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
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.
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Born
Jul 20, 1938
San Francisco, California, USA
Died
Nov 29, 1981
Known For
Acting
Movies
88 acting
0 crew
Popularity
2.1
Known For
The Searchers
1956
as Debbie Edwards
West Side Story
1961
as Maria
Miracle on 34th Street
1947
as Susan Walker
Rebel Without a Cause
1955
as Judy
The Great Race
1965
as Maggie Dubois
Brainstorm
1983
as Karen Brace
Splendor in the Grass
1961
as Wilma "Deanie" Loomis
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
1947
as Anna Muir as a Child
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
1969
as Carol Sanders
Meteor
1979
as Tatiana Donskaya
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