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