Natalie Wood
Acting • Born 1938-07-20 – Died 1981-11-29
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.
Filmography
116 credits
Rebel Without a Cause
Movie • 1955
Judy
West Side Story
Movie • 1961
Maria
The Searchers
Movie • 1956
Debbie Edwards
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
Movie • 1990
(archive footage)
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Movie • 1947
Anna Muir as a Child
The Great Race
Movie • 1965
Maggie Dubois
Miracle on 34th Street
Movie • 1947
Susan Walker
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Movie • 1969
Carol Sanders
Marjorie Morningstar
Movie • 1958
Marjorie Morgenstern
Sex and the Single Girl
Movie • 1964
Helen Gurley Brown
Dominick Dunne: After the Party
Movie • 2008
Self (archive footage)
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
Movie • 2009
Self (archive footage)
Meteor
Movie • 1979
Tatiana Donskaya
Splendor in the Grass
Movie • 1961
Wilma "Deanie" Loomis
A Cry in the Night
Movie • 1956
Elizabeth
Cash McCall
Movie • 1960
Lory Austen
Brainstorm
Movie • 1983
Karen Brace
Just for You
Movie • 1952
Barbara Blake
This Property Is Condemned
Movie • 1966
Alva Starr
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
Movie • 2005
Herself (uncredited)
Gypsy
Movie • 1962
Louise Hovick/Gypsy Rose Lee
Love with the Proper Stranger
Movie • 1963
Angie Rossini
Inside Daisy Clover
Movie • 1966
Daisy Clover
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Movie • 2004
Judy in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)
The Last Married Couple in America
Movie • 1980
Mari Thompson
The Star
Movie • 1952
Gretchen
Kings Go Forth
Movie • 1958
Monique Blair
Our Very Own
Movie • 1950
Penny Macaulay
Bombers B-52
Movie • 1957
Lois Brennan
The Burning Hills
Movie • 1956
Maria-Christina Colton
Peeper
Movie • 1975
Ellen Prendergast
Driftwood
Movie • 1947
Jenny Hollingsworth
Father Was a Fullback
Movie • 1949
Ellen Cooper
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Movie • 1988
Self (archive footage)
All the Fine Young Cannibals
Movie • 1960
Sarah "Salome" Davis
The Blue Veil
Movie • 1951
Stephanie Rawlins
One Desire
Movie • 1955
Seely Dowder
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
Movie • 1948
Eufraznee 'Bean' McGill
The Girl He Left Behind
Movie • 1956
Susan Daniels
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
Movie • 1975
Self
Dear Brat
Movie • 1951
Pauline Baxter
Never a Dull Moment
Movie • 1950
Nan Hayward
Penelope
Movie • 1966
Penelope
No Sad Songs for Me
Movie • 1950
Polly Scott
Chicken Every Sunday
Movie • 1949
Ruth Hefferen
The Bride Wore Boots
Movie • 1946
Carol Warren
The James Dean Story
Movie • 1957
Self
Howard
Movie • 2018
Maria (archive footage)
The Affair
Movie • 1973
Courtney Patterson
The Green Promise
Movie • 1949
Susan Matthews
The Cracker Factory
Movie • 1979
Cassie Barrett
The Moon Is Down
Movie • 1943
Carrie (uncredited)
Rediscovering a Rebel
Movie • 1996
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hart to Hart
Movie • 1979
Movie Star
Tomorrow Is Forever
Movie • 1946
Margaret Ludwig
The Rose Bowl Story
Movie • 1952
Sally Burke
Happy Land
Movie • 1943
Little Girl Dropping Ice Cream Cone (uncredited)
The Silver Chalice
Movie • 1954
Helena as a Girl
The Memory of Eva Ryker
Movie • 1980
Eva Ryker / Claire Ryker
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Movie • 1976
Margaret
James Dean: The First American Teenager
Movie • 1975
Self
New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'
Movie • 1956
Self
The Candidate
Movie • 1972
Natalie Wood
James Dean Remembered
Movie • 1974
Self
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
Tab Hunter Confidential
Movie • 2015
Self (archive footage)
Trumbull Land
Movie • 2018
Self (archive footage)
The Jackpot
Movie • 1950
Phyllis Lawrence
Brunes et Blondes
Movie • 2010
Self
Willie & Phil
Movie • 1980
Herself
Hollywood’s Children
Movie • 1982
Self (archive footage)
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
Movie • 1982
Sherwood Anderson's I'm A Fool
Movie • 1954
Lucy
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's
Movie • 2009
(archive footage)
Too Old for Dolls
Movie • 1955
Polly Ramsay
Playmates
Movie • 1954
Monica
The Wild Bunch
Movie • 1955
Louise
Return of the Dead
Movie • 1954
Renee Marchand
Feathertop
Movie • 1955
Polly Gookin
The Deadly Riddle
Movie • 1956
Lady Marian
Natalie Wood: An American Murder Mystery
Movie • 2018
Heidi
Movie • 1955
Klara Sesseman
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
Movie • 2018
How Real is 'The Star'?
Movie • 2005
Self (archive footage)
Studio One
TV • 1948
Jen Potter
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Lucy
From Here to Eternity
TV • 1980
Karen Holmes
Switch
TV • 1975
Cruise Ship Passenger (uncredited)
Intimate Portrait
TV • 1993
Self (archive footage)
Mayor of the Town
TV • 1954
Mayor's Niece
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Studio 57
TV • 1954
The Pride of the Family
TV • 1953
Ann Morrison
From Here to Eternity
TV • 1979
Karen Holmes
Laurence Olivier Presents
TV • 1976
Margaret
Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime
TV • 2016
Self (archive footage)
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Polly Gookin
The Bob Hope Show
TV • 1950
Self
Four Star Playhouse
TV • 1952
Louise
The Jack Benny Program
TV • 1950
Natalie Wood
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV • 1973
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self - Mystery Guest
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
TV • 1971
Self
Too Young to Die
TV • 2012
Self (archive footage)
Chevron Theatre
TV • 1952
Monica Everton
The Dick Cavett Show
TV • 1968
Self - Guest
Kings Row
TV • 1955
Renee Gyllinson
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee / Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self
Dinah!
TV • 1974
Self
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Winner
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
People's Choice Awards
TV • 1975
Self - Presenter