Natalie Wood
Born July 20, 1938 (Age: 87)
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San Francisco, California, USA
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 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.
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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Filmography
Brunes et Blondes
2010
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as Self
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Age: 72
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
2009
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 71
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's
2009
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as (archive footage)
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Age: 70
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
2005
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as Herself (uncredited)
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Age: 66
How Real is 'The Star'?
2005
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 66
Rediscovering a Rebel
1996
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as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Age: 57
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990
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as (archive footage)
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Age: 51
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 49
Brainstorm
1983
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as Karen Brace
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Age: 45
Hollywood’s Children
1982
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 43
Willie & Phil
1980
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as Herself
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Age: 42
The Memory of Eva Ryker
1980
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as Eva Ryker / Claire Ryker
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Age: 41
The Last Married Couple in America
1980
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as Mari Thompson
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Age: 41
Meteor
1979
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as Tatiana Donskaya
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Age: 41
James Dean Remembered
1974
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as Self
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Age: 35
The Affair
1973
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as Courtney Patterson
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Age: 35
The Candidate
1972
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as Natalie Wood
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Age: 33
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
1969
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as Carol Sanders
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Age: 31
This Property Is Condemned
1966
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as Alva Starr
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Age: 28
The Great Race
1965
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as Maggie Dubois
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Age: 26
Sex and the Single Girl
1964
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as Helen Gurley Brown
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Age: 26
Love with the Proper Stranger
1963
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as Angie Rossini
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Age: 25
Gypsy
1962
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as Louise Hovick/Gypsy Rose Lee
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Age: 24
West Side Story
1961
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as Maria
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Age: 23
Splendor in the Grass
1961
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as Wilma "Deanie" Loomis
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Age: 23
All the Fine Young Cannibals
1960
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as Sarah "Salome" Davis
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Age: 22
Cash McCall
1960
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as Lory Austen
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Age: 21
Kings Go Forth
1958
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as Monique Blair
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Age: 19
Marjorie Morningstar
1958
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as Marjorie Morgenstern
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Age: 19
The Girl He Left Behind
1956
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as Susan Daniels
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Age: 18
New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'
1956
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as Self
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Age: 18
The Burning Hills
1956
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as Maria-Christina Colton
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Age: 18
A Cry in the Night
1956
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as Elizabeth
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Age: 18
The Deadly Riddle
1956
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as Lady Marian
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Age: 17
The Searchers
1956
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as Debbie Edwards
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Age: 17
Feathertop
1955
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as Polly Gookin
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Age: 17
Rebel Without a Cause
1955
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as Judy
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Age: 17
Heidi
1955
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as Klara Sesseman
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Age: 17
One Desire
1955
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as Seely Dowder
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Age: 17
Too Old for Dolls
1955
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as Polly Ramsay
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Age: 16
The Wild Bunch
1955
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as Louise
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Age: 16
The Silver Chalice
1954
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as Helena as a Girl
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Age: 16
Sherwood Anderson's I'm A Fool
1954
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as Lucy
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Age: 16
Return of the Dead
1954
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as Renee Marchand
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Age: 16
Playmates
1954
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as Monica
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Age: 16
The Jackpot
1950
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as Phyllis Lawrence
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Age: 12
Never a Dull Moment
1950
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as Nan Hayward
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Age: 12
Our Very Own
1950
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as Penny Macaulay
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Age: 12
No Sad Songs for Me
1950
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as Polly Scott
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Age: 11