Natalie Wood
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter
1944
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self
1944
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner
1944
Film '72
Self
1971
Series
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Series
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Series
Intimate Portrait
Self (archive footage)
1993
Series
Four Star Playhouse
Louise
1952
Series
People's Choice Awards
Self - Presenter
1975
Series
Studio One
Jen Potter
1948
Series
The Bob Hope Show
Self
1950
Series
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Series
The Pride of the Family
Ann Morrison
1953
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
Dinah!
Self
1974
Series
The Jack Benny Program
Natalie Wood
1950
Series
Switch
Cruise Ship Passenger (uncredited)
1975
Film
Sex and the Single Girl
Helen Gurley Brown
1964
Series
Studio 57
1954
Film
Rebel Without a Cause
Judy
1955
Film
The Searchers
Debbie Edwards
1956
Film
Miracle on 34th Street
Susan Walker
1947
Series
Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime
Self (archive footage)
2016
Film
West Side Story
Maria
1961
V.I.P. Schaukel
Self
1971
Chevron Theatre
Monica Everton
1952
Series
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
1973
Series
Mayor of the Town
Mayor's Niece
1954
Film
The Great Race
Maggie Dubois
1965
Film
Gypsy
Louise Hovick/Gypsy Rose Lee
1962
Film
Splendor in the Grass
Wilma "Deanie" Loomis
1961
Film
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Carol Sanders
1969
Series
From Here to Eternity
Karen Holmes
1979
Film
Brainstorm
Karen Brace
1983
Series
Too Young to Die
Self (archive footage)
2012
From Here to Eternity
Karen Holmes
1980
Series
Laurence Olivier Presents
Margaret
1976
Film
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Anna Muir as a Child
1947
Film
Penelope
Penelope
1966
Series
General Electric Theater
Lucy
1953
Series
General Electric Theater
Polly Gookin
1953
Film
Bombers B-52
Lois Brennan
1957
Film
This Property Is Condemned
Alva Starr
1966
Film
Meteor
Tatiana Donskaya
1979
Film
The Candidate
Natalie Wood
1972
Film
Howard
Maria (archive footage)
2018
Film
Inside Daisy Clover
Daisy Clover
1966
Film
Peeper
Ellen Prendergast
1975
Film
The Burning Hills
Maria-Christina Colton
1956
Film
The Silver Chalice
Helena as a Girl
1954
Film
Marjorie Morningstar
Marjorie Morgenstern
1958
Film
Tomorrow Is Forever
Margaret Ludwig
1946
Film
Driftwood
Jenny Hollingsworth
1947
Film
Love with the Proper Stranger
Angie Rossini
1963
Film
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
(archive footage)
1990
Film
No Sad Songs for Me
Polly Scott
1950
Film
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
2018
Film
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Self (archive)
2017
Kings Row
Renee Gyllinson
1955
Film
The Blue Veil
Stephanie Rawlins
1951
Film
The Last Married Couple in America
Mari Thompson
1980
Film
Tab Hunter Confidential
Self (archive)
2015
Film
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
Self (archive footage)
2020
Film
All the Fine Young Cannibals
Sarah "Salome" Davis
1960
Film
The James Dean Story
Self
1957
Film
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1988
Film
The Jackpot
Phyllis Lawrence
1950
Film
The Memory of Eva Ryker
Eva Ryker / Claire Ryker
1980
Film
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
Self (archive footage, uncredited)
2017
Film
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
Debbie Edwards - Age 15 (archive footage) (uncredited)
2026
Film
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
Film
Kings Go Forth
Monique Blair
1958
Film
Brunes et Blondes
Self
2010
Film
Cash McCall
Lory Austen
1960
Film
Death In Hollywood
1990
Film
A Cry in the Night
Elizabeth
1956
Film
Paul Newman: The Restless
Self
2023
Film
The Star
Gretchen
1952
Film
Trumbull Land
Self (archive footage)
2018
Film
Never a Dull Moment
Nan Hayward
1950
Film
Happy Land
Little Girl Dropping Ice Cream Cone (uncredited)
1943
Film
Willie & Phil
Herself
1980
Film
James Dean: The First American Teenager
Self
1975
Film
The Moon Is Down
Carrie (uncredited)
1943
Film
Hollywood’s Children
Self (archive footage)
1982
Film
The Cracker Factory
Cassie Barrett
1979
Dominick Dunne: After the Party
Self (archive footage)
2008
Film
The Affair
Courtney Patterson
1973
Film
Our Very Own
Penny Macaulay
1950
Film
The Bride Wore Boots
Carol Warren
1946
Film
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's
(archive footage)
2009
Film
Father Was a Fullback
Ellen Cooper
1949
Film
The Girl He Left Behind
Susan Daniels
1956
Film
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
Self (archive footage)
2009
Film
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
Eufraznee 'Bean' McGill
1948
Film
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Margaret
1976
Film
Hart to Hart
Movie Star
1979
Film
Dear Brat
Pauline Baxter
1951
Film
One Desire
Seely Dowder
1955
Film
The Wild Bunch
Louise
1955
Film
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
Self
1975
Film
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
Herself (uncredited)
2005
Film
Natalie Wood: An American Murder Mystery
2018
Film
James Dean Remembered
Self
1974
Film
Just for You
Barbara Blake
1952
Film
Feathertop
Polly Gookin
1955
Film
Return of the Dead
Renee Marchand
1954
Film
The Deadly Riddle
Lady Marian
1956
Film
New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'
Self
1956
Film
Sherwood Anderson's I'm A Fool
Lucy
1954
Film
Chicken Every Sunday
Ruth Hefferen
1949
Film
Playmates
Monica
1954
Film
The Rose Bowl Story
Sally Burke
1952
Film
The Green Promise
Susan Matthews
1949
Film
Heidi
Klara Sesseman
1955
Film
Rediscovering a Rebel
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1996
Film
Too Old for Dolls
Polly Ramsay
1955
Film
How Real is 'The Star'?
Self (archive footage)
2005