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Natalie Wood

Natalie Wood

Acting
Born: Jul 20, 1938 — Died: Nov 29, 1981
From: San Francisco, California, USA
Credits: 30 titles

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 …

Filmography

Title Character Year Rating
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood Self (archive footage) 2009
Dominick Dunne: After the Party Self (archive footage) 2008 7.5
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents Herself (uncredited) 2005
Los Angeles Plays Itself Judy in Rebel Without A … 2004 7.6
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths (archive footage) 1990 5.7
Brainstorm Karen Brace 1983 6.259
The Last Married Couple in America Mari Thompson 1980 4.429
Meteor Tatiana Donskaya 1979 5.211
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice Carol Sanders 1969 6.302
This Property Is Condemned Alva Starr 1966 6.455
Inside Daisy Clover Daisy Clover 1966 5.625
The Great Race Maggie Dubois 1965 7.087
Sex and the Single Girl Helen Gurley Brown 1964 6.538
Love with the Proper Stranger Angie Rossini 1963 6.797
Gypsy Louise Hovick/Gypsy Rose Lee 1962 6.333
West Side Story Maria 1961 7.231
Splendor in the Grass Wilma "Deanie" Loomis 1961 7.472
Cash McCall Lory Austen 1960 6.333
Marjorie Morningstar Marjorie Morgenstern 1958 6.286
Kings Go Forth Monique Blair 1958 6.095
Bombers B-52 Lois Brennan 1957 5.75
The Searchers Debbie Edwards 1956 7.691
A Cry in the Night Elizabeth 1956 5.425
The Burning Hills Maria-Christina Colton 1956 6.125
Rebel Without a Cause Judy 1955 7.498
Just for You Barbara Blake 1952 5.375
The Star Gretchen 1952 7.272
Our Very Own Penny Macaulay 1950 5.857
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir Anna Muir as a Child 1947 7.533
Miracle on 34th Street Susan Walker 1947 7.369
Quick Facts
Known forActing
Credits30
Born1938
FromSan Francisco, California, …