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.
88 movies · 30 shows
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
2026·0.0
Paul Newman: The Restless
2023·7.7
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
2020·6.4
Trumbull Land
2018·7.3
Howard
2018·6.8
Natalie Wood: An American Murder Mystery
2018·5.5
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
2018·5.5
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017·4.5
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
2017·7.5
Tab Hunter Confidential
2015·7.3
Brunes et Blondes
2010·0.0
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
2009·0.0
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's
2009·0.0
Dominick Dunne: After the Party
2008·7.5
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
2005·0.0
How Real is 'The Star'?
2005·6.0
Rediscovering a Rebel
1996·0.0
Death In Hollywood
1990·6.8
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990·5.7
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988·6.0
Brainstorm
1983·6.2
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982·6.0
Hollywood’s Children
1982·9.0
Willie & Phil
1980·4.6
The Memory of Eva Ryker
1980·8.0
The Last Married Couple in America
1980·4.4
Meteor
1979·5.2
Hart to Hart
1979·7.5
The Cracker Factory
1979·9.3
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1976·5.0
Peeper
1975·5.1
James Dean: The First American Teenager
1975·7.5
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
1975·6.7
James Dean Remembered
1974·8.0
The Affair
1973·3.8
The Candidate
1972·6.5
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
1969·6.2
Penelope
1966·5.4
This Property Is Condemned
1966·6.5
Inside Daisy Clover
1966·5.6
The Great Race
1965·7.1
Sex and the Single Girl
1964·6.6
Love with the Proper Stranger
1963·6.8
Gypsy
1962·6.3
West Side Story
1961·7.2
Splendor in the Grass
1961·7.5
All the Fine Young Cannibals
1960·5.9
Cash McCall
1960·6.3
Kings Go Forth
1958·6.1
Marjorie Morningstar
1958·6.3
Bombers B-52
1957·5.8
The James Dean Story
1957·5.4
The Girl He Left Behind
1956·4.5
New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'
1956·6.0
The Burning Hills
1956·6.1
A Cry in the Night
1956·5.4
The Deadly Riddle
1956·0.0
The Searchers
1956·7.7
Feathertop
1955·0.0
Rebel Without a Cause
1955·7.5
Heidi
1955·0.0
One Desire
1955·6.1
Too Old for Dolls
1955·0.0
The Wild Bunch
1955·0.0
The Silver Chalice
1954·4.5
Sherwood Anderson's I'm A Fool
1954·6.0
Return of the Dead
1954·5.0
Playmates
1954·0.0
The Star
1952·7.2
Just for You
1952·5.4
The Rose Bowl Story
1952·4.3
The Blue Veil
1951·6.8
Dear Brat
1951·4.5
The Jackpot
1950·7.0
Never a Dull Moment
1950·6.1
Our Very Own
1950·5.9
No Sad Songs for Me
1950·6.3
Father Was a Fullback
1949·6.3
The Green Promise
1949·6.4
Chicken Every Sunday
1949·6.2
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
1948·6.6
Driftwood
1947·6.8
Miracle on 34th Street
1947·7.4
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
1947·7.5
The Bride Wore Boots
1946·6.1
Tomorrow Is Forever
1946·6.3
Happy Land
1943·7.1
The Moon Is Down
1943·6.9