Natalie Wood

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1938-07-20 (43 years old)

Deathday

1981-11-29

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

Natalie Wood

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 Splendo...

Acting

1961

1956

The Searchers

as Debbie Edwards

1947

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

as Anna Muir as a Child

1965

The Great Race

as Maggie Dubois

1947

Miracle on 34th Street

as Susan Walker

1969

1958

Marjorie Morningstar

as Marjorie Morgenstern

1964

Sex and the Single Girl

as Helen Gurley Brown

2008

Dominick Dunne: After the Party

as Self (archive footage)

2009

1979

Meteor

as Tatiana Donskaya

1961

Splendor in the Grass

as Wilma “Deanie” Loomis

1956

A Cry in the Night

as Elizabeth

1960

Cash McCall

as Lory Austen

1983

Brainstorm

as Karen Brace

1952

Just for You

as Barbara Blake

2005

1962

Gypsy

as Louise Hovick/Gypsy Rose Lee

1963

1965

Inside Daisy Clover

as Daisy Clover

2004

Los Angeles Plays Itself

as Judy in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)

1952

The Star

as Gretchen

1958

Kings Go Forth

as Monique Blair

2023

Paul Newman: The Restless

as Self (archive footage)

1950

Our Very Own

as Penny Macaulay

1957

Bombers B-52

as Lois Brennan

1956

The Burning Hills

as Maria-Christina Colton

1975

Peeper

as Ellen Prendergast

1947

Driftwood

as Jenny Hollingsworth

1949

Father Was a Fullback

as Ellen Cooper

1960

All the Fine Young Cannibals

as Sarah "Salome" Davis

1951

The Blue Veil

as Stephanie Rawlins

1955

One Desire

as Seely Dowder

1948

Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!

as Eufraznee 'Bean' McGill

1956

The Girl He Left Behind

as Susan Daniels

1951

Dear Brat

as Pauline Baxter

1950

Never a Dull Moment

as Nan Hayward

1966

Penelope

as Penelope

1950

No Sad Songs for Me

as Polly Scott

1949

Chicken Every Sunday

as Ruth Hefferen

1946

The Bride Wore Boots

as Carol Warren

2018

Howard

as Maria (archive footage)

1973

The Affair

as Courtney Patterson

1949

The Green Promise

as Susan Matthews

1979

The Cracker Factory

as Cassie Barrett

1943

The Moon Is Down

as Carrie (uncredited)

1996

Rediscovering a Rebel

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1979

Hart to Hart

as Movie Star

1946

Tomorrow Is Forever

as Margaret Ludwig

1969

How Fast?

as Self (Archive Footage)

1952

The Rose Bowl Story

as Sally Burke

1943

Happy Land

as Little Girl Dropping Ice Cream Cone (uncredited)

1996

The Celluloid Closet

as Self (archive footage)

1954

The Silver Chalice

as Helena as a Girl

1980

The Memory of Eva Ryker

as Eva Ryker / Claire Ryker

1976

1972

The Candidate

as Natalie Wood

2020

Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind

as Self (archive footage)

2015

Tab Hunter Confidential

as Self (archive footage)

2018

Trumbull Land

as Self (archive footage)

1950

The Jackpot

as Phyllis Lawrence

1980

Willie & Phil

as Herself

1982

Hollywood’s Children

as Self (archive footage)

1955

Too Old for Dolls

as Polly Ramsay

1954

Playmates

as Monica

1955

1954

Return of the Dead

as Renee Marchand

1955

Feathertop

as Polly Gookin

1956

The Deadly Riddle

as Lady Marian

1990

Death In Hollywood

as (archive footage)

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