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Natalie Wood
Actor
Died November 29, 1981 (43 years)
Natalie Wood (born Natalie 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. She was the recipient of four Golden Globes and three Academy Award nominations.
Born in San Francisco to Russian immigrant parents, 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 (1964), and Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969).
During the 1970s, Wood began a hiatus from film and had two daughters by different men; 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 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 of 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.
Filmography
| 2018 | Howard · as Maria (archive footage) |
| 2018 | Hollywood, No Sex Please! · as Carol Sanders |
| 2013 | John Ford et Monument Valley · as actor |
| 2003 | Los Angeles Plays Itself · as Judy |
| 1998 | |
| 1997 | Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years · as Susan Walker |
| 1983 | Brainstorm · as Karen Brace |
| 1980 | The Last Married Couple in America · as Mari Thompson |
| 1979 | Meteor · as Tatiana Donskaya |
| 1979 | The Cracker Factory · as Cassie Barrett |
| 1979 | From Here to Eternity (1979) (TV Series) · as Karen Holmes |
| 1979 | Hart to Hart (TV Series) · as Movie Star |
| 1976 | Laurence Olivier Presents (TV Series) · as Margaret |
| 1975 | Peeper · as Ellen Prendergast |
| 1973 | The Affair · as Courtney Patterson |
| 1972 | The Candidate · as Natalie Wood |
| 1971 | The American West of John Ford · as Debbie Edwards - Age 15 |
| 1969 | Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice · as Carol Sanders |
| 1966 | This Property Is Condemned · as Alva Starr |
| 1966 | Penelope · as Penelope |
| 1965 | The Great Race · as Maggie Dubois |
| 1965 | Inside Daisy Clover · as Daisy Clover |
| 1964 | Sex and the Single Girl · as Helen Gurley Brown |
| 1963 | Love with the Proper Stranger · as Angie Rossini |
| 1962 | Gypsy · as Louise 'Gypsy Rose Lee' Hovick |
| 1961 | West Side Story · as Maria |
| 1961 | Splendor in the Grass · as Wilma Dean 'Deanie' Loomis |
| 1960 | Cash McCall · as Lory Austen |
| 1960 | All the Fine Young Cannibals · as Sarah "Salome" Davis |
| 1958 | Marjorie Morningstar · as Marjorie Morgenstern |
| 1958 | Kings Go Forth · as Monique Blair |
| 1957 | Bombers B-52 · as Lois Brennan |
| 1956 | The Searchers · as Deborah "Debbie" Edwards (older) |
| 1956 | The Burning Hills · as Maria-Christina Colton |
| 1956 | The Girl He Left Behind · as Susan Daniels |
| 1955 | Rebel Without a Cause · as Judy |
| 1954 | The Silver Chalice · as Helena as a Girl |
| 1954 | Public Defender (TV Series) · as Renee Marchand |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Lucy |
| 1952 | Just for You · as Barbara Blake |
| 1952 | The Star · as Gretchen |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse (TV Series) · as Louise |
| 1951 | The Blue Veil · as Stephanie Rawlins |
| 1951 | Dear Brat · as Pauline Baxter |
| 1950 | The Jack Benny Program (TV Series) · as Natalie Wood |
| 1949 | The Green Promise · as Susan Matthews |
| 1948 | Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! · as Eufraznee 'Bean' McGill |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as Jen Potter |
| 1947 | Miracle on 34th Street · as Susan Walker |
| 1947 | The Ghost and Mrs. Muir · as Anna Muir as a Child |
| 1947 | Driftwood · as Jenny Hollingsworth |
| 1946 | Tomorrow Is Forever · as Margaret Ludwig |
| 1943 | The Moon Is Down · as Carrie |