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Natalie Wood

Natalie Wood

Acting

July 20, 1938 – November 29, 1981 (died at 43)
San Francisco, California, USA
Female
86 Movies
34 TV Shows

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.

West Side Story
West Side Story

West Side Story

1961 7.2

as Maria

Age 23 (now 43)
Rebel Without a Cause
Rebel Without a Cause

Rebel Without a Cause

1955 7.5

as Judy

Age 17 (now 43)
Splendor in the Grass
Splendor in the Grass

Splendor in the Grass

1961 7.5

as Wilma "Deanie" Loomis

Age 23 (now 43)
The Searchers
The Searchers

The Searchers

1956 7.7

as Debbie Edwards

Age 17 (now 43)
The Great Race
The Great Race

The Great Race

1965 7.1

as Maggie Dubois

Age 26 (now 43)
Miracle on 34th Street
Miracle on 34th Street

Miracle on 34th Street

1947 7.4

as Susan Walker

Age 8 (now 43)
Brainstorm
Brainstorm

Brainstorm

1983 6.3

as Karen Brace

Age 45 (now 43)
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

1969 6.3

as Carol Sanders

Age 31 (now 43)
This Property Is Condemned
This Property Is Condemned

This Property Is Condemned

1966 6.5

as Alva Starr

Age 28 (now 43)
Love with the Proper Stranger
Love with the Proper Stranger

Love with the Proper Stranger

1963 6.8

as Angie Rossini

Age 25 (now 43)
Meteor
Meteor

Meteor

1979 5.2

as Tatiana Donskaya

Age 41 (now 43)
Sex and the Single Girl
Sex and the Single Girl

Sex and the Single Girl

1964 6.5

as Helen Gurley Brown

Age 26 (now 43)
Gypsy
Gypsy

Gypsy

1962 6.3

as Louise Hovick/Gypsy Rose Lee

Age 24 (now 43)
Inside Daisy Clover
Inside Daisy Clover

Inside Daisy Clover

1966 5.6

as Daisy Clover

Age 27 (now 43)
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

1947 7.5

as Anna Muir as a Child

Age 8 (now 43)
The Star
The Star

The Star

1952 7.2

as Gretchen

Age 14 (now 43)