Natalie Wood

Acting · Born 1938-07-20 in San Francisco, California, USA

Biography

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…

Filmography

• Rebel Without a Cause as Judy
• West Side Story as Maria
• The Searchers as Debbie Edwards
• The Ghost and Mrs. Muir as Anna Muir as a Child
• The Great Race as Maggie Dubois
• Miracle on 34th Street as Susan Walker
• Splendor in the Grass as Wilma "Deanie" Loomis
• Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths as (archive footage)
• Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice as Carol Sanders
• Marjorie Morningstar as Marjorie Morgenstern

TV

• Studio One as Jen Potter
• General Electric Theater as Lucy
• From Here to Eternity as Karen Holmes
• Switch as Cruise Ship Passenger (uncredited)
• Intimate Portrait as Self (archive footage)
• The Oscars as Self
• The Pride of the Family as Ann Morrison
• From Here to Eternity as Karen Holmes
• Laurence Olivier Presents as Margaret
• Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime as Self (archive footage)