017
Sherwood Anderson's I'm A Fool
as Lucy · 1954
Tab Hunter Confidential
as Self (archive) · 2015
The James Dean Story
as Self · 1957
All the Fine Young Cannibals
as Sarah "Salome" Davis · 1960
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
as Debbie Edwards - Age 15 (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2026
The Girl He Left Behind
as Susan Daniels · 1956
Father Was a Fullback
as Ellen Cooper · 1949
Never a Dull Moment
as Nan Hayward · 1950
The Bride Wore Boots
as Carol Warren · 1946
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
as Self (archive footage) · 1982
Brunes et Blondes
as Self · 2010
One Desire
as Seely Dowder · 1955
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1988
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
as Margaret · 1976
Hart to Hart
as Movie Star · 1979
Feathertop
as Polly Gookin · 1955
The Jackpot
as Phyllis Lawrence · 1950
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's
as (archive footage) · 2009
Cash McCall
as Lory Austen · 1960
Natalie Wood: An American Murder Mystery
· 2018
The Rose Bowl Story
as Sally Burke · 1952
Peeper
as Ellen Prendergast · 1975
Playmates
as Monica · 1954
Trumbull Land
as Self (archive footage) · 2018
Our Very Own
as Penny Macaulay · 1950
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
as Self (archive footage) · 1990
Too Old for Dolls
as Polly Ramsay · 1955
Death In Hollywood
as Self (archive footage) · 1990
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
as Self · 1975
Just for You
as Barbara Blake · 1952
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
as Eufraznee 'Bean' McGill · 1948
New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'
as Self · 1956
Return of the Dead
as Renee Marchand · 1954
Dominick Dunne: After the Party
as Self (archive footage) · 2008
Happy Land
as Little Girl Dropping Ice Cream Cone (uncredited) · 1943
The Star
as Gretchen · 1952
James Dean Remembered
as Self · 1974
How Real is 'The Star'?
as Self (archive footage) · 2005
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
as Self (archive footage) · 2009
The Blue Veil
as Stephanie Rawlins · 1951
The Cracker Factory
as Cassie Barrett · 1979
The Affair
as Courtney Patterson · 1973
Hollywood’s Children
as Self (archive footage) · 1982
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
as Self (uncredited) · 2005
The Wild Bunch
as Louise · 1955
Rediscovering a Rebel
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1996
The Green Promise
as Susan Matthews · 1949
Chicken Every Sunday
as Ruth Hefferen · 1949
The Deadly Riddle
as Lady Marian · 1956
Dear Brat
as Pauline Baxter · 1951
Heidi
as Klara Sesseman · 1955