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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Natalie Wood, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Cast

Rebel Without a Cause

(Judy)

West Side Story

(Maria)

The Searchers

(Debbie Edwards)

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

((archive footage))

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

(Anna Muir as a Child)

The Great Race

(Maggie Dubois)

Miracle on 34th Street

(Susan Walker)

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

(Carol Sanders)

Marjorie Morningstar

(Marjorie Morgenstern)

Sex and the Single Girl

(Helen Gurley Brown)

Dominick Dunne: After the Party

(Self (archive footage))

Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood

(Self (archive footage))

Meteor

(Tatiana Donskaya)

Splendor in the Grass

(Wilma “Deanie” Loomis)

A Cry in the Night

(Elizabeth)

Cash McCall

(Lory Austen)

Brainstorm

(Karen Brace)

Hollywood and the Stars

(Self)

Just for You

(Barbara Blake)

This Property Is Condemned

(Alva Starr)

Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents

(Herself (uncredited))

Gypsy

(Louise Hovick/Gypsy Rose Lee)

Love with the Proper Stranger

(Angie Rossini)

Inside Daisy Clover

(Daisy Clover)

Los Angeles Plays Itself

(Judy in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage))

The Last Married Couple in America

(Mari Thompson)

The Star

(Gretchen)

Kings Go Forth

(Monique Blair)

Paul Newman: The Restless

(Self (archive footage))

Our Very Own

(Penny Macaulay)

Bombers B-52

(Lois Brennan)

The Burning Hills

(Maria-Christina Colton)

Peeper

(Ellen Prendergast)

Driftwood

(Jenny Hollingsworth)

Father Was a Fullback

(Ellen Cooper)

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

(Self (archive footage))

All the Fine Young Cannibals

(Sarah "Salome" Davis)

The Blue Veil

(Stephanie Rawlins)

One Desire

(Seely Dowder)

Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!

(Eufraznee 'Bean' McGill)

The Girl He Left Behind

(Susan Daniels)

I'm a Stranger Here Myself

(Self)

Dear Brat

(Pauline Baxter)

Never a Dull Moment

(Nan Hayward)

Penelope

(Penelope)

No Sad Songs for Me

(Polly Scott)

Chicken Every Sunday

(Ruth Hefferen)

The Bride Wore Boots

(Carol Warren)

The James Dean Story

(Self)

Howard

(Maria (archive footage))

The Affair

(Courtney Patterson)

The Green Promise

(Susan Matthews)

The Cracker Factory

(Cassie Barrett)

The Moon Is Down

(Carrie (uncredited))

Rediscovering a Rebel

(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))

Hart to Hart

(Movie Star)

Tomorrow Is Forever

(Margaret Ludwig)

How Fast?

(Self (Archive Footage))

The Rose Bowl Story

(Sally Burke)

Happy Land

(Little Girl Dropping Ice Cream Cone (uncredited))

The Celluloid Closet

(Self (archive footage))

The Silver Chalice

(Helena as a Girl)

The Memory of Eva Ryker

(Eva Ryker / Claire Ryker)

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

(Margaret)

James Dean: The First American Teenager

(Self)

New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'

(Self)

The Candidate

(Natalie Wood)

James Dean Remembered

(Self)

Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind

(Self (archive footage))

Tab Hunter Confidential

(Self (archive footage))

Trumbull Land

(Self (archive footage))

The Jackpot

(Phyllis Lawrence)

Brunes et Blondes

(Self)

Willie and Phil

(Herself)

Hollywood’s Children

(Self (archive footage))

Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady

Sherwood Anderson's I'm A Fool

(Lucy)

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's

(Self (archive))

Too Old for Dolls

(Polly Ramsay)

Playmates

(Monica)

The Wild Bunch

(Louise)

Return of the Dead

(Renee Marchand)

Feathertop

(Polly Gookin)

The Deadly Riddle

(Lady Marian)

Studio One

(Jen Potter)

General Electric Theater

(Lucy)

From Here to Eternity

(Karen Holmes)

Switch

(Cruise Ship Passenger (uncredited))

Intimate Portrait

(Self (archive footage))

Mayor of the Town

(Mayor's Niece)

The Oscars

(Self)

Studio 57

The Pride of the Family

(Ann Morrison)

Hart to Hart

(Movie Star)

From Here to Eternity

(Karen Holmes)

Laurence Olivier Presents

(Margaret)

Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime

(Self (archive footage))

General Electric Theater

(Polly Gookin)

The Bob Hope Show

(Self)

Four Star Playhouse

(Louise)

The Jack Benny Program

(Natalie Wood)

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

(Self)

The Ed Sullivan Show

(Self - Guest)

What's My Line?

(Self - Mystery Guest)

The Mike Douglas Show

(Self)

V.I.P. Schaukel

(Self)

Too Young to Die

(Self (archive footage))

Chevron Theatre

(Monica Everton)

The Dick Cavett Show

(Self - Guest)

Kings Row

(Renee Gyllinson)

Golden Globe Awards

(Self - Nominee/Presenter)

Golden Globe Awards

(Self - Winner)