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.
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- 2023 · Paul Newman: The Restless as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · Trumbull Land as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · Howard as Maria (archive footage)
- 2016 · Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime as Self (archive footage)
- 2015 · Tab Hunter Confidential as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · Too Young to Die as Self (archive footage)
- 2010 · Brunes et Blondes as Self
- 2009 · Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood as Self (archive footage)
- 2009 · Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's as Self (archive)
- 2008 · Dominick Dunne: After the Party as Self (archive footage)
- 2005 · Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents as Herself (uncredited)
- 2004 · Los Angeles Plays Itself as Judy in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)
- 1996 · The Celluloid Closet as Self (archive footage)
- 1996 · Rediscovering a Rebel as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1993 · Intimate Portrait as Self (archive footage)
- 1990 · Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths as (archive footage)
- 1988 · Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC as Self (archive footage)
- 1983 · Brainstorm as Karen Brace
- 1982 · Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady as
- 1982 · Hollywood’s Children as Self (archive footage)
- 1980 · Willie and Phil as Herself
- 1980 · The Memory of Eva Ryker as Eva Ryker / Claire Ryker
- 1980 · The Last Married Couple in America as Mari Thompson
- 1980 · From Here to Eternity as Karen Holmes
- 1979 · Meteor as Tatiana Donskaya
- 1979 · Hart to Hart as Movie Star
- 1979 · Hart to Hart as Movie Star
- 1979 · The Cracker Factory as Cassie Barrett
- 1979 · From Here to Eternity as Karen Holmes
- 1976 · Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as Margaret
- 1976 · Laurence Olivier Presents as Margaret
- 1975 · Peeper as Ellen Prendergast
- 1975 · James Dean: The First American Teenager as Self
- 1975 · Switch as Cruise Ship Passenger (uncredited)
- 1975 · I'm a Stranger Here Myself as Self
- 1974 · James Dean Remembered as Self
- 1973 · The Affair as Courtney Patterson
- 1973 · The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
- 1972 · The Candidate as Natalie Wood
- 1971 · V.I.P. Schaukel as Self
- 1969 · Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice as Carol Sanders
- 1969 · How Fast? as Self (Archive Footage)
- 1968 · The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- 1966 · Penelope as Penelope
- 1966 · This Property Is Condemned as Alva Starr
- 1965 · Inside Daisy Clover as Daisy Clover
- 1965 · The Great Race as Maggie Dubois
- 1964 · Sex and the Single Girl as Helen Gurley Brown
- 1964 · Hollywood and the Stars as Self
- 1963 · Love with the Proper Stranger as Angie Rossini
- 1962 · Gypsy as Louise Hovick/Gypsy Rose Lee
- 1961 · West Side Story as Maria
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1961 · Splendor in the Grass as Wilma “Deanie” Loomis
- 1960 · All the Fine Young Cannibals as Sarah "Salome" Davis
- 1960 · Cash McCall as Lory Austen
- 1958 · Kings Go Forth as Monique Blair
- 1958 · Marjorie Morningstar as Marjorie Morgenstern
- 1957 · Bombers B-52 as Lois Brennan
- 1957 · The James Dean Story as Self
- 1956 · The Girl He Left Behind as Susan Daniels
- 1956 · New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant' as Self
- 1956 · The Burning Hills as Maria-Christina Colton
- 1956 · A Cry in the Night as Elizabeth
- 1956 · The Deadly Riddle as Lady Marian
- 1956 · The Searchers as Debbie Edwards
- 1955 · Feathertop as Polly Gookin
- 1955 · Rebel Without a Cause as Judy
- 1955 · Kings Row as Renee Gyllinson
- 1955 · One Desire as Seely Dowder
- 1955 · Too Old for Dolls as Polly Ramsay
- 1955 · The Wild Bunch as Louise
- 1954 · The Silver Chalice as Helena as a Girl
- 1954 · Sherwood Anderson's I'm A Fool as Lucy
- 1954 · Studio 57 as
- 1954 · Return of the Dead as Renee Marchand
- 1954 · Playmates as Monica
- 1954 · Mayor of the Town as Mayor's Niece
- 1953 · The Pride of the Family as Ann Morrison
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Lucy
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Polly Gookin
- 1952 · The Star as Gretchen
- 1952 · Just for You as Barbara Blake
- 1952 · Four Star Playhouse as Louise
- 1952 · The Rose Bowl Story as Sally Burke
- 1952 · Chevron Theatre as Monica Everton
- 1951 · The Blue Veil as Stephanie Rawlins
- 1951 · Dear Brat as Pauline Baxter
- 1950 · The Jackpot as Phyllis Lawrence
- 1950 · The Jack Benny Program as Natalie Wood
- 1950 · Never a Dull Moment as Nan Hayward
- 1950 · Our Very Own as Penny Macaulay
- 1950 · No Sad Songs for Me as Polly Scott
- 1950 · The Bob Hope Show as Self
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- 1949 · Father Was a Fullback as Ellen Cooper
- 1949 · The Green Promise as Susan Matthews
- 1949 · Chicken Every Sunday as Ruth Hefferen
- 1948 · Studio One as Jen Potter
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self - Guest
- 1948 · Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! as Eufraznee 'Bean' McGill
- 1947 · Driftwood as Jenny Hollingsworth
- 1947 · Miracle on 34th Street as Susan Walker
- 1947 · The Ghost and Mrs. Muir as Anna Muir as a Child
- 1946 · The Bride Wore Boots as Carol Warren
- 1946 · Tomorrow Is Forever as Margaret Ludwig
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee/Presenter
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Winner
- 1943 · Happy Land as Little Girl Dropping Ice Cream Cone (uncredited)
- 1943 · The Moon Is Down as Carrie (uncredited)