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Role
  
Film actress

Name
  
Natalie Wood

Years active
  
1943–1981

Occupation
  
Actress


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Full Name
  
Natalie Zacharenko

Born
  
July 20, 1938 (
1938-07-20
)
San Francisco, California, U.S.

Cause of death
  
Drowning and other undetermined factors

Resting place
  
Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

Other names
  
Natasha GurdinNatalie Wood Wagner

Died
  
November 29, 1981, Santa Catalina Island, California, United States

Spouse
  
Robert Wagner (m. 1972–1981), Richard Gregson (m. 1969–1972), Robert Wagner (m. 1957–1962)

Children
  
Natasha Gregson Wagner, Courtney Brooke Wagner

Siblings
  
Lana Wood, Olga Viriapaeff

Movies
  
Rebel Without a Cause, Splendor in the Grass, Miracle on 34th Street, Gypsy, The Great Race

Similar People
  
Robert Wagner, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Lana Wood, James Dean, Courtney Brooke Wagner

Natasha Gregson Wagner Remembers Her Mom, Natalie Wood


Natalie Wood (born Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko; July 20, 1938 – November 29, 1981) was an American film and television actress. She was known for her screen roles in Miracle on 34th Street, Splendor in the Grass, Rebel Without a Cause, The Searchers, and West Side Story. She first worked in films as a child, then became a successful Hollywood star as a young adult, when she received three Academy Award nominations before she was 25 years old.

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Wood began acting in movies at the age of four and, at age eight was given a co-starring role with Maureen O'Hara in the classic Christmas film Miracle on 34th Street. As a teenager, her performance in Rebel Without a Cause (1955) earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She starred in the musical films West Side Story (1961) and Gypsy (1962), and received Academy Award for Best Actress nominations for her performances in Splendor in the Grass (1961) and Love with the Proper Stranger (1963). Her career continued with films such as Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969).

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After this, she took a break from acting and had two children with different husbands, appearing in only three theatrical films during the 1970s. She was married to actor Robert Wagner twice, and to producer Richard Gregson. She had one daughter with Gregson, actress Natasha Gregson Wagner. Wood gave birth to Courtney Wagner during her second marriage to Wagner.

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Wood starred in several television productions, including a remake of the film From Here to Eternity (1979) for which she won a Golden Globe Award. During her career, her films represented a "coming of age" for both her and Hollywood films in general.

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Wood died, age 43, drowning on November 29, 1981; police, and the coroner, ruled her death as accidental.

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Early years

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Natalie Wood was born Natalia Zakharenko in San Francisco, to Russian immigrant parents Maria Stepanovna (née Zudilova, Russian: Мария Степановна Зудилова; 1912–1996) and Nikolai Stepanovich Zakharenko (Russian: Николай Степанович Захаренко; c. 1912–1980). Nikolai was a son of two Ukrainians from Kharkiv: Stephan Zakharenko and Eudoxia Sauchenko. Nikolai was born in Vladivostok. As a child, he immigrated with his mother and two brothers to Montreal, Quebec. Later they moved to San Francisco. There, he worked as a day laborer and carpenter.

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Natalia's mother was born in Barnaul, southern Siberia. Her father Stepan worked in a chocolate factory in Russia. He was killed in street fighting between Red and White Russian soldiers in 1918 during the Russian Revolution. After Stepan's death, Maria's mother left the country with her children, resettling as a refugee in the Chinese city of Harbin. Maria married Alexander Tatuloff, in China, and had a daughter, Olga (1927-2015).

Natalie liked to describe her family as having been either gypsies or landowning aristocrats in Russia. In her youth, her mother had dreamed of becoming an actress or ballet dancer. Natalie and her sisters were raised Russian Orthodox Christian and remained in the church. As an adult, she stated, "I'm very Russian, you know." She spoke both English and Russian with an American accent.

Biographer Warren Harris wrote that under the family's "needy circumstances," her mother may have transferred those ambitions to her middle daughter, Natalia. Her mother would take Natalia to the movies as often as she could: "Natalie's only professional training was watching Hollywood child stars from her mother's lap," notes Harris. Wood would later recall this time:

My mother used to tell me that the cameraman who pointed his lens out at the audience at the end of the Paramount newsreel was taking my picture. I'd pose and smile like he was going to make me famous or something. I believed everything my mother told me.

Shortly after Natalia was born in San Francisco, her family moved to Santa Rosa in nearby Sonoma County. Natalia (often called "Natasha", the Russian diminutive) was noticed by members of a crew during a film shoot in downtown Santa Rosa. Her mother soon moved the family to Los Angeles in order to pursue a film career for her daughter. After Natalia started acting as a child, David Lewis and William Goetz, studio executives at RKO Radio Pictures, changed her name to "Natalie Wood."

Wood's younger sister, Svetlana Gurdin (the family had changed their surname), was born in Santa Monica after the move. Now known as Lana Wood, she also became an actress. Lana had a role as one of the Bond girls.

Child actress

A few weeks before her fifth birthday, Wood made her film debut as a character actress in a fifteen-second scene in the 1943 film Happy Land. Despite the brief part, she attracted the notice of the director, Irving Pichel. He remained in contact with Wood's family for two years, advising them when another role came up. The director telephoned Wood's mother and asked her to bring her daughter to Los Angeles for a screen test. Wood's mother became so excited that she "packed the whole family off to Los Angeles to live," writes Harris. Wood's father opposed the idea, but his wife's "overpowering ambition to make Natalie a star" took priority. According to Wood's younger sister, Lana, Pichel "discovered her and wanted to adopt her."

Wood, then seven years old, got the part. She played a post-World War Two, German, orphan opposite Orson Welles, as Wood's guardian, and Claudette Colbert, in Tomorrow Is Forever (1946). Welles later said that Wood was a born professional, "so good, she was terrifying." After Wood acted in another film directed by Pichel, her mother signed her with 20th Century Fox studio for her first major role, the 1947 Miracle on 34th Street, which has become a Christmas classic. Wood starred with Maureen O'Hara. She was counted among the top child stars in Hollywood after this film. Within a few months after the film's release, Wood was counted among the top child stars in Hollywood, and was so popular that Macy's invited her to appear in the store's annual Thanksgiving Day parade.

Film historian John C. Tibbetts writes that for the next few years following her success in Miracle, Wood played roles as a daughter in a series of family films: Fred MacMurray's daughter in Father Was a Fullback and Dear Brat, Margaret Sullavan's daughter in No Sad Songs for Me, James Stewart's daughter in The Jackpot, Joan Blondell's neglected daughter in The Blue Veil, and the daughter of Bette Davis' character in The Star. In all, Wood appeared in over 20 films as a child.

Because Wood was a minor during her early years as an actress, she received her formal education on the studio lots wherever she was contracted. California law required that until age 18, child actors had to spend at least three hours per day in the classroom, notes Harris. "She was a straight A student", and one of the few child actors to excel at arithmetic. Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who directed her in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947), said that "In all my years in the business, I never met a smarter moppet." Wood remembered that period in her life, saying, "I always felt guilty when I knew the crew was sitting around waiting for me to finish my three hours. As soon as the teacher let us go, I ran to the set as fast as I could".

As a child actress, Wood received media attention. By age nine, she had been named the "most exciting juvenile motion picture star of the year" by Parents. At age twelve, Wood was ranked as Child Star of the Year by the Children's Day National Council of New York.

Teen stardom

In the 1953–54 television season, Wood played Ann Morrison, the teenage daughter in The Pride of the Family, an ABC situation comedy. She successfully made the transition from child star to ingenue at age 16 when she co-starred with James Dean and Sal Mineo in Rebel Without a Cause (1955), Nicholas Ray's film about teenage rebellion. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She followed this with a small but crucial role in John Ford's The Searchers (1956).

Wood graduated from Van Nuys High School in 1956. She signed with Warner Brothers and was kept busy during the remainder of the decade in many 'girlfriend' roles, which she found unsatisfying. The studio cast her in two films opposite Tab Hunter, hoping to turn the duo into a box office draw that never materialized. Among the other films made at this time were 1958's Kings Go Forth and Marjorie Morningstar. As Marjorie Morningstar, Wood played the role of a young Jewish girl in New York City who has to deal with the social and religious expectations of her family, as she tries to forge her own path and separate identity. She also had detractors. Film critic Pauline Kael referred to her as "clever little Natalie Wood ... [the] most machine-tooled of Hollywood ingénues."

Later career

Wood's characters in Rebel Without a Cause, The Searchers and Marjorie Morningstar began to show her widening range of acting styles, observes Tibbetts. Her former "childlike sweetness" was now being combined with a noticeable "restlessness that was characteristic of the youth of the 1950s." After Wood appeared in the box office flop All the Fine Young Cannibals (1960), she lost momentum. Wood's career was in a transition period, having until then consisted of roles as a child or as a teenager. She hoped to be cast in adult roles.

Biographer Suzanne Finstad notes that a "turning point" in her life as an actress took place when she saw the film A Streetcar Named Desire (1951): "She was transformed, in awe of director Elia Kazan and of Vivien Leigh's performance ... [who] became a role model for Natalie." "Her roles raised the possibility that one's sensitivity could mark a person as a kind of victim," noted Tibbetts.

After a "series of bad films, her career was already in decline", notes Rathgeb. Then she was cast in Kazan's Splendor in the Grass (1961) opposite Warren Beatty. Kazan wrote in his 1997 memoir that the "sages" of the film community declared her "washed up" as an actress, but he still wanted to interview her for his next film:

When I saw her, I detected behind the well-mannered 'young wife' front a desperate twinkle in her eyes ... I talked with her more quietly then and more personally. I wanted to find out what human material was there, what her inner life was ... Then she told me she was being psychoanalyzed. That did it. Poor R.J., I said to myself. I liked Bob Wagner, I still do.

Kazan cast Wood as the female lead in Splendor in the Grass, and her career rebounded. He felt that despite her earlier, innocent roles, she had the talent and maturity to go beyond them. In the film, Warren Beatty's character was deprived of sexual love with Natalie's character, and as a result turns to another, "looser" girl. Wood's character could not handle the sexuality and after a breakdown was committed to a mental institution. Kazan writes that he cast her in the role partly because he saw in Wood's personality a "true-blue quality with a wanton side that is held down by social pressure," adding that "she clings to things with her eyes," a quality he found especially "appealing."

Finstad felt that although Wood had never trained in Method acting techniques, "working with Kazan brought her to the greatest emotional heights of her career. The experience was exhilarating but wrenching for Natalie, who faced her demons on Splendor." She adds that a scene in the film, as a result of "Kazan's wizardry ... produced a hysteria in Natalie that may be her most powerful moment as an actress." Actor Gary Lockwood, who also acted in the film, felt that "Kazan and Natalie were a terrific marriage, because you had this beautiful girl, and you had somebody that could get things out of her." Kazan's favorite scene in the movie was the last one, when Wood goes back to see her lost first love, Bud (Beatty). "It's terribly touching to me. I still like it when I see it," writes Kazan.

In 1961, Wood played Maria in the Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise musical West Side Story, which was a major box office and critical success. Tibbetts notes similarities in her role in this film and the earlier Rebel Without a Cause. Here, she plays the role of a restless Puerto Rican girl on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. She was to represent the "restlessness of American youth in the 1950s", expressed by youth gangs and juvenile delinquency, along with early rock & roll. Both films, he observes, were "modern allegories based on the 'Romeo and Juliet' theme, including private restlessness and public alienation. Where in Rebel she falls in love with the character played by James Dean, whose gang-like friends and violent temper alienated him from his family, in West Side Story she enters into a romance with an ethnic white gang member and his threatening world of outcasts, also alienated from their families and the law.

Although the singing parts were sung by Marni Nixon, West Side Story is still regarded as one of Wood's best films. Wood sang when she starred in the 1962 film Gypsy. She co-starred in the slapstick comedy The Great Race (1965), with Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, and Peter Falk. Her ability to speak Russian was an asset given to her character Maggie DuBois. It justified the character's recording the progress of the race across Siberia, and entering the race at the beginning as a contestant. In 1964, Wood received her third Academy Award nomination for Love with the Proper Stranger, making Wood the second actress to net three Oscar nominations by age 25, joining Teresa Wright.

Although many of Wood's films were commercially profitable, at times her acting was criticized. In 1966, Wood was given the Harvard Lampoon Worst Actress of the Year Award. She was the first performer in the award's history to accept it in person, and The Harvard Crimson wrote she was "quite a good sport".

Director Sydney Pollack was quoted as saying about Wood, "When she was right for the part, there was no one better. She was a damn good actress." Other notable films starring Wood were Inside Daisy Clover (1965) and This Property Is Condemned (1966), both of which co-starred Robert Redford and brought Wood Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress. In both films, which were set during the Great Depression, Wood played small-town teens with big dreams. After the release of the films, Wood suffered emotionally and sought professional therapy. During this time, she turned down the Faye Dunaway role in Bonnie and Clyde (1967) because she did not want to be separated from her analyst.

After three years away from acting, Wood co-starred with Elliott Gould in the hit Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969), a comedy about sexual liberation. According to Tibbets, this was the first film in which "the saving leavening of humor was brought to bear upon the many painful dilemmas portrayed in her adult films."

After becoming pregnant in 1970 with her first child, Natasha Gregson, Wood went into semi-retirement. She acted in only four more theatrical films during the remainder of her life. She made a brief cameo appearance as herself in The Candidate (1972), reuniting her for a third time with Robert Redford. She also reunited on the screen with Robert Wagner in the television movie of the week The Affair (1973), and with Laurence Olivier and husband Wagner in an adaptation of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1976) broadcast as a special by NBC. She made cameo appearances on Wagner's prime-time detective series Switch in 1978 as "Bubble Bath Girl," and Hart to Hart in 1979 as "Movie Star". After her daughters reached school age Wood began to work more frequently.

Film roles that Wood turned down during her career hiatus went to Ali MacGraw in Goodbye, Columbus; Mia Farrow in The Great Gatsby; and Faye Dunaway in The Towering Inferno. Later, Wood chose to star in the disaster film Meteor (1979) with Sean Connery, and the sex comedy The Last Married Couple in America (1980), which bombed at the box office. Her performance in the latter was praised, and considered reminiscent of her performance in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice. In Last Married Couple, Wood broke ground: although an actress with a clean, middle-class image, she used the "F" word in a frank marital discussion with her husband (George Segal).

In this period, Wood had more success in television, receiving high ratings and critical acclaim in 1979 for The Cracker Factory and especially the miniseries film Here to Eternity, with Kim Basinger and William Devane. Wood's performance in the latter won her a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in 1980. Later that year, she starred in The Memory of Eva Ryker, which proved to be her last completed production.

At the time of her death, Wood was filming the science fiction film Brainstorm (1983), co-starring Christopher Walken and directed by Douglas Trumbull. She was also scheduled to star in a theatrical production of Anastasia with Wendy Hiller and in a film called Country of the Heart, playing a terminally ill writer who has an affair with a teenager, to be played by Timothy Hutton. Due to her untimely death, both of the latter projects were canceled. The ending of Brainstorm had to be re-written. A stand-in and sound-alikes were used to replace Wood for some of her critical scenes. The film was released posthumously on September 30, 1983, and was dedicated to her in the closing credits.

Wood appeared in 56 films for cinema and television. Following her death, Time magazine noted that although critical praise for Wood had been sparse throughout her career, "she always had work".

Personal life

Wood had two highly publicized marriages to actor Robert Wagner. Wood said that she had had a crush on Wagner since she was a child, and on her 18th birthday she went on a studio-arranged date with the 26-year-old actor. They married a year later on December 28, 1957; it was a union that her mother argued against.

In an article in February 2009, Wagner recalled their early romance:

I saw Natalie around town but she never seemed interested. She was making Rebel Without a Cause and hanging out with James Dean; I was with an older crowd. The first time I remember really talking to her was at a fashion show in 1956. She was beautiful, but still gave no hint about the mad crush she had on me. I later found out she had signed with my agent simply because he was my agent. A month later, I invited Natalie to a premiere on what turned out to be her 18th birthday. At dinner, we both sensed things were different. I sent her flowers and the dates continued. I remember the instant I fell in love with her. One night on board a small boat I owned, she looked at me with love, her dark brown eyes lit by a table lantern. That moment changed my life.

Wood and Wagner separated in June 1961 and divorced in April 1962.

On May 30, 1969, Wood married British producer Richard Gregson. The couple had dated for two and a half years prior to their marriage, while Gregson waited for his divorce to be finalized. In 1970 they had a daughter, Natasha. They separated in August 1971 after Wood overheard an inappropriate telephone conversation between her secretary and Gregson. The split marked a brief estrangement between Wood and her family, when mother Maria and sister Lana told her to reconcile with Gregson for the sake of her newborn child. She filed for divorce, and it was finalized in April 1972.

In early 1972, Wood resumed her relationship with Wagner. The couple remarried on July 16, 1972, five months after reconciling and three months after she divorced Gregson. Their daughter, Courtney Wagner, was born in 1974.

Wood's sister, Lana Wood, recalls this period:

Her marriage was considered to be one of the best in Hollywood, and there is no question that she was a devoted, loving—even adoring—mother and stepmother. She and R.J. had begun with love and built from there. They had overcome each other's problems and had reached an accommodation with time, and the changes time brings. As with anybody else who has settled into making a long marriage work, they were far more determined than most people to make it work ...

They remained married until Wood's death seven years later on November 29, 1981 at age 43.

Death

During the making of the film Brainstorm, Wood drowned while on a weekend boat trip to Santa Catalina Island on board the Splendour. Many of the circumstances surrounding her drowning are unknown; it was never determined how she entered the water. She was with her husband Robert Wagner, Brainstorm co-star Christopher Walken, and the Splendour's captain, Dennis Davern, on the evening of November 28, 1981. Wood's body was recovered by authorities at 8:00 a.m. on November 29, one mile away from the boat, with a small inflatable dinghy, named the Valiant, found beached nearby. According to Wagner, when he went to bed, Wood was not there. The autopsy report revealed that Wood had bruises on her body and arms as well as an abrasion on her left cheek.

Later, in his memoir Pieces of My Heart, Wagner acknowledged that he had an argument with Wood before she disappeared. The autopsy found that Wood's blood alcohol level was 0.14%, and there were traces of two types of medication in her bloodstream: a motion-sickness pill and a painkiller, both of which increase the effects of alcohol. Following his investigation, Los Angeles County coroner Thomas Noguchi ruled her death an accident by drowning and hypothermia. According to Noguchi, Wood had been drinking and may have slipped while trying to re-board the dinghy.

Wood was buried in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles. Scores of representatives of international media, photographers, and members of the public tried to attend Wood's funeral; however, all were required to remain outside the cemetery walls. Among the celebrity attendees were Frank Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor, Fred Astaire, Rock Hudson, David Niven, Gregory Peck, Gene Kelly, Elia Kazan and Laurence Olivier. Olivier flew from London to Los Angeles to attend the service.

After a thirty-year hiatus, the case was reopened in November, 2011 after the captain of the boat, Dennis Davern, publicly stated that he had lied to police during the initial investigation and that Wood and Wagner had an argument that evening, and alleged that Wagner was responsible for her death.

After nine months of further investigation, Los Angeles County Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran amended Wood's death certificate and changed the cause of her death from accidental drowning to "drowning and other undetermined factors." The amended document included a statement that the circumstances of how Wood ended up in the water are "not clearly established". The coroner's office had been instructed by detectives not to discuss or comment on the case.

On January 14, 2013, the Los Angeles County coroner's office offered a 10-page addendum to Wood's autopsy report. The addendum stated that she might have sustained some of the bruises on her body before she went into the water and drowned, but that could not be definitively determined. Forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Hunter has speculated that Wood was particularly susceptible to bruising due to the drug synthroid that she had taken.

Douglas Trumbull, director of Brainstorm, quit directing after Wood's death in 1981. In 2013, he explained that the uncertain circumstances of her death were the main reason for this decision. He has since returned to filmmaking.

In 2011, Walken hired a lawyer when authorities reopened the Wood case, while the LAPD said, "Walken is not a suspect." Authorities stated that Walken is not a suspect.

Wagner has denied any involvement in Wood's death.

Tributes

Several songs were written about or mention Wood, including "Natalie Wood" (1980, written by Jay Alanski, cover by Jil Caplan), "Natalie's Song" (David Pack), "Eyes Like Natalie Wood" (Kathy Fleischmann), and "I Want to Be Loved Like That" (Phil Barnhart, Sam Hogin, and Bill LaBounty, performed by Shenandoah). In 1999, Julian Daze and the Photon Karma recorded "Natalie Wood", written by singer-songwriter Brian Bell, and released on the Stories of Old album. In 2002 The Handsome Family wrote the song "Natalie Wood," later released on their Twilight album. In 2015, the band TV Girl released a song titled "Natalie Wood". In 2015, an eau de parfum fragrance was released called "Natalie", and featuring gardenia, which was her favorite scent.

Media Portrayal

A 2004 TV film titled The Mystery of Natalie Wood was directed by Peter Bogdanovich and starred Justine Waddell and Michael Weatherly.

Filmography

Actress
1983
Brainstorm as
Karen Brace
1980
Willie & Phil as
Natalie Wood
1980
The Memory of Eva Ryker (TV Movie) as
Eva Ryker / Claire Ryker
1980
The Last Married Couple in America as
Mari Thompson
1979
Meteor as
Tatiana Donskaya
1979
Hart to Hart (TV Series) as
Movie Star
- Hart to Hart (1979) - Movie Star (as Natasha Gurdin)
1979
The Cracker Factory (TV Movie) as
Cassie Barrett
1979
From Here to Eternity (TV Mini Series) as
Karen Holmes
- Part III (1979) - Karen Holmes
- Part II (1979) - Karen Holmes
- Part I (1979) - Karen Holmes
1975
Switch (TV Series) as
Girl in the Bubble Bath / Cruise Ship Passenger
- The Cage (1978) - Girl in the Bubble Bath
- The Cruise Ship Murders (1975) - Cruise Ship Passenger (uncredited)
1976
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (TV Movie) as
Margaret
1975
Peeper as
Ellen Prendergast
1973
The Affair (TV Movie) as
Courtney Patterson
1972
The Candidate as
Natalie Wood
1969
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice as
Carol Sanders
1966
Penelope as
Penelope
1966
This Property Is Condemned as
Alva
1965
Inside Daisy Clover as
Daisy Clover
1965
The Great Race as
Maggie Dubois
1964
Sex and the Single Girl as
Helen Brown
1963
Love with the Proper Stranger as
Angie Rossini
1962
Gypsy as
Louise Hovick
1961
West Side Story as
Maria
1961
Splendor in the Grass as
Wilma Dean Loomis
1960
All the Fine Young Cannibals as
Sarah 'Salome' Davis
1960
Cash McCall as
Lory Austen
1958
Kings Go Forth as
Monique Blair
1958
Marjorie Morningstar as
Marjorie Morgenstern
1957
Bombers B-52 as
Lois Brennan
1954
Studio 57 (TV Series) as
Sheila Mason
- Little Miss Bedford (1957)
- The Plot Against Miss Pomeroy (1954) - Sheila Mason
1957
Conflict (TV Series) as
Patsy
- Girl on the Subway (1957) - Patsy
1956
The Girl He Left Behind as
Susan Daniels
1956
The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (TV Series) as
Kathy Jo
- Carnival (1956) - Kathy Jo
1956
The Burning Hills as
Maria-Christina Colton
1956
A Cry in the Night as
Elizabeth
1956
Camera Three (TV Series) as
Lady Marian
- The Deadly Riddle (1956) - Lady Marian
1956
Warner Brothers Presents (TV Series) as
Lady Marian
- The Deadly Riddle (1956) - Lady Marian
1956
The Searchers as
Debbie Edwards - Age 15
1955
Kings Row (TV Series) as
Renee Gyllinson
- Carnival (1956) - Renee Gyllinson
- Wedding Gift (1955)
1955
Studio One (TV Series) as
Jen Potter
- Miracle at Potter's Farm (1955) - Jen Potter
1954
General Electric Theater (TV Series) as
Polly Gookin / Lucy
- Feathertop (1955) - Polly Gookin
- I'm a Fool (1954) - Lucy
1955
Rebel Without a Cause as
Judy
1955
Max Liebman Spectaculars (TV Series) as
Klara Sesseman
- Heidi (1955) - Klara Sesseman
1955
One Desire as
Seely Dowder
1955
The Ford Television Theatre (TV Series) as
Polly Ramsay
- Too Old for Dolls (1955) - Polly Ramsay
1955
Four Star Playhouse (TV Series) as
Louise
- The Wild Bunch (1955) - Louise
1954
Mayor of the Town (TV Series) as
June / Mayor's Niece
- The Old Triangle (1954) - June
- Papa Dear (1954) - June
- Junior Voters (1954) - June
- Mayor of the Town (1954) - Mayor's Niece
1954
The Silver Chalice as
Helena as a Girl
1954
The Reluctant Redeemer (TV Movie)
1954
Public Defender (TV Series) as
Renee Marchand
- Return of the Dead (1954) - Renee Marchand
1954
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (TV Series) as
Monica
- Playmates (1954) - Monica
1953
The Pride of the Family (TV Series) as
Ann Morrison
- Albie's Train Trip (1954) - Ann Morrison
- Albie Baby Sits (1954) - Ann Morrison
- Albie's Discipline Campaign (1954) - Ann Morrison
- Albie and the New Catherine (1954) - Ann Morrison
- Bringing Back Romance (1954) - Ann Morrison
- Catherine's Old Friend (1954) - Ann Morrison
- Albie the Clown (1954) - Ann Morrison
- The Antique Watch (1954) - Ann Morrison
- Ann's Boyfriends (1954) - Ann Morrison
- Albie's Economy Wave (1954) - Ann Morrison
- Albie's New Chair (1954) - Ann Morrison
- Albie Feels His Age (1954) - Ann Morrison
- The Arts and Crafts Story (1954) - Ann Morrison
- Barbecue Story (1954) - Ann Morrison
- Catherine's Birthday (1954) - Ann Morrison
- Uncle Harry's Visit (1954) - Ann Morrison
- The Chicken Farm (1953) - Ann Morrison
- The Radioactive Story (1953) - Ann Morrison
- The Anniversary Story (1953) - Ann Morrison
- The Thanksgiving Story (1953) - Ann Morrison
- Income Tax Collector (1953) - Ann Morrison
- Albie's Dishwasher (1953) - Ann Morrison
- Albie Sells the House (1953) - Ann Morrison
- Portrait Story (1953) - Ann Morrison
- The Dance Story (1953) - Ann Morrison
- A Dueling Story (1953) - Ann Morrison
- Pilot (1953) - Ann Morrison
1952
The Star as
Gretchen
1952
Just for You as
Barbara Blake
1952
The Rose Bowl Story as
Sally Burke
1952
The Schaefer Century Theatre (TV Series)
- Playmates (1952)
1952
Chevron Theatre (TV Series) as
Monica Everton
- Playmates (1952) - Monica Everton
1951
The Blue Veil as
Stephanie Rawlins
1951
Kraft Theatre (TV Series) as
Becky Thatcher
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1951) - Becky Thatcher
1951
Dear Brat as
Pauline
1950
The Jackpot as
Phyllis Lawrence
1950
Never a Dull Moment as
Nan
1950
Our Very Own as
Penny Macaulay
1950
No Sad Songs for Me as
Polly Scott
1949
Father Was a Fullback as
Ellen Cooper
1949
The Green Promise as
Susan Matthews
1949
Chicken Every Sunday as
Ruthie Hefferan
1948
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! as
Eufraznee 'Bean' McGill
1947
Driftwood as
Jenny Hollingsworth
1947
Miracle on 34th Street as
Susan Walker
1947
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir as
Anna Muir as a Child
1946
The Bride Wore Boots as
Carol Warren
1946
Tomorrow Is Forever as
Margaret Ludwig
1943
Happy Land as
Little Girl Who Drops Ice Cream Cone (uncredited)
1943
The Moon Is Down as
Carrie (uncredited)
Music Department
1973
The Affair (TV Movie) (musician: title song)
Miscellaneous
1969
Downhill Racer (production assistant - uncredited)
Soundtrack
2010
White as Snow (writer: "Number Ones")
1973
The Affair (TV Movie) (performer: "I Can't See You Anymore")
1966
Penelope (performer: "The Sun Is Gray")
1965
Inside Daisy Clover (performer: "You're Gonna Hear from Me", "The Circus Is a Wacky World" - uncredited)
1965
The Great Race (performer: "The Sweetheart Tree")
1962
Gypsy (performer: "Little Lamb" (1959), "If Momma Was Married" (1959), "Let Me Entertain You" (1959), "Together, Wherever We Go" (1959) - uncredited)
1961
Splendor in the Grass (performer: "Chopsticks" (1877) - uncredited)
1958
The Frank Sinatra Show (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Pat Suzuki and Natalie Wood (1958) - (performer: "Them There Eyes" - uncredited)
Thanks
2013
Special Collector's Edition (TV Series) (in memory of - 1 episode)
- La carrera del siglo (2013) - (in memory of)
1989
Dieter & Andreas (Short) (grateful acknowledgment)
1983
Brainstorm (dedicatee - as Natalie)
Self
1981
A Gift of Music (TV Special) as
Self - Host
1973
AFI Life Achievement Award (TV Series) as
Self / Self - Audience Member / Self - Audience Member (uncredit)
- AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Fred Astaire (1981) - Self - Audience Member (uncredit)
- AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to James Stewart (1980) - Self (uncredited)
- AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Henry Fonda (1978) - Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
- AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Bette Davis (1977) - Self
- AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Orson Welles (1975) - Self
- AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to John Ford (1973) - Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
1981
The 7th Annual People's Choice Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Presenter
1981
The 38th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV Special) as
Self
1980
Saturday Night at the Mill (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #5.6 (1980) - Self
1980
Peter Ustinov and Natalie Wood at the Hermitage (TV Movie documentary) as
Self - Presenter
1976
The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode #19.117 (1980) - Self - Guest
- Episode #18.145 (1979) - Self - Guest
- Episode #18.128 (1979) - Self - Guest
- Episode #18.96 (1979) - Self - Guest
- Episode #18.83 (1979) - Self - Guest
- Episode #18.21 (1978) - Self - Guest
- Episode #16.56 (1976) - Self - Guest
1980
Tomorrow Coast to Coast (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.1240 (1980) - Self
1980
The American Movie Awards (TV Special) as
Self
1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode dated 11 February 1980 (1980) - Self - Guest
- Episode dated 3 December 1976 (1976) - Self - Guest
- (FROM LOS ANGELES) Jack Benny, Sammy Davis, Jr., Natalie Wood (1966) - Self - Guest
- Natalie Wood, Soupy Sales, Marlin Perkins (1963) - Self - Guest
- Soupy Sales, Buddy Rich, Marlin Perkins, Oleg Cassini (1963) - Self - Guest
1978
Good Morning America (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode dated 4 February 1980 (1980) - Self - Guest
- Episode dated 15 November 1978 (1978) - Self - Guest
- Episode dated 21 April 1978 (1978) - Self - Guest
1969
The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) as
Self / Self - Guest
- Lucille Ball, Natalie Wood, James Brolin, Michele Lee (1980) - Self - Guest
- Tracy-Hepburn Salute (1971) - Self
- Natalie Wood, Elliott Gould, Sam Levenson, Wes Harrison, Jessica Milford, Dr. William Schutz (1969) - Self
1980
The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Winner
1980
The 6th People's Choice Awards (TV Special) as
Self
1979
Film '72 (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #9.3 (1979) - Self
1975
Dinah! (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode dated 14 September 1979 (1979) - Self - Guest
- Episode #2.65 (1975) - Self - Guest
- Episode #2.56 (1975) - Self - Guest
1979
The 51st Annual Academy Awards (TV Special documentary) as
Self - Presenter
1979
Look Magazine Gala Party (TV Special) as
Self
1978
The 50th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Presenter
1977
The 34th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Presenter
1976
Donahue (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode dated 22 November 1976 (1976) - Self - Guest
1976
Friars Club Tribute to Gene Kelly (TV Special) as
Self - Performer
1975
Today (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode dated 6 October 1975 (1975) - Self - Guest
1975
James Dean: The First American Teenager (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
1975
The 1st Annual People's Choice Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Presenter
1974
James Dean Remembered (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
1974
ABC Late Night (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Memories of a Gentle Giant (1974) - Self
- James Dean Remembered (1974) - Self
1974
I'm a Stranger Here Myself (Documentary) as
Self
1974
Cinema (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Natalie Wood (1974) - Self
1973
V.I.P.-Schaukel (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Episode #3.3 (1973) - Self
1973
The 45th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Presenter
1972
The 44th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Presenter
1971
This Is Your Life (TV Series) as
Self
- Ruth Gordon (1971) - Self
1969
Philbin's People (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.18 (1969) - Self
1969
The David Frost Show (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode #2.61 (1969) - Self - Guest
1969
The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Beverly Sills, Natalie Wood, Pat McCormick, Drew Pearson (1969) - Self - Guest
1969
The 41st Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Presenter
1968
The 40th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Presenter
1967
The Joey Bishop Show (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode #2.66 (1967) - Self - Guest
1967
The 24th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Nominee
1966
Penelope's Fashion Show (Documentary short) as
Self (uncredited)
1966
What's My Line? (TV Series) as
Self - Mystery Guest
- Natalie Wood (1966) - Self - Mystery Guest
1966
The 38th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Presenter
1966
The 23rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Winner
1965
Behind the Scenes with Blake Edwards' 'The Great Race' (Documentary short) as
Self
1965
The Hollywood Deb Stars of 1965 (TV Special) as
Self - Presenter
1964
The 36th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Nominee
1964
Hollywood and the Stars (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Natalie Wood: Hollywood's Child (1964) - Self
1962
Reflets de Cannes (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Episode dated 16 May 1962 (1962) - Self
1962
The 34th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Nominee
1962
The 19th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Nominee & Presenter
1960
The 32nd Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Presenter
1960
The Jack Benny Program (TV Series) as
Self
- Natalie Wood/Robert Wagner Show (1960) - Self
1957
The Bob Hope Show (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Dean Martin, Natalie Wood, the Crosby Brothers (1959) - Self - Guest
- Anita Ekberg, Natalie Wood, Robert Wagner, Bing Crosby (1958) - Self - Guest
- Frank Sinatra, Janis Paige, Natalie Wood (1957) - Self - Guest
1959
The 31st Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Presenter
1958
The Frank Sinatra Show (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Pat Suzuki and Natalie Wood (1958) - Self - Guest
1958
The 30th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Performer
1957
Screen Snapshots 1856: The Mocambo Party (Short) as
Self
1957
The 29th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Audience Member
1956
Warner Brothers Presents (TV Series) as
Self
- The Searchers (1956) - Self
1956
The Linkletter Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 3 December 1956 (1956) - Self
1956
The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode #10.11 (1956) - Self - Guest
- 8th Anniversary Show (1956) - Self - Guest
1956
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV Series) as
Self
- Natalie Wood, Tab Hunter, The 7 Ashtons, Martha Davis & Spouse (1956) - Self
1956
Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) as
Self - Intermission Guest
- Princess O'Rourke (1956) - Self - Intermission Guest
1956
The 28th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Nominee
Archive Footage
2023
The Chinese American Immigrant (Documentary) (pre-production) as
Self
2023
Paul Newman, l'intranquille (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2022
The Last Movie Stars (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Chapter Three: The Legend of Paul Leonard Newman (2022) - Self
2022
A Year in Music (TV Series) as
Self
- 1962 (2022) - Self
2022
The Andy Warhol Diaries (TV Mini Series documentary) as
Self / Self - Actor
- 15 Minutes (2022) - Self
- Shadows: Andy & Jed (2022) - Self - Actor
2022
This Is Joan Collins (TV Special documentary) as
Self
2021
20/20 (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Something's Coming: West Side Story (2021) - Self
2017
Inside Edition (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Model Dog Attacks (2021) - Self
- Natalie Wood's Sister Homeless (2017) - Self
2021
King of Cool (Documentary) as
Self (uncredited)
2019
The Dr. Oz Show (TV Series) as
Self
- True Crime: Explosive New Details Emerge 40 Years Later (2021) - Self
- True Crime: Exclusive: Natalie Wood's Boat Captain One-on-One on the Fateful Night She Died (2019) - Self
2021
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It (Documentary) as
Self (uncredited)
2020
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2020
Zeit.geschichte (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Mythos Hahnenkamm - 80 Jahre Streif (2020) - Self
2018
Ok! TV (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #5.45 (2019) - Self
- Episode #3.127 (2018) - Self
2019
The Dead Wives Club (TV Series) as
Self
- The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood (2019) - Self
2019
Robert Redford: The Golden Look (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2018
WatchMojo (TV Series) as
Self
- Top 10 Shocking Classic Film Star Scandals (2018) - Self
2018
Trumbull Land (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2018
The Andrew Klavan Show (Podcast Series) as
Self
- The Left's Kavanaugh Hate-Fest (2018) - Self
2018
West Side Story - Bernsteins Broadway-Hit (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2018
1968: The Year That Changed America (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Part Two: Spring (2018) - Self
2018
Howard (Documentary) as
Maria
2018
Hollywood, No Sex Please! (TV Movie documentary) as
Carol Sanders
2011
48 Hours (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Natalie Wood: Death in Dark Water (2018) - Self
- Vanity Fair: Hollywood Scandal (2011) - Self
2017
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold (Documentary) as
Self (uncredited)
2017
Lauren Bacall, ombre et lumière (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2017
The Fabulous Allan Carr (Documentary) as
Self
2016
Extra (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #23.101 (2016) - Self
2016
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds (TV Movie documentary) as
Self (uncredited)
2016
Autopsy: The Last Hours of (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Natalie Wood (2016) - Self
2015
Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2015
History (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Geheimes Hollywood - Die dunkle Seite der Traumfabrik (2015) - Self
2015
Women He's Undressed (Documentary)
2015
Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans (Documentary) as
Self (uncredited)
2015
Tab Hunter Confidential (Documentary) as
Self
2015
The Third Annual 'on Cinema' Oscar Special (Video) as
Judy (uncredited)
2014
Stars of the Silver Screen (TV Series) as
Self
- Natalie Wood (2014) - Self (uncredited)
2013
John Ford et Monument Valley (TV Movie documentary)
2005
American Masters (TV Series documentary) as
Self / Judy
- Johnny Carson: King of Late Night (2012) - Self (uncredited)
- James Dean: Sense Memories (2005) - Judy (uncredited)
2012
Banda sonora (TV Series) as
Maria
- Episode #8.4 (2012) - Maria
2011
A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! (TV Movie documentary)
2011
Elvis: Summer of '56 (Documentary) as
Self
2010
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (TV Mini Series documentary) as
Self
- Fade Out, Fade In (2010) - Self (uncredited)
2010
American Grindhouse (Documentary)
2009
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood (Documentary) as
Self
2008
Celebrity: Dominick Dunne (Documentary) as
Self
2006
Private Screenings (TV Series) as
Self
- Child Stars (2006) - Self (uncredited)
2005
50 y más (TV Special)
2005
San Sebastián 2005: Crónica de Carlos Boyero (TV Special) as
Maria (uncredited)
2005
James Dean: Forever Young (Documentary) as
Self
2004
Legends of World Cinema (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Natalie Wood - Self
2004
The Mystery of Natalie Wood (TV Mini Series) as
Self (uncredited)
2004
Die Geschichte des erotischen Films (TV Movie documentary)
2003
Bob Hope at 100 (TV Movie documentary) as
Self (uncredited)
2003
Christmas from Hollywood (Video documentary) as
Self
2000
Biography (TV Series documentary) as
Self / Judy
- Natalie Wood: Child of Hollywood (2003) - Self
- Elizabeth Taylor: Facets (2003) - Self
- James Dean: Outside the Lines (2002) - Judy
- Shirley MacLaine: This Time Around (2000) - Self (uncredited)
2003
Los Angeles Plays Itself (Documentary) as
Judy (uncredited)
2003
Tales of Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice by Paul Mazursky (Video short) as
Carol
2003
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2003
Images of Indians: How Hollywood Stereotyped the Native American (TV Movie documentary) as
Self / Debbie Edwards - Age 15 (uncredited)
2003
Go West, Young Man! (Documentary) as
Self (uncredited)
2001
Hollywood Couples (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Natalie Wood & Robert Wagner (2001) - Self
2000
Hollywood Remembers (TV Series documentary)
- Natalie Wood
2000
The Final Day (TV Mini Series documentary) as
Self
- Natalie Wood (2000) - Self
1998
Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory (TV Movie documentary)(uncredited)
1997
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (Documentary) as
Self (uncredited)
1997
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years (TV Movie documentary) as
Susan Walker (uncredited)
1996
Rediscovering a Rebel (TV Short documentary) as
Self (uncredited)
1995
The Making of 'My Fair Lady' (Video documentary) as
Self (uncredited)
1995
Century of Cinema (TV Series documentary) as
Debbie Edwards - Age 15
- A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995) - Debbie Edwards - Age 15 (uncredited)
1994
100 Years at the Movies (TV Short documentary) as
Self
1994
Barbra: The Concert (TV Special) as
Self (uncredited)
1992
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) as
Self
- The last Tonight Show (1992) - Self
1991
Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros. (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
1991
The Republic Pictures Story (TV Movie documentary) as
Jenny Hollingsworth (uncredited)
1990
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths (Video documentary) as
Self
1990
Death in Hollywood (Video documentary) as
Self
1990
Hollywood Mavericks (Documentary) as
Debbie Edwards - Age 15 (uncredited)
1990
Rock Hudson (TV Movie) as
Self (uncredited)
1989
Heavy Petting (Documentary)
1988
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (TV Special) as
Self
1987
Our World (TV Series) as
Self
- A Crowded Room: Autumn 1949 (1987) - Self
1982
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
1982
Hollywood's Children (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
1975
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television (TV Special) as
Self
1971
The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series) as
Wilma Dean Loomis
- Episode dated 1 November 1972 (1972) - Wilma Dean Loomis
- Episode dated 1 November 1971 (1971) - Wilma Dean Loomis
1971
The American West of John Ford (TV Movie documentary) as
Debbie Edwards - Age 15 (uncredited)
1966
The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #19.36 (1966) - Self
1963
The Theater of Tomorrow (TV Movie) as
Self
1963
Hollywood: The Great Stars (TV Movie documentary) as
Self (uncredited)
1957
The James Dean Story (Documentary) as
Self - 'Giant' premiere (uncredited)

References

Natalie Wood Wikipedia


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