Acting · San Francisco, California, USA · Born July 20, 1938
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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2026
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MoviePaul Newman: The Restless
2023
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MovieNatalie Wood: What Remains Behind
2020
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MovieTrumbull Land
2018
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MovieHoward
2018
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MovieNatalie Wood: An American Murder Mystery
2018
MovieHollywood: No Sex, Please!
2018
MovieThe Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
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MovieBright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
2017
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TVBuzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime
2016
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MovieTab Hunter Confidential
2015
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TVToo Young to Die
2012
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MovieBrunes et Blondes
2010
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MovieGlanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
2009
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MovieHollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's
2009
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Dominick Dunne: After the Party
2008
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MovieRebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
2005
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MovieHow Real is 'The Star'?
2005
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MovieRediscovering a Rebel
1996
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TVIntimate Portrait
1993
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MovieDeath In Hollywood
1990
MovieHollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990
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MovieHappy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
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MovieBrainstorm
1983
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MovieNatalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
MovieHollywood’s Children
1982
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1980
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MovieThe Memory of Eva Ryker
1980
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MovieThe Last Married Couple in America
1980
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From Here to Eternity
1980
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1979
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1979
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1979
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TVFrom Here to Eternity
1979
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1976
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1976
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1975
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1975
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1975
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1975
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1975
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TVDinah!
1974
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MovieJames Dean Remembered
1974
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1973
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1973
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1972
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Film '72
1971
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V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
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1969
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1968
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1966
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1966
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1966
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1965
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1964
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1963
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1962
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1962
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1962
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1961
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TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
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1961
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MovieAll the Fine Young Cannibals
1960
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1960
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1958
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1958
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1957
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1957
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1956
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1956
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1956
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1956
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1956
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1956
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1955
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1955
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1955
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1955
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1955
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1955
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1955
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1954
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1954
as Lucy
TVStudio 57
1954
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1954
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MoviePlaymates
1954
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1954
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1953
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1953
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1953
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1952
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1952
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TVFour Star Playhouse
1952
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1952
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Chevron Theatre
1952
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MovieThe Blue Veil
1951
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1951
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1950
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1950
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MovieNever a Dull Moment
1950
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1950
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1950
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1950
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1950
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1949
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1949
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1949
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1948
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1948
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1948
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1947
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1947
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1947
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1946
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MovieTomorrow Is Forever
1946
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TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
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MovieHappy Land
1943
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MovieThe Moon Is Down
1943
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