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Natalie Wood
Natalie Wood (born Natalie Zacharenko on July 20, 1938) was an accomplished American actress. Starting her career in film at the young age of four, Wood later received critical acclaim for her transition to young adult roles. She secured a co-starring role in Miracle on 34th Street at eight and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in her teens for her performance in Rebel Without a Cause. Her career continued with remarkable performances in musical films like West Side Story and movies such as Sex and the Single Girl and The Great Race.
By the 1970s, after a brief hiatus and giving birth to two daughters, she made her return to acting, mostly on television. Wood received a Golden Globe Award for her work in a television remake of From Here to Eternity. However, her career was cut short at the age of 43 when she tragically drowned near Santa Catalina Island during the production of her comeback film Brainstorm. The circumstances of her death remain a topic of speculation and controversy.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: Natalie Zacharenko
Born: San Francisco, California, U.S.
Citizenship: United States
Birthday: July 20, 1938
Occupations: Actress
Years Active: 1943-1981
Children: 2
Spouses: Robert Wagner, Richard Gregson
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Awards and Nominations Received by Natalie Wood
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Movies Featuring Natalie Wood
Splendor in the Grass
The Great Race
West Side Story
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Brainstorm
The Searchers
Rebel Without a Cause
Miracle on 34th Street
The Star
Meteor
Brunes et Blondes
Natalie Wood: An American Murder Mystery
Howard
Trumbull Land
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
Death In Hollywood
The Last Married Couple in America
The Memory of Eva Ryker
Hollywood’s Children
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
Willie & Phil
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Paul Newman: The Restless
Willie & Phil
Our Very Own
The Moon Is Down
Hollywood and the Stars
Peeper
One Desire
Dear Brat
Father Was a Fullback
The Blue Veil
The Bride Wore Boots
Gypsy
The Celluloid Closet
The Girl He Left Behind
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
I’m a Stranger Here Myself
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
The Green Promise
Tomorrow Is Forever
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
All the Fine Young Cannibals
Bombers B-52
Hart to Hart
Sex and the Single Girl
James Dean: The First American Teenager
Just for You
Marjorie Morningstar
I’m a Fool
The Burning Hills
The Cracker Factory
Penelope
Love with the Proper Stranger
Dominick Dunne: After the Party
Happy Land
The Jackpot
The Silver Chalice
Kings Go Forth
This Property Is Condemned
The James Dean Story
Cash McCall
Driftwood
Never a Dull Moment
James Dean Remembered
From Here to Eternity
The Affair
Career Timeline
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2018
Natalie Wood: An American Murder Mystery
Howard
Maria (archive footage)
Trumbull Land
Self (archive footage)
1990
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
(archive footage)
Death In Hollywood
(archive footage)
1980
The Last Married Couple in America
Mari Thompson
The Memory of Eva Ryker
Eva Ryker / Claire Ryker
Willie & Phil
Herself
Willie & Phil
Herself
1975
Peeper
Ellen Prendergast
I’m a Stranger Here Myself
Self
James Dean: The First American Teenager
Self
1947
Miracle on 34th Street
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Anna Muir as a Child
Driftwood
Jenny Hollingsworth
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