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 Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Mike Douglas Show

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

The Merv Griffin Show

What's My Line?

All Movies (87)

• Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas2026 · as Debbie Edwards - Age 15 (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind2020 · as Self (archive footage)
• Trumbull Land2018 · as Self (archive footage)
• Howard2018 · as Maria (archive footage)
• Natalie Wood: An American Murder Mystery2018
• Hollywood: No Sex, Please!2018
• The Fabulous Allan Carr2017 · as Self (archive)
• Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds2017 · as Self (archive footage, uncredited)
• Tab Hunter Confidential2015 · as Self (archive)
• Brunes et Blondes2010 · as Self
• Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood2009 · as Self (archive footage)
• Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's2009 · as (archive footage)
• Dominick Dunne: After the Party2008 · as Self (archive footage)
• Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents2005 · as Herself (uncredited)
• How Real is 'The Star'?2005 · as Self (archive footage)
• Rediscovering a Rebel1996 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Death In Hollywood1990
• Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths1990 · as (archive footage)
• Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC1988 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Brainstorm1983 · as Karen Brace
• Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady1982
• Hollywood’s Children1982 · as Self (archive footage)
• Willie & Phil1980 · as Herself
• The Memory of Eva Ryker1980 · as Eva Ryker / Claire Ryker
• The Last Married Couple in America1980 · as Mari Thompson
• Meteor1979 · as Tatiana Donskaya
• Hart to Hart1979 · as Movie Star
• The Cracker Factory1979 · as Cassie Barrett
• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof1976 · as Margaret
• Peeper1975 · as Ellen Prendergast
• James Dean: The First American Teenager1975 · as Self
• I'm a Stranger Here Myself1975 · as Self
• James Dean Remembered1974 · as Self
• The Affair1973 · as Courtney Patterson
• The Candidate1972 · as Natalie Wood
• Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice1969 · as Carol Sanders
• Penelope1966 · as Penelope
• This Property Is Condemned1966 · as Alva Starr
• Inside Daisy Clover1966 · as Daisy Clover
• The Great Race1965 · as Maggie Dubois
• Sex and the Single Girl1964 · as Helen Gurley Brown
• Love with the Proper Stranger1963 · as Angie Rossini
• Gypsy1962 · as Louise Hovick/Gypsy Rose Lee
• West Side Story1961 · as Maria
• Splendor in the Grass1961 · as Wilma "Deanie" Loomis
• All the Fine Young Cannibals1960 · as Sarah "Salome" Davis
• Cash McCall1960 · as Lory Austen
• Kings Go Forth1958 · as Monique Blair
• Marjorie Morningstar1958 · as Marjorie Morgenstern
• Bombers B-521957 · as Lois Brennan
• The James Dean Story1957 · as Self
• The Girl He Left Behind1956 · as Susan Daniels
• New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'1956 · as Self
• The Burning Hills1956 · as Maria-Christina Colton
• A Cry in the Night1956 · as Elizabeth
• The Deadly Riddle1956 · as Lady Marian
• The Searchers1956 · as Debbie Edwards
• Feathertop1955 · as Polly Gookin
• Rebel Without a Cause1955 · as Judy
• Heidi1955 · as Klara Sesseman
• One Desire1955 · as Seely Dowder
• Too Old for Dolls1955 · as Polly Ramsay
• The Wild Bunch1955 · as Louise
• The Silver Chalice1954 · as Helena as a Girl
• Sherwood Anderson's I'm A Fool1954 · as Lucy
• Return of the Dead1954 · as Renee Marchand
• Playmates1954 · as Monica
• The Star1952 · as Gretchen
• Just for You1952 · as Barbara Blake
• The Rose Bowl Story1952 · as Sally Burke
• The Blue Veil1951 · as Stephanie Rawlins
• Dear Brat1951 · as Pauline Baxter
• The Jackpot1950 · as Phyllis Lawrence
• Never a Dull Moment1950 · as Nan Hayward
• Our Very Own1950 · as Penny Macaulay
• No Sad Songs for Me1950 · as Polly Scott
• Father Was a Fullback1949 · as Ellen Cooper
• The Green Promise1949 · as Susan Matthews
• Chicken Every Sunday1949 · as Ruth Hefferen
• Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!1948 · as Eufraznee 'Bean' McGill
• Driftwood1947 · as Jenny Hollingsworth
• Miracle on 34th Street1947 · as Susan Walker
• The Ghost and Mrs. Muir1947 · as Anna Muir as a Child
• The Bride Wore Boots1946 · as Carol Warren
• Tomorrow Is Forever1946 · as Margaret Ludwig
• Happy Land1943 · as Little Girl Dropping Ice Cream Cone (uncredited)
• The Moon Is Down1943 · as Carrie (uncredited)

All TV Shows (34)

• Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime2016 · as Self (archive footage)
• Too Young to Die2012 · as Self (archive footage)
• Intimate Portrait1993 · as Self (archive footage)
• From Here to Eternity1980 · as Karen Holmes
• From Here to Eternity1979 · as Karen Holmes
• Laurence Olivier Presents1976 · as Margaret
• Switch1975 · as Cruise Ship Passenger (uncredited)
• People's Choice Awards1975 · as Self - Presenter
• Dinah!1974 · as Self
• The American Film Institute Salute to ...1973 · as Self
• Film '721971 · as Self
• V.I.P. Schaukel1971 · as Self
• The Dick Cavett Show1968 · as Self - Guest
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• Kings Row1955 · as Renee Gyllinson
• Studio 571954
• Mayor of the Town1954 · as Mayor's Niece
• The Pride of the Family1953 · as Ann Morrison
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Lucy
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Polly Gookin
• Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Louise
• Chevron Theatre1952 · as Monica Everton
• The Jack Benny Program1950 · as Natalie Wood
• The Bob Hope Show1950 · as Self
• What's My Line?1950 · as Self - Mystery Guest
• Studio One1948 · as Jen Potter
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee / Presenter
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Winner