Natalie Wood
Known for Acting · 118 credits
- Born
- 1938-07-20
- Died
- 1981-11-29
- Place of birth
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Also known as
- Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko · Natasha Gurdin · ナタリー・ウッド · ناتالی وود
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (30)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self (archive footage)
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee / Presenter / Self - Winner
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Louise
Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self (archive footage)
Studio One
1948
as Jen Potter
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Dinah!
1974
as Self
People's Choice Awards
1975
as Self - Presenter
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Film '72
1971
as Self
The Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self
The Jack Benny Program
1950
as Natalie Wood
Switch
1975
as Cruise Ship Passenger (uncredited)
Studio 57
1954
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
as Self
Chevron Theatre
1952
as Monica Everton
Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime
2016
as Self (archive footage)
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
Too Young to Die
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Laurence Olivier Presents
1976
as Margaret
General Electric Theater
1953
as Lucy / Polly Gookin
The Pride of the Family
1953
as Ann Morrison
From Here to Eternity
1979
as Karen Holmes
From Here to Eternity
1980
as Karen Holmes
Mayor of the Town
1954
as Mayor's Niece
Kings Row
1955
as Renee Gyllinson
Movies (88)
Sex and the Single Girl
1964
as Helen Gurley Brown
The Searchers
1956
as Debbie Edwards
Rebel Without a Cause
1955
as Judy
West Side Story
1961
as Maria
Miracle on 34th Street
1947
as Susan Walker
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
1969
as Carol Sanders
Willie & Phil
1980
as Herself
The Great Race
1965
as Maggie Dubois
Brainstorm
1983
as Karen Brace
Splendor in the Grass
1961
as Wilma "Deanie" Loomis
Driftwood
1947
as Jenny Hollingsworth
Natalie Wood: An American Murder Mystery
2018
This Property Is Condemned
1966
as Alva Starr
The Burning Hills
1956
as Maria-Christina Colton
The Silver Chalice
1954
as Helena as a Girl
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
1947
as Anna Muir as a Child
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
2018
Feathertop
1955
as Polly Gookin
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
2026
as Debbie Edwards - Age 15 (archive footage) (uncredited)
Brunes et Blondes
2010
as Self
Tab Hunter Confidential
2015
as Self (archive)
Playmates
1954
as Monica
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
2017
as Self (archive footage, uncredited)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1976
as Margaret
The Candidate
1972
as Natalie Wood
Inside Daisy Clover
1966
as Daisy Clover
Gypsy
1962
as Louise Hovick/Gypsy Rose Lee
Bombers B-52
1957
as Lois Brennan
Meteor
1979
as Tatiana Donskaya
James Dean Remembered
1974
as Self
Paul Newman: The Restless
2023
as Self
Sherwood Anderson's I'm A Fool
1954
as Lucy
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
Howard
2018
as Maria (archive footage)
Penelope
1966
as Penelope
One Desire
1955
as Seely Dowder
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
as Self (archive)
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Tomorrow Is Forever
1946
as Margaret Ludwig
No Sad Songs for Me
1950
as Polly Scott
The Last Married Couple in America
1980
as Mari Thompson
Death In Hollywood
1990
The Jackpot
1950
as Phyllis Lawrence
The Blue Veil
1951
as Stephanie Rawlins
Hollywood’s Children
1982
as Self (archive footage)
All the Fine Young Cannibals
1960
as Sarah "Salome" Davis
The Wild Bunch
1955
as Louise
The Girl He Left Behind
1956
as Susan Daniels
The Memory of Eva Ryker
1980
as Eva Ryker / Claire Ryker
Love with the Proper Stranger
1963
as Angie Rossini
Marjorie Morningstar
1958
as Marjorie Morgenstern
Rediscovering a Rebel
1996
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Cry in the Night
1956
as Elizabeth
Hart to Hart
1979
as Movie Star
Too Old for Dolls
1955
as Polly Ramsay
Father Was a Fullback
1949
as Ellen Cooper
The Moon Is Down
1943
as Carrie (uncredited)
The Rose Bowl Story
1952
as Sally Burke
The Bride Wore Boots
1946
as Carol Warren
James Dean: The First American Teenager
1975
as Self
Chicken Every Sunday
1949
as Ruth Hefferen
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
1948
as Eufraznee 'Bean' McGill
Kings Go Forth
1958
as Monique Blair
The Affair
1973
as Courtney Patterson
Peeper
1975
as Ellen Prendergast
Happy Land
1943
as Little Girl Dropping Ice Cream Cone (uncredited)
Our Very Own
1950
as Penny Macaulay
The James Dean Story
1957
as Self
The Star
1952
as Gretchen
The Green Promise
1949
as Susan Matthews
Trumbull Land
2018
as Self (archive footage)
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
1975
as Self
Never a Dull Moment
1950
as Nan Hayward
Cash McCall
1960
as Lory Austen
Just for You
1952
as Barbara Blake
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's
2009
as (archive footage)
Dominick Dunne: After the Party
2008
as Self (archive footage)
The Deadly Riddle
1956
as Lady Marian
Dear Brat
1951
as Pauline Baxter
The Cracker Factory
1979
as Cassie Barrett
Return of the Dead
1954
as Renee Marchand
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990
as (archive footage)
Heidi
1955
as Klara Sesseman
New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'
1956
as Self
How Real is 'The Star'?
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
2005
as Herself (uncredited)
About Natalie Wood
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 (1… With 118 credits spanning from 1943 to 2026, Natalie Wood has appeared in 88 films and 30 TV shows.
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- Sex and the Single Girl (1964) — as Helen Gurley Brown
- The Searchers (1956) — as Debbie Edwards
- Rebel Without a Cause (1955) — as Judy
- West Side Story (1961) — as Maria
- Miracle on 34th Street (1947) — as Susan Walker
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