Natalie Wood
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 20, 1938
- Died
- November 29, 1981
- Birthplace
- 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
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas 2026
as Debbie Edwards - Age 15 (archive footage) (uncredited)
Paul Newman: The Restless 2023
as Self (archive footage)
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind 2020
as Self (archive footage)
Trumbull Land 2018
as Self (archive footage)
Howard 2018
as Maria (archive footage)
Natalie Wood: An American Murder Mystery 2018
Actor
Hollywood: No Sex, Please! 2018
Actor
The Fabulous Allan Carr 2017
as Self (archive footage)
Tab Hunter Confidential 2015
as Self (archive)
Brunes et Blondes 2010
as Self
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood 2009
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's 2009
as (archive footage)
- Dominick Dunne: After the Party
Dominick Dunne: After the Party 2008
as Self (archive footage)
James Dean: Forever Young 2005
as Self (archive footage)
How Real is 'The Star'? 2005
as Self (archive footage)
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents 2005
as Self (uncredited)
Rediscovering a Rebel 1996
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Death In Hollywood 1990
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths 1990
as Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC 1988
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Brainstorm 1983
as Karen Brace
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady 1982
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood’s Children 1982
as Self (archive footage)
Willie & Phil 1980
as Herself
The Memory of Eva Ryker 1980
as Eva Ryker / Claire Ryker
The Last Married Couple in America 1980
as Mari Thompson
Meteor 1979
as Tatiana Donskaya
Hart to Hart 1979
as Movie Star
The Cracker Factory 1979
as Cassie Barrett
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 1976
as Margaret
Peeper 1975
as Ellen Prendergast
James Dean: The First American Teenager 1975
as Self
I'm a Stranger Here Myself 1975
as Self
James Dean Remembered 1974
as Self
The Affair 1973
as Courtney Patterson
The Candidate 1972
as Natalie Wood
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice 1969
as Carol Sanders
Penelope 1966
as Penelope
This Property Is Condemned 1966
as Alva Starr
Inside Daisy Clover 1966
as Daisy Clover
The Great Race 1965
as Maggie Dubois
Sex and the Single Girl 1964
as Helen Gurley Brown
Love with the Proper Stranger 1963
as Angie Rossini
Gypsy 1962
as Louise Hovick/Gypsy Rose Lee
West Side Story 1961
as Maria
Splendor in the Grass 1961
as Wilma "Deanie" Loomis
All the Fine Young Cannibals 1960
as Sarah "Salome" Davis
Cash McCall 1960
as Lory Austen
Kings Go Forth 1958
as Monique Blair
Marjorie Morningstar 1958
as Marjorie Morgenstern
Bombers B-52 1957
as Lois Brennan
The James Dean Story 1957
as Self
The Girl He Left Behind 1956
as Susan Daniels
New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant' 1956
as Self
The Burning Hills 1956
as Maria-Christina Colton
A Cry in the Night 1956
as Elizabeth
The Deadly Riddle 1956
as Lady Marian
The Searchers 1956
as Debbie Edwards
Feathertop 1955
as Polly Gookin
Rebel Without a Cause 1955
as Judy
Heidi 1955
as Klara Sesseman
One Desire 1955
as Seely Dowder
Too Old for Dolls 1955
as Polly Ramsay
The Wild Bunch 1955
as Louise
The Silver Chalice 1954
as Helena as a Girl
Sherwood Anderson's I'm A Fool 1954
as Lucy
Return of the Dead 1954
as Renee Marchand
Playmates 1954
as Monica
The Star 1952
as Gretchen
Just for You 1952
as Barbara Blake
The Rose Bowl Story 1952
as Sally Burke
The Blue Veil 1951
as Stephanie Rawlins
Dear Brat 1951
as Pauline Baxter
The Jackpot 1950
as Phyllis Lawrence
Never a Dull Moment 1950
as Nan Hayward
Our Very Own 1950
as Penny Macaulay
No Sad Songs for Me 1950
as Polly Scott
Father Was a Fullback 1949
as Ellen Cooper
The Green Promise 1949
as Susan Matthews
Chicken Every Sunday 1949
as Ruth Hefferen
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! 1948
as Eufraznee 'Bean' McGill
Driftwood 1947
as Jenny Hollingsworth
Miracle on 34th Street 1947
as Susan Walker
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 1947
as Anna Muir as a Child
The Bride Wore Boots 1946
as Carol Warren
Tomorrow Is Forever 1946
as Margaret Ludwig
Happy Land 1943
as Little Girl Dropping Ice Cream Cone (uncredited)
The Moon Is Down 1943
as Carrie (uncredited)
Credits from TMDB.