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 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1938 |
| From | San Francisco, California, … |