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Natalie Wood

Natalie Wood

Acting

Born July 20, 1938, San Francisco, California, USA

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.

Filmography

Appearances as themselves (39)
  • 2023Paul Newman: The Restless — Self (archive footage)
  • 2020Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind — Self (archive footage)
  • 2018Trumbull Land — Self (archive footage)
  • 2017The Fabulous Allan Carr — Self (archive footage)
  • Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime — Self (archive footage)
  • 2015Tab Hunter Confidential — Self (archive)
  • Too Young to Die — Self (archive footage)
  • 2010Brunes et Blondes — Self
  • 2009Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood — Self (archive footage)
  • 2008Dominick Dunne: After the Party — Self (archive footage)
  • 2005How Real is 'The Star'? — Self (archive footage)
  • 2005James Dean: Forever Young — Self (archive footage)
  • 2005Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents — Self (uncredited)
  • 1996Rediscovering a Rebel — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Intimate Portrait — Self (archive footage)
  • 1990Death In Hollywood — Self (archive footage)
  • 1990Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths — Self (archive footage)
  • 1988Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • 1982Hollywood’s Children — Self (archive footage)
  • 1982Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady — Self (archive footage)
  • 1980Willie & Phil — Herself
  • 1975I'm a Stranger Here Myself — Self
  • 1975James Dean: The First American Teenager — Self
  • People's Choice Awards — Self - Presenter
  • Dinah! — Self
  • 1974James Dean Remembered — Self
  • The American Film Institute Salute to ... — Self
  • Film '72 — Self
  • V.I.P. Schaukel — Self
  • The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest
  • The Merv Griffin Show — Self
  • The Mike Douglas Show — Self
  • 1957The James Dean Story — Self
  • 1956New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant' — Self
  • The Oscars — Self
  • The Bob Hope Show — Self
  • What's My Line? — Self - Mystery Guest
  • The Ed Sullivan Show — Self
  • Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee / Presenter, Self - Winner
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