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((short description|American actress (1938–1981)))
((For|the coach|Natalie Wood (coach)))
((Use American English|date=November 2019))
((Use mdy dates|date=July 2021))
((Infobox person
| name               = Natalie Wood
| image              = Natalie Wood Allan Warren.jpg
| alt                = 
| caption            = Wood in 1973
| birth_name         = Natalie Zacharenko
| birth_date         = ((birth date|1938|7|20|mf=yes))
| birth_place        = [[San Francisco, California]], U.S.
| death_date         = ((death date and age|1981|11|29|1938|7|20|mf=yes))
| death_place        = [[Pacific Ocean]] near [[Santa Catalina Island (California)|Santa Catalina Island]]
| death_cause        = "drowning and other undetermined factors"<ref name="GdianAP082212"/>
| resting_place      = [[Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery]]
| other_names        = Natasha Gurdin
| occupation         = Actress
| years_active       = 1943–1981
| spouse             = ((plainlist|
* ((marriage|[[Robert Wagner]]|December 28, 1957|April 27, 1962|end=div))
* ((marriage|[[Richard Gregson]]|30 May 1969|12 April 1972|end=div))
* ((marriage|[[Robert Wagner]]|July 16, 1972))
))
| children           = 2, including [[Natasha Gregson]]
| relatives          = [[Lana Wood]] (sister)
))

'''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 eight in ''[[Miracle on 34th Street]]'' (1947).<ref name="people1">((cite journal | last = Wilkins | first = Barbara | date = December 13, 1976 | title = Second Time's the Charm&nbsp;– Marriage, Natalie Wood, Robert Wagner | journal = [[People (magazine)|People]] | volume = 6 | issue = 24 |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20067214,00.html | access-date = May 1, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421161534/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20067214,00.html | archive-date = April 21, 2016 | url-status = dead ))</ref> 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 film)|West Side Story]]'' (1961) and ''[[Gypsy (1962 film)|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 (film)|Sex and the Single Girl]]'' (1964), ''[[The Great Race]]'' (1965), ''[[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 (miniseries)|From Here to Eternity]]'' (1979) for which she won a [[Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Award]]. Wood's films represented a "coming of age" for her and for Hollywood films in general.<ref name=Tibbetts /> 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.<ref>((Cite book | title = 'Natalie Wood, Studio Stardom and Hollywood in Transition.' in American film history : selected readings | editor-last1 = Lucia | editor-first1 = Cynthia | editor-last2 = Grundmann | editor-first2 = Roy |editor-last3 = Simon | editor-first3 = Art | isbn = 978-1118475133 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons | location = Chicester, West Sussex | pages = 423–447 | oclc = 908086219 | year=2015))</ref><ref>((Cite book | title = Natalie Wood | last = Sullivan| first = Rebecca | publisher = British Film Institute | isbn = 978-1844576371 | location = London | oclc = 933420525 | date = 2016))</ref>

On November 29, 1981, at the age of 43, Wood drowned in the [[Pacific Ocean]] near [[Santa Catalina Island (California)|Santa Catalina Island]] during a break from production of her would-be comeback film ''[[Brainstorm (1983 film)|Brainstorm]]'' (1983). She was with her husband Wagner and ''Brainstorm'' co-star [[Christopher Walken]]. The events surrounding her death have been the subject of conflicting witness statements,<ref>((Cite news |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2000/03/natalie-wood-s-fatal-voyage | title = Natalie Wood's Death, Still Shrouded in Mystery – and the Clues That Remain | last = Kashner | first = Sam | work = Vanities | access-date = January 13, 2018 | language = en | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716073846/http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2000/03/natalie-wood-s-fatal-voyage | archive-date = July 16, 2017 | url-status = live ))</ref> 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.<ref name="GdianAP082212">((cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/aug/22/natalie-wood-death-certificate-changed | title = Natalie Wood's death certificate changed to reflect new uncertainty | work = The Guardian | agency = Associated Press | date = August 22, 2012 | access-date = August 3, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803085132/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/aug/22/natalie-wood-death-certificate-changed | archive-date = August 3, 2019 | url-status = live ))</ref> In 2018, Wagner was named as a [[person of interest]] in the ongoing investigation into her death.<ref>((cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/03/arts/natalie-wood-drowning-robert-wagner.html | title = New Doubts in Natalie Wood's Death: 'I Don't Think She Got in the Water by Herself' | first = Maya | last = Salam | date = February 3, 2018 | newspaper = The New York Times | access-date = June 3, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113224558/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/03/arts/natalie-wood-drowning-robert-wagner.html | archive-date = January 13, 2020 | url-status = live ))</ref>

==Early life==
Wood was born Natalie Zacharenko((refn|Though '''Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko''' has been cited as Wood's real name,<ref>((Cite web |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/natasha-the-natalie-wood-story/ | title = 'Natasha' – The Natalie Wood Story | work = [[CBS News]] | date = August 1, 2001 | access-date = February 6, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207114029/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/natasha-the-natalie-wood-story/ | archive-date = February 7, 2017 | url-status = live ))</ref> her birth certificate recorded it as, simply, '''Natalie Zacharenko''' (spelled with a "c", not a "k"),<ref>[https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/natalie_zacharenko_born_1938_2085438 Registry], CaliforniaBirthIndex.org. Accessed October 18, 2022.</ref>((sfn|Finstad|2001|p=16))((sfn|Lambert|2004|p=23)) as did her birth announcement in the ''[[San Francisco Examiner]]''.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/458019878/ "Births"]. ''San Francisco Examiner''. July 27, 1938.</ref>|group=n|name=name at birth)) in San Francisco on July 20, 1938, to Maria Zudilova (1908–1998)((efn|Wood's mother was born on January 26, 1908, according to the earliest available records.<ref name="Tatuloff">Tatuloff, Alexander (September 17, 1934). [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-8BVN-8YJ Declaration of Intention, no. 89199]. ''U.S. District Court Naturalization Index, 1852–1989''.</ref> Sometime in the mid-1930s, she shaved four years off her age—giving her birthdate as February 8, 1912, perhaps because her fiancé was younger—and maintained this lie for the rest of her life.((sfn|Finstad|2001|p=6)))) and second husband Nicholas Zacharenko (1912–1980). Her mother (who also used the names Mary, Marie, and Musia)((sfn|Finstad|2001|p=39)) was from [[Barnaul]]. Wood's maternal grandfather owned soap and candle factories, as well as an estate outside Barnaul.<ref>((Cite web |url=https://www.today.com/news/natalie-woods-russian-roots-wbna4325330 | title = Natalie Wood's Russian roots | date = February 20, 2004 | access-date = July 20, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720195058/https://www.today.com/news/natalie-woods-russian-roots-wbna4325330 | archive-date = July 20, 2018 | url-status = live ))</ref> With the start of the [[Russian Civil War]], his family fled Russia for China, settling as refugees in [[Harbin]].((sfn|Finstad|2001|p=9)) Her mother was previously married to Armenian mechanic Alexander Tatuloff from 1925 to 1936.<ref name="Tatuloff"/><ref>Tatuloff, Alexander (March 16, 1950). [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-LBVH-9W8D Petition for Naturalization, no. 99901]. ''U.S. District Court Naturalization Index, 1852–1989''.</ref> They had a daughter named Olga (1928–2015)<ref>((Cite web| title = Olga Viripaeff's Obituary|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sfgate/obituary.aspx?n=olga-viripaeff&pid=174972316&fhid=3068| website = San Francisco Chronicle| access-date = January 24, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130080309/http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sfgate/obituary.aspx?n=olga-viripaeff&pid=174972316&fhid=3068| archive-date = January 30, 2016| url-status = live))</ref> and moved to the U.S. by ship in 1930 before divorcing six years later.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/458157299/ "Interlocutory Divorce Decrees Granted"] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210909141741/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/458157299/ |date=September 9, 2021 )). ''San Francisco Examiner''. March 17, 1936.</ref>

Wood's father was a carpenter from [[Ussuriysk]].<ref name="Zavarin">Zavarin, Joyce (February 29, 1936). [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-8BVN-4F1 Petition for Naturalization, no. 39584]. ''U.S. District Court Naturalization Index, 1852–1989''.</ref> Her paternal grandfather, a chocolate factory employee who joined the anti-[[Bolsheviks|Bolshevik]] civilian forces during the war, was killed in a street fight between the [[Red Army]] and [[White movement|White Russian]] soldiers in [[Vladivostok]].((sfn|Finstad|2001|p=14)) After that, his widow and three sons fled to [[Shanghai Russians|Shanghai]], subsequently relocating to [[Vancouver]] at the time of Wood's paternal grandmother's remarriage in 1927. By 1933, they moved to the US.<ref name="Zavarin"/> Her parents met while her mother was still married to Tatuloff.((sfn|Finstad|2001|p=13)) They were married in February 1938, five months before Wood was born.((sfn|Finstad|2001|p=15)) A year after Natalie's birth, her father changed the family's surname to Gurdin.((sfn|Finstad|2001|p=17)) In 1942, they bought a home in [[Santa Rosa, California]], where Wood was noticed by members of a crew during a film shoot downtown.((sfn|Finstad|2001|p=13)) After she started acting as a child, [[RKO Pictures|RKO]] executives [[David Lewis (producer)|David Lewis]] and [[William Goetz]] changed her surname to "Wood" to make it more appealing to English-speaking audiences and as a tribute to filmmaker [[Sam Wood]].((sfn|Wood|1984|p=8)) Her only full sibling, sister Svetlana, was born in [[Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica]] in 1946 and later also became an actress under the name [[Lana Wood]].

==Child actress==
===Early roles===
[[File:Natalie Wood 1947 photo.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Wood in 1947]]
A few weeks before her fifth birthday, Wood made her uncredited film debut in a fifteen-second scene in the film ''[[Happy Land (film)|Happy Land]]'' (1943). Despite the brief part, she attracted the notice of the director, [[Irving Pichel]].((sfn|Lambert|2004|pp=25–26)) 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.((sfn|Harris|1988|p=25)) According to Wood's younger sister Lana, Pichel "discovered her and wanted to adopt her."((sfn|Wood|1984|p=50))

Wood, then seven years old, got the part. She played a post-[[World War II]] German orphan, opposite [[Orson Welles]] as Wood's guardian and [[Claudette Colbert]], in ''[[Tomorrow Is Forever]]'' (1946). When Wood was unable to cry on cue, her mother tore a butterfly to pieces in front of her to ensure she would sob for a scene.<ref>((cite news | last1 = Moore | first1 = Paul | title = Natalie Wood's life of beauty, agony |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2001-07-08-0107080329-story.html | access-date = July 5, 2019 | work = The Baltimore Sun | date = July 8, 2001 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705044432/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2001-07-08-0107080329-story.html | archive-date = July 5, 2019 | url-status = live ))</ref> Welles later said that Wood was a born professional, "so good, she was terrifying." He also said "Natalie doesn't act from the script, she acts from the heart."<ref name=OConnerJ-NYT->((cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/08/arts/tv-weekend-a-documentary-remembrance-of-natalie-wood.html | title = TV Weekend; A Documentary Remembrance of Natalie Wood | author = John J. O'Connor | date = July 8, 1988 | work = [[The New York Times]] | access-date = September 19, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110102423/http://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/08/arts/tv-weekend-a-documentary-remembrance-of-natalie-wood.html | archive-date = November 10, 2012 | url-status = live ))</ref>

Wood acted in another film directed by Pichel, ''[[The Bride Wore Boots]]'', and went on to [[20th Century Fox]] to play [[Gene Tierney]]'s daughter in ''[[The Ghost and Mrs. Muir]]'' (1947).

===''Miracle on 34th Street''===
Wood's best-known film as a child was ''[[Miracle on 34th Street]]'' (1947), starring [[Maureen O'Hara]] and [[John Payne (actor)|John Payne]] at Fox. She plays a cynical girl who comes to believe a kindly department store holiday-season employee portrayed by [[Edmund Gwenn]] is the real Santa Claus. The film has become a Christmas classic; Wood was counted among the top child stars in Hollywood after the film and was so popular that [[Macy's]] invited her to appear in the store's annual [[Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade|Thanksgiving Day parade]].((sfn|Harris|1988|p=25))

Film historian [[John C. Tibbetts]] wrote that for the next few years following her success in ''Miracle'', Wood played roles as a daughter in a series of family films: ''[[Driftwood (1947 film)|Driftwood]]'' (1947), at Republic;<ref>"Natalie Wood", ''Chicago Daily Tribune'', 21 Mar 1948: B20.</ref> ''[[Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!]]'' (1948); ''[[Chicken Every Sunday]]'' (1949); ''[[The Green Promise]]'' (1949); [[Fred MacMurray]]'s daughter in ''[[Father Was a Fullback]]'' (1949), with O'Hara; [[Margaret Sullavan]]'s daughter in ''[[No Sad Songs for Me]]'' (1950); the youngest sister in ''[[Our Very Own (1950 film)|Our Very Own]]'' (1950); ''[[Never a Dull Moment (1950 film)|Never a Dull Moment]]'' (1950); [[James Stewart]]'s daughter in ''[[The Jackpot]]'' (1950); ''[[Dear Brat]]'' (1951); [[Joan Blondell]]'s neglected daughter in ''[[The Blue Veil (1951 film)|The Blue Veil]]'' (1951); ''[[The Rose Bowl Story]]'' (1952); and ''[[Just for You (1952 film)|Just for You]]'' (1952); the daughter of [[Bette Davis]]' character in [[The Star (1952 film)|''The Star'']] (1952); .<ref name=Tibbetts>((cite book | editor1-last = Tibbetts |editor1-first=John C. | editor2-last = Welsh |editor2-first=James M. | title = American Classic Screen Profiles | year = 2010 | publisher = Scarecrow Press | isbn = 978-0-8108-7676-7 | pages = 146–149))</ref> In all, Wood appeared in over twenty films as a child. She also appeared on television in episodes of ''[[Kraft Theatre]]'' and ''[[Chevron Theatre]]''.

Because Wood was a minor during her early years as an actress, she received her primary 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."((sfn|Harris|1988|p=25)) 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."((sfn|Harris|1988|p=25))

Wood's mother continued to play a significant role in her daughter's early career, coaching her and micromanaging aspects of her career even after Wood acquired agents.<ref>((cite news | last1 = Rubin | first1 = Merle | title = The Story of Natalie Wood Is Also the Story of Her Mother |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-jul-30-cl-28120-story.html | access-date = July 5, 2019 | work = Los Angeles Times | date = July 30, 2001 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705044432/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-jul-30-cl-28120-story.html | archive-date = July 5, 2019 | url-status = live ))</ref> As a child actress, Wood received significant media attention. By age nine, she had been named the "most exciting juvenile motion picture star of the year" by ''[[Parents (magazine)|Parents]]'' magazine.((sfn|Lambert|2004|p=37))

==Teen stardom==
[[File:Natalie Wood and Lana Wood 1956.jpg|thumb|With sister [[Lana Wood]], 1956]]
In the 1953–54 television season, Wood played Ann Morrison, the teenage daughter in ''[[The Pride of the Family]],'' an [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[Sitcom|situation comedy]]. She appeared as a teenager on episodes of ''[[The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse]]'', ''Public Defender'', ''[[Mayor of the Town (TV series)|Mayor of the Town]]'', ''[[Four Star Playhouse]]'', ''[[The Ford Television Theatre]]'', and ''[[General Electric Theater]]'',  and also appeared in a TV version of ''Heidi''. She described the ''GE Theater'' episode, "Carnival", as one of the best things she ever did.<ref name="affair"/>

She had roles in the feature films ''[[The Silver Chalice (film)|The Silver Chalice]]'' and ''[[One Desire]]'' (1955).

===''Rebel Without a Cause''===
Wood successfully made the transition from child star to [[ingénue]] 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. Wood had to sign to a long-term contract with Warner Bros. but she was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]]. She later said it was the first script she read that she actually wanted to do as opposed to being told to do by her parents; she also said her parents were opposed to her doing it. "Until then I did what I was told," she said.<ref name="promo">Natalie Wood Hits Promo Trail: Natalie Wood
Blume, Mary. Los Angeles Times (1923–1995); February 8, 1970: q10.</ref>

She continued to guest star on anthology TV shows like ''[[Studio One in Hollywood]]'', ''[[Camera Three]]'', ''[[Kings Row (TV series)|Kings Row]]'', ''[[Studio 57]]'', ''[[Warner Brothers Presents]]'', and ''[[The Kaiser Aluminum Hour]]''.

She had a small but crucial role in [[John Ford]]'s ''[[The Searchers]]'' (1956) and was the female lead in ''[[A Cry in the Night (1956 film)|A Cry in the Night]]'' (1956).

===Tab Hunter and ''Marjorie Morningstar''===
Wood graduated from [[Van Nuys High School]] in 1956.((sfn|Lambert|2004|p=102)) She signed with [[Warner Bros.|Warner Brothers]] and was kept busy during the remainder of the decade in many "girlfriend" roles, which she found unsatisfying.((sfn|Lambert|2004|p=115))

The studio cast her in two films opposite [[Tab Hunter]], hoping to turn the duo into a box-office draw that never materialized: ''[[The Burning Hills]]'' (1956), a Western, and ''[[The Girl He Left Behind]]'' (1956). She guest starred in episodes of ''Conflict''.

Warner Bros. tried teaming her with [[Efrem Zimbalist Jr.]] in ''[[Bombers B-52]]'' (1957). Then she was given the lead in a prestigious project, ''[[Marjorie Morningstar (film)|Marjorie Morningstar]]'' (1958). 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.<ref>Natalie Wood Still Up for Plum
Dorothy Kilgallen:. The Washington Post and Times-Herald April 13, 1957: D11.</ref>

==Adult career==
[[File:Natalie Wood 1958 cropped.jpg|left|thumb|Wood in 1958]]
Tibbetts observed that Wood's characters in ''Rebel'', ''Searchers'', and ''Morningstar'' began to show her widening range of acting styles.<ref name=Tibbetts /> Her former "childlike sweetness" was now being combined with a noticeable "restlessness that was characteristic of the youth of the 1950s."

She was leading lady to [[Frank Sinatra]] in ''[[Kings Go Forth]]'' (1958) then refused roles and was put on suspension by Warners. This lasted for a year until February 1959.<ref>((Citation | title = Studio Lifts Suspension of Natalie Wood | work = Los Angeles Times | date = February 25, 1959 | page = B1)).</ref> She returned to be leading lady to James Garner in ''[[Cash McCall]]'' (1960). 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.<ref name=Tibbetts />

===''Splendor in the Grass''===
Biographer [[Suzanne Finstad]] wrote that a "turning point" in Wood's life as an actress took place when she saw the film ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 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."((sfn |Finstad|2001|p=107)) "Her roles raised the possibility that one's sensitivity could mark a person as a kind of victim," noted Tibbetts.<ref name=Tibbetts />

After a "series of bad films, her career was already in decline", according to author Douglas Rathgeb.<ref>((cite book | title = The Making of Rebel Without a Cause | last = Rathgeb | first = Douglas L. | year = 2004 | publisher = [[McFarland & Company]] | location = Jefferson, North Carolina | isbn = 0-7864-6115-2 | page = 199 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=C_9aRwAACAAJ | access-date = March 12, 2014 | archive-date = May 17, 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210517194326/https://books.google.com/books?id=C_9aRwAACAAJ | url-status = live ))</ref> She was then cast in Kazan's ''[[Splendor in the Grass]]'' (1961) with [[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:

((blockquote|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. [Wagner], I said to myself. I liked Bob Wagner, I still do.((Sfn|Kazan|1997|p=602))))

Kazan cast Wood as the female lead in ''Splendor'', 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, Beatty's character was deprived of sexual love with Wood'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."<ref name=Tibbetts />
[[File:Natalie Wood Ruth Gordon 23rd Golden Globes.jpg|thumb|With [[Ruth Gordon]] at the [[23rd Golden Globe Awards]], 1966]]
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.''"((sfn|Finstad|2001|p=259)) 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."((sfn |Finstad|2001|p=260)) Actor [[Gary Lockwood]], who also performed 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 film 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," wrote Kazan.((sfn|Finstad|2001|p=263)) He added, "I didn't have to give her any direction for that final scene; she knew exactly how to play it."

For her performance in ''Splendor'', Wood received nominations for the [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Academy Award]], [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama|Golden Globe Award]], and [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role]].

===''West Side Story''===
Wood played Maria, a restless Puerto Rican girl on the West Side of Manhattan, in ''[[West Side Story (1961 film)|West Side Story]]'', [[Jerome Robbins]] and [[Robert Wise]]'s 1961 film of the stage musical, which was a critical and box-office success. Tibbetts wrote of similarities in her role in this film and the earlier ''Rebel.'' She was to represent the "restlessness of American youth in the 1950s", expressed by youth gangs and juvenile delinquency, along with early [[rock and 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 peers and violent temper alienated him from his family, in ''West Side Story'' she enters into a romance with a white former gang member whose threatening world of outcasts also alienated him from lawful behavior."<ref name=Tibbetts />

Although Wood's singing in the film was voiced by [[Marni Nixon]],((sfn|Lambert|2004|p=171)) ''West Side Story'' is still regarded as one of Wood's best films.

===Peak years of stardom===
Wood sang when she starred in the film ''[[Gypsy (1962 film)|Gypsy]]'' (1962) alongside [[Rosalind Russell]].((sfn|Lambert|2004|p=185))<ref>((Citation | title = Natalie Wood in 'Gypsy' | work = The Christian Science Monitor | place = Boston, [[Massachusetts|MA]] | date = Nov 7, 1961 | page= 6)).</ref> Her appearance in that film led critic [[Pauline Kael]] to comment "clever little Natalie Wood… [the] most machine-tooled of Hollywood ingénues."<ref>((cite book | chapter = Review of "Gypsy" | origyear = 1962 | title = [[I Lost It at the Movies]]|first=Pauline|last=Kael|authorlink=Pauline Kael | year = 1965 | page = 131|isbn= 978-0316481656|publisher= Little Brown & Co))</ref><ref name=Tibbetts />

At the age of 25, Wood received her third Academy Award nomination for ''[[Love with the Proper Stranger]]'' (1963), making Wood (along with [[Teresa Wright]]) the youngest person to score three Oscar nominations. This record was later broken by [[Jennifer Lawrence]] in 2013 and [[Saoirse Ronan]] in 2017, both of whom scored their third nominations at the age of 23.

Wood made two comedies with [[Tony Curtis]]: ''[[Sex and the Single Girl (film)|Sex and the Single Girl]]'' (1964) and ''[[The Great Race]]'' (1965), the latter with [[Jack Lemmon]], and [[Peter Falk]]. In ''The Great Race'', her ability to speak Russian was an asset given to her character Maggie DuBois, justifying the character's recording the progress of the race across [[Siberia]] and entering the race at the beginning as a contestant.

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." For ''[[Inside Daisy Clover]]'' (1965) and ''[[This Property Is Condemned]]'' (1966), both of which co-starred [[Robert Redford]], Wood received Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress. In the mid 1960s she was one of the biggest stars in Hollywood along with Elizabeth Taylor and Audrey Hepburn.<ref>((Citation | title = Natalie Wood: Splendid Splinter | last = Haber | first = Joyce | work = Los Angeles Times | date = December 3, 1967 | page = d10)).</ref>

[[File:Peter Falk and Natalie Wood - 1966.jpg|thumb|left|With [[Peter Falk]] in [[Penelope (1966 film)|''Penelope'']] (1966)]]
Although many of Wood's films were commercially successful, at times her acting was criticized. In 1966, Wood was given ''[[the Harvard Lampoon]]'' award for being the "Worst Actress of Last Year, This Year, and Next".<ref>((cite web | title = A pair of Natalie Wood awards from The Harvard Lampoon and The Harvard Crimson |url= https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/22486/lot/34/ | website = Bonhams | access-date = May 3, 2019 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190503075920/https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/22486/lot/34/ | archive-date = May 3, 2019 | url-status = live))</ref> She was the first person to attend and accept the award in person. ''[[The Harvard Crimson]]'' wrote she was "quite a good sport".<ref>((cite journal | last = Alexander | first = Jeffrey C. | date = April 18, 1966 | title = Lampoon Fixes Date With Natalie; Wood Will Win 'Worst' on Saturday | journal = [[The Harvard Crimson]] |url= http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=493919 | access-date = September 30, 2007 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071126084632/http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=493919 | archive-date = November 26, 2007 | url-status = live ))</ref>

===Personal struggles and career break===
Following a disappointing reception to ''[[Penelope (1966 film)|Penelope]]'' (1966), Wood took a three-year hiatus from acting.<ref>((cite web | title = Penelope (1966) |url= http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/2380/Penelope/articles.html | website = Turner Classic Movies | access-date = May 3, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503164747/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/2380/Penelope/articles.html | archive-date = May 3, 2019 | url-status = live))</ref> She was announced for ''[[I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (film)|I Never Promised You a Rose Garden]]'' but did not appear in it.<ref>((Citation | title =Natalie Wood in 'Garden' | last = Martin | first = Betty | work= Los Angeles Times | date = June 15, 1967 | page = e14)).</ref> Wood later said making ''Penelope'' was difficult for her. "I broke out in hives and suffered anguish that was very real pain every day we shot", she recalled. "Arthur Hiller, the director, kept saying, 'Natalie, I think you're resisting this film', while I rolled around the floor in agony."<ref name="TCM">((cite web |url= https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/69568/brainstorm#articles-reviews|title= Brainstorm (TCM article)|first= Andrea |last= Passafiume|work=TCM|publisher= Turner Classic Movies|access-date=24 October 2022))</ref>

By 1966, Wood suffered emotionally and sought professional therapy.((sfn|Finstad|2001|p=)) She paid Warner Bros. $175,000 to cancel her contract and fired her entire support team: agents, managers, publicist, accountant, and attorneys.((sfn|Finstad|2001)) In the following years, Wood focused on her mental health, and began a relationship with [[Richard Gregson]], whom she married in 1969.

===''Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice''===
After a three-year break from movies, Wood co-starred with [[Dyan Cannon]], [[Robert Culp]] and [[Elliott Gould]] in ''[[Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice]]'' (1969), a comedy about [[Sexual revolution|sexual liberation]]. According to Tibbetts, 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."<ref name=Tibbetts /> 

''Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice'' became the signature film of [[Paul Mazursky]] and was a critical and commercial success. It was the [[1969 in film|sixth highest-grossing film of 1969]]. It grossed $50,000 in its first week, setting a house record.((cn|date=February 2024)) 

Wood did not capitalize on the success of ''Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice''. After becoming pregnant in 1970 with her first child, [[Natasha Gregson Wagner|Natasha Gregson]], she went into semi-retirement and would act in only four more theatrical films during the remainder of her life. She made a brief cameo appearance as herself in ''[[The Candidate (1972 film)|The Candidate]]'' (1972), working once more with Robert Redford.

===Semi-retirement and later career===
[[File:Natalie Wood by Jack Mitchell.jpg|thumb|1979 photograph by [[Jack Mitchell (photographer)|Jack Mitchell]]]]
Wood reunited on the screen with Robert Wagner in the television [[Television film|film of the week]] ''[[The Affair (1973 film)|The Affair]]'' (1973), and with [[Laurence Olivier]] and Wagner in an adaptation of ''[[Cat on a Hot Tin Roof]]'' (1976) for the British series ''[[Laurence Olivier Presents]]'' broadcast as a special by [[NBC]].<ref name="affair">Working Vacation for Natalie Wood
Smith, Cecil. Los Angeles Times September 26, 1973: e17.</ref><ref>Natalie Wood escapes from Typecast Prison
Leech, Michael. Chicago Tribune August 30, 1976: b7.</ref>

In between these she made ''[[Peeper (film)|Peeper]]'' (1975) with [[Michael Caine]].

She made cameo appearances on Wagner's prime-time detective series ''[[Switch (American TV series)|Switch]]'' in 1978 as Bubble Bath Girl, and ''[[Hart to Hart]]'' in 1979 as Movie Star.

After another lengthy break, she appeared in the ensemble disaster film ''[[Meteor (film)|Meteor]]'' (1979) with [[Sean Connery]] and the sex comedy ''[[The Last Married Couple in America]]'' (1980) with [[George Segal]] and [[Valerie Harper]]. 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 word ''[[fuck]]'' in a frank marital discussion with her husband (Segal).

===Television===
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 remake of ''[[From Here to Eternity (miniseries)|From Here to Eternity]]'' (1979), with [[Kim Basinger]] and [[William Devane]]. Wood's performance in the latter won her a [[Golden Globe Award]] for Best Actress in 1980. She starred in ''[[The Memory of Eva Ryker]]'', released in May 1980, which proved to be her last completed production.<ref>Natalie Wood in 'The Cracker Factory'
Los Angeles Times December 5, 1978: f17.</ref>

She was scheduled to make her stage debut on February 12, 1982, in ''Anastasia'' at Ahmanson Theatre with [[Wendy Hiller]].((sfn|Lambert|2004|p=301)) Wood had also purchased film rights to the [[Barbara Wersba]] book, ''Country of the Heart'', and was planning to star with [[Timothy Hutton]] in the drama about the professional-romantic relationship between a tough-minded poet and her much younger student.<ref name="Reed">((cite news|title=A star that left the firmament too soon|author=Rex Reed|newspaper=[[New York Daily News]]|date=December 2, 1981|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/486064814/|access-date=May 25, 2020|archive-date=September 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210909141741/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/486064814/|url-status=live))</ref> (The material was eventually adapted into a 1990 television film starring [[Jane Seymour (actress)|Jane Seymour]].) She expected to follow her performance as Anastasia on the stage with a starring stint in a film adaptation of the work.<ref name="Reed"/> 

Wood appeared in 56 films for cinema and television. In one of her last interviews before her death, she was defined as "our sexual conscience on the silver screen".<ref>((Cite news | title = Natalie Wood: Our Sexual Conscience on the Silver Screen. | date = August 1980 | work = L'Officiel/USA| pages = 87–88))</ref> Following her death, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine noted that although critical praise for Wood had been sparse throughout her career, "she always had work".<ref name="Time-1981-12-14">((cite magazine | title = The Last Hours of Natalie Wood |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,925095,00.html | magazine = [[Time (magazine)|Time]] | date = December 14, 1981 | access-date = January 13, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222052438/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,925095,00.html | archive-date = December 22, 2007 | url-status = dead ))((Subscription required))</ref>

===''Brainstorm''===
At the time of her death, Wood was filming the $15 million [[science fiction film]] ''[[Brainstorm (1983 film)|Brainstorm]]'' (1983), co-starring Christopher Walken and directed by [[Douglas Trumbull]].<ref>((cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/01/27/movies/news-of-hollywood-m-g-m-to-finish-natalie-wood-film.html|title=News of Hollywood; M-G-M to Finish Natalie Wood Film|first=Aljean|last=Harmetz|work=The New York Times|date=January 27, 1982|accessdate=March 29, 2021|archive-date=May 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521190601/https://www.nytimes.com/1982/01/27/movies/news-of-hollywood-m-g-m-to-finish-natalie-wood-film.html|url-status=live))</ref> 

''Brainstorm'' follows a research team's efforts to perfect a system that directly records and replays the sensory experiences and emotional feelings of a subject, and the efforts by the company's management to exploit the device for military ends. After a researcher records her own death from a heart attack, her colleagues join forces to retrieve the information and play it back.

Wood died during a production break of ''Brainstorm'', which she was spending on a boat trip with her husband, her co-star Christopher Walken, and the boat captain, near Santa Catalina Island. The ending of ''Brainstorm'' had to be re-written and Wood's character written out of at least three scenes, while a [[stand-in]] and sound-alikes were used to replace Wood for some of her crucial shots. By this time, Wood had already completed all of her major scenes,<ref>((cite news|last=Thackrey| first= Ted Jr. |title=Actress Natalie Wood Dies| work=Los Angeles Times| date=November 30, 1981))</ref> and Trumbull proceeded to complete the film by rewriting the script and using Natalie Wood's younger sister, Lana Wood, for Natalie Wood's few remaining scenes.<ref name="Yahoo">((cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/news/movie-memorials-hollywood-honors-fallen-171700659.html|title=Movie Memorials: How Hollywood Honors Its Fallen|first=Steven|last=Bryan|date=May 25, 2012|work=Yahoo Movies|publisher=Yahoo!|access-date=24 September 2012))((Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes ))</ref> The film was released posthumously on September 30, 1983, and was dedicated to Wood in the closing credits.

==Personal life==
===Relationships===
[[File:Wood - Wagner - 1960.jpg|thumb|With Robert Wagner, 1960]]
Wood's two marriages to actor [[Robert Wagner]] were highly publicized.<ref>((Cite web |url=http://galeapps.galegroup.com/apps/auth?userGroupName=&origURL=http%3A%2F%2Fgo.galegroup.com%2Fps%2Fi.do%3Fp%3DAONE%26u%3D%26id%3DGALE%257CA195135129%26v%3D2.1%26it%3Dr&prodId=AONE |title=Gale |website=galeapps.galegroup.com |access-date=March 12, 2019 |archive-date=September 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210909141748/https://callisto.ggsrv.com/imgsrv/FastFetch/UBER1/AONE-home-page?x=1631197067831 |url-status=live ))</ref> They first married on December 28, 1957, in [[Scottsdale, Arizona]], when Wood was 19. On June 20, 1961, the couple announced their separation in a joint press release and divorced ten months later on April 27, 1962.((sfn|Lambert|2004|p=176))

Following this [[starter marriage]], Wood dated [[Warren Beatty]], [[Michael Caine]], and [[David Niven Jr.]] She also had a broken engagement in 1965 with Venezuelan shoe manufacturer Ladislav Blatnik.((sfn|Finstad|2001|p=174))

On May 30, 1969, Wood married British producer [[Richard Gregson]] after dating for nearly three years. They had a daughter, [[Natasha Gregson Wagner|Natasha]] (born September 29, 1970). Wood filed for divorce from Gregson on August 4, 1971, and it was finalized on April 12, 1972.<ref>((cite news | title = Natalie Wood: A Hollywood enigma |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-15789921 | work = BBC News | date = November 18, 2011 | access-date = November 3, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191201012240/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-15789921 | archive-date = December 1, 2019 | url-status = live ))</ref>

After a short-lived romance with future California governor [[Jerry Brown]], Wood resumed her relationship with Wagner at the end of January 1972.((sfn|Perroni|2021|p=6)) They remarried on July 16 aboard the Ramblin' Rose, anchored off Paradise Cove in [[Malibu, California|Malibu]]. Their daughter Courtney was born on March 9, 1974.((sfn|Finstad|2001|p=174))

In 2015, after a [[third-party source]] had repeatedly published the claim,<ref>((cite web|url=http://lightningreleases.com/natalie-woods-secret-fbi-love-affair|title=NATALIE WOOD’S SECRET FBI LOVE AFFAIR|date=December 2, 2013|work=Lightning Releases|archive-date=September 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930215143/http://lightningreleases.com/natalie-woods-secret-fbi-love-affair/))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=http://lightningreleases.com/film-star-natalie-wood-and-fbi-agent-romance|title=FILM STAR NATALIE WOOD AND FBI AGENT ROMANCE|date=November 13, 2013|work=Lightning Releases|archive-date=December 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215161336/http://lightningreleases.com/film-star-natalie-wood-and-fbi-agent-romance/))</ref> former FBI agent Donald G. Wilson openly stated that he and Wood had had a four-year affair, from 1973 to 1977, that began when she was pregnant with Courtney Wagner.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://radaronline.com/exclusives/2015/03/natalie-wood-secret-affair-claims-fbi-agent/|title=FBI Agent Claims He Had Secret Affair With Natalie Wood — Did Robert Wagner Know?|website=Radar Online|date=March 5, 2015))</ref> In 2016, Wilson spoke on camera about his alleged affair with Wood in a documentary for the cable network [[Reelz]].<ref>"Natalie Wood." ''National Enquirer Investigates''. S1, E4. Reelz, June 18, 2016. Television.</ref> Wilson has written a book about the relationship, titled ''Her Name was Natalie'', which was projected for a spring 2023 release by Outskirts Press.<ref>((cite web|url=https://outskirtspress.com/dangerousgaze| title=About the Author| date=November 13, 2022| work=Outskirts Press))</ref>

===Rape allegation===
Suzanne Finstad's 2001 biography of Wood alleges that she was raped by a powerful actor when she was 16, though Finstad did not name the assailant.<ref>((cite news | title = Natalie Wood 'raped as a teenager' |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1470142.stm | access-date = April 8, 2019 | work = BBC News | date = August 1, 2001 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408173646/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1470142.stm | archive-date = April 8, 2019 | url-status = live ))</ref><ref>((cite magazine | last1 = Collins | first1 = Nancy | title = The Real Tragedy of Natalie Wood |url=https://www.newsweek.com/real-tragedy-natalie-wood-65945 | magazine = Newsweek | access-date = April 8, 2019 | date = December 19, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408173646/https://www.newsweek.com/real-tragedy-natalie-wood-65945 | archive-date = April 8, 2019 | url-status = live ))</ref> Through the recollection of Wood's close friends, which included actors [[Scott Marlowe]] and [[Dennis Hopper]], Finstad said:
((blockquote|Though her five close friends' memories of some details or timing differ after forty-five years, the essence of what each recalls Natalie confiding to them is the same: that the same married film star lured or tricked Natalie, raped her so brutally she was physically injured, and she was too frightened or intimidated to report it to the police. Natalie "hated" her former screen idol afterward, "shuddering" if she heard his name. She would keep the horrible secret, and behave as if nothing happened whenever their paths intersected, too schooled by Mud [her mother] in the politics of Hollywood to cross a powerful movie star.((sfn|Finstad|2001|p=174))))

During a 12-part podcast about Wood's life in July 2018, Wood's sister [[Lana Wood|Lana]] said that Wood was raped as a teenager, and that the attack had occurred inside the [[Chateau Marmont]] during an audition and went on "for hours".<ref>((cite news | last1 = Nolasco | first1 = Stephanie | title = Natalie Wood's sister Lana claims star was raped, reveals details of her sibling's final days |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/natalie-woods-sister-lana-claims-star-was-raped-reveals-details-of-her-siblings-final-days | access-date = April 8, 2019 | work = Fox News | date = July 31, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407211448/https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/natalie-woods-sister-lana-claims-star-was-raped-reveals-details-of-her-siblings-final-days | archive-date = April 7, 2019 | url-status = live ))</ref> According to professor Cynthia Lucia, who studied the claim, Wood's rape was brutal and violent.<ref>((cite web | last1 = Chan | first1 = Anna | title = Lana Wood: Natalie Wood was sexually assaulted as a teen |url=https://www.aol.com/article/entertainment/2018/07/26/lana-wood-natalie-wood-was-sexually-assaulted-as-a-teen/23490211/ | website = AOL | publisher = Us Magazine | access-date = July 19, 2019 | date = July 26, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913094234/https://www.aol.com/article/entertainment/2018/07/26/lana-wood-natalie-wood-was-sexually-assaulted-as-a-teen/23490211/ | archive-date = September 13, 2018 | url-status = live ))</ref> In 2021, a year after the death of [[Kirk Douglas]], Lana published the memoir ''Little Sister: My Investigation Into the Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood'' and identified Douglas as Wood's alleged assailant.<ref>((cite news |last1=Italie |first1=Hillel |title=Natalie Wood was assaulted by Kirk Douglas, sister alleges |url=https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-lifestyle-movies-los-angeles-hollywood-2edc063a1a5529bd6cd7fdca096672cc |access-date=4 November 2021 |work=The Associated Press |date=4 November 2021))</ref>

== Death ==
[[File:Natalie Wood star redone.jpg|thumb|Wood's star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]]]
On November 29, 1981, Wood died under mysterious circumstances at age 43 during the making of ''[[Brainstorm (1983 film)|Brainstorm]]''. She had been on a weekend boat trip to [[Santa Catalina Island (California)|Santa Catalina Island]] on board her husband Robert Wagner's ((convert|58|ft|m|adj=on)) motoryacht, ''Splendour''. Other than the fact that she drowned, many of the circumstances are unknown; for example, it has never been determined how she entered the water. Wood was with Wagner, ''Brainstorm'' co-star [[Christopher Walken]], and ''Splendour''(('))s captain Dennis Davern on the evening of November 28.((efn|No explanation has ever been given why [[Georgianne Walken]] did not accompany her husband Christopher on the Thanksgiving weekend boating trip.((sfn|Rulli|Davern|2009|p=219)))) Authorities recovered her body at 8&nbsp;a.m. on November&nbsp;29, ((convert|1|mi|spell=in)) away from the boat, with a small Valiant-brand inflatable [[dinghy]] beached nearby. Wagner said that she was not with him when he went to bed.<ref name=LAT>((cite news | last = Winton | first = Richard | title = Natalie Wood death probe yields more unanswered questions |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/07/natalie-wood-death-probe-yields-more-unanswered-questions-.html | newspaper = Los Angeles Times | date = July 9, 2012 | access-date = June 15, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626125028/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/07/natalie-wood-death-probe-yields-more-unanswered-questions-.html | archive-date = June 26, 2015 | url-status = live ))</ref> The autopsy report revealed that she had bruises on her body and arms, as well as an abrasion on her left cheek, but no indication as to how or when the injuries occurred.<ref name="BBC082212">((cite news | title = Natalie Wood's death certificate amended |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19341547 | work = BBC News | date = August 22, 2012 | access-date = August 22, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120822111510/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19341547 | archive-date = August 22, 2012 | url-status = live ))</ref>

Davern had previously stated that Wood and Wagner argued that evening, which Wagner denied at the time. In his memoir ''Pieces of My Heart'', Wagner admitted that he had an argument with Wood before she disappeared.<ref name="BBC082212" /> The autopsy found that Wood's blood alcohol content was 0.14% and that there were traces of a motion-sickness pill and a painkiller in her bloodstream, both of which increase the effects of alcohol.((sfn|Finstad|2001|p=433)) Los Angeles County coroner [[Thomas Noguchi]] ruled the cause of her death to be accidental drowning and hypothermia.((sfn|Noguchi|DiMona|1983|p=43)) According to Noguchi, Wood had been drinking and she may have slipped while trying to re-board the dinghy.<ref name="BBC082212" /><ref>((Cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-lineup/what-really-happened-the_b_8594972.html | title = What Really Happened the Night Natalie Wood Died | work = [[Huffington Post]]|first=Paola |last=Crespo | date = November 18, 2015 | access-date = January 27, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202041556/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-lineup/what-really-happened-the_b_8594972.html | archive-date = February 2, 2017 | url-status = live ))</ref> Her sister Lana expressed doubts, alleging that Wood could not swim and had been "terrified" of water all her life, and that she would never have left the yacht on her own by dinghy.<ref name="Telegraph">((cite news | title = Natalie Wood was too 'terrified' of water to try to leave Robert Wagner on yacht by dinghy |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/8901179/Natalie-Wood-was-too-terrified-of-water-to-try-to-leave-Robert-Wagner-on-yacht-by-dinghy.html|work=The Telegraph|first=Philip|last=Sherwell | date = November 19, 2011 | access-date = February 2, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202233238/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/8901179/Natalie-Wood-was-too-terrified-of-water-to-try-to-leave-Robert-Wagner-on-yacht-by-dinghy.html | archive-date = February 2, 2018 | url-status = live ))</ref> Two witnesses who were on a nearby boat stated that they had heard a woman scream for help during the night.<ref name="LAT20180201">((cite news | title = How The Times covered Natalie Wood's mysterious death in 1981 |url=http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-natalie-wood-story-stack-20180201-story.html | access-date = February 2, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202001258/http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-natalie-wood-story-stack-20180201-story.html | archive-date = February 2, 2018 | url-status = live ))</ref>
[[File:Natalie Wood Grave.jpg|thumb|Grave of Natalie Wood at Westwood Memorial Park]]

Wood was buried in [[Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery]] in Los Angeles. Representatives of international media, photographers, and members of the public tried to attend her funeral, but all were required to remain outside the cemetery walls. Among the celebrities were [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Elizabeth Taylor]], [[Fred Astaire]], [[Rock Hudson]], [[David Niven]], [[Gregory Peck]], [[Gene Kelly]], [[Elia Kazan]], and [[Laurence Olivier]].((sfn|Lambert|2004|pp=320–321)) Olivier flew in from London in order to attend the service.((sfn|Harris|1988|p=210))

The case was reopened in November 2011 after Davern publicly stated that he had lied to police during the initial investigation and that Wood and Wagner had an argument that evening. He alleged that Wood had been flirting with Walken, that Wagner was jealous and enraged, and that Wagner had prevented Davern from turning on the search lights and notifying authorities after Wood's disappearance. Davern alleged that Wagner was responsible for her death.<ref name="BBC082212"/><ref>((cite web |url=http://www.today.com/id/45353418/#.UqIX-_RDt7g | title = Captain: Wagner responsible for Natalie Wood death | publisher = Today.com | date = November 18, 2011 | access-date = May 23, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212013431/http://www.today.com/id/45353418/#.UqIX-_RDt7g | archive-date = December 12, 2013 | url-status = live ))</ref><ref>((cite web |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/boat-captain-alleges-actor-robert-wagner-responsible-natalie-woods-death-2D80555795#.UqIX-_RDt7g | title = Boat captain alleges actor Robert Wagner responsible for Natalie Wood's death | date = November 22, 2011 | publisher = Today.com | access-date = February 2, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202021901/https://www.today.com/popculture/boat-captain-alleges-actor-robert-wagner-responsible-natalie-woods-death-2D80555795#.UqIX-_RDt7g | archive-date = February 2, 2018 | url-status = live ))</ref><ref>((cite news | title = Natalie Wood Death: New Audio Recordings Indicate Robert Wagner's Involvement |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/14/natalie-wood-death-new-audio-recordings_n_1885593.html | work = The Huffington Post | date = September 14, 2012 | access-date = September 17, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120917024814/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/14/natalie-wood-death-new-audio-recordings_n_1885593.html | archive-date = September 17, 2012 | url-status = live ))</ref> Walken hired a lawyer, cooperated with the investigation, and was not considered a suspect by authorities.<ref>((cite web | access-date = July 15, 2012 | work = New York Daily News | title = Natalie Wood cause of death changed to 'undetermined', deepening mystery |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/natalie-wood-death-changed-accident-undetermined-deepening-mystery-article-1.1110457 | author = Meena Hart Duerson | date = July 9, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712123520/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/natalie-wood-death-changed-accident-undetermined-deepening-mystery-article-1.1110457 | archive-date = July 12, 2012 | url-status = live ))</ref>

In 2012, Los Angeles County Chief Coroner [[Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran]] amended Wood's death certificate and changed the cause of death from accidental drowning to "drowning and other undetermined factors".<ref name=AP>((cite news | last = McCartney | first = Anthony | title = Authorities amend Natalie Wood's death certificate |url=http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_NATALIE_WOOD_INVESTIGATION | agency = Associated Press | date = August 21, 2012 | access-date = August 22, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525054956/http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_NATALIE_WOOD_INVESTIGATION | archive-date = May 25, 2019 | url-status = live ))</ref> The amended document included a statement that it is "not clearly established" how Wood ended up in the water. Detectives instructed the coroner's office not to discuss or comment on the case.<ref name=AP /> 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 Wood might have sustained some of the bruises on her body before she went into the water, but that this could not be definitively determined.<ref>((cite news | title = Coroner Releases New Report on Natalie Wood Death|first=Anthony|last=McCartney |url=http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_NATALIE_WOOD_INVESTIGATION?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT | agency= Associated Press |access-date=January 14, 2013 |url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117053358/http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_NATALIE_WOOD_INVESTIGATION?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT | archive-date = January 17, 2013))</ref> Forensic pathologist Michael Hunter speculated that Wood was particularly susceptible to bruising because she had taken the drug [[Levothyroxine|Synthroid]].<ref>"Autopsy: The Last Hours of Natalie Wood." ''Autopsy: The Last Hours of...''. Nar. Eric Meyers. Exec. Prod. Ed Taylor and Michael Kelpie. Reelz, January 30, 2016. Television.</ref> In 2020, a medical doctor and former intern of Noguchi at the time of Wood's death stated that the bruises were substantial and fitting for someone being thrown out of a boat. He claimed that he made those observations to Noguchi.<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/03/natalie-wood-death-murder-robert-wagner-book|title='Natalie Wood's Drowning Was Not an Accident': A New Book's Shocking Findings|first=Suzanne|last=Finstad|date=March 11, 2020|access-date=October 15, 2020|work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|archive-date=October 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020012113/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/03/natalie-wood-death-murder-robert-wagner-book|url-status=live))</ref>

In February 2018, Wagner was named a person of interest by the police in the investigation. The police stated that they know that Wagner was the last person to be with Wood before she disappeared.<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/robert-wagner-named-person-interest-natalie-woods-death-1080858 | title = Robert Wagner Named Person of Interest in Natalie Wood's Death|work=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Hilary|last=Lewis|date=February 1, 2018 | access-date = February 1, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201180319/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/robert-wagner-named-person-interest-natalie-woods-death-1080858 | archive-date = February 1, 2018 | url-status = live ))</ref><ref>((cite news | title = Robert Wagner 'Person of interest says investigator |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/natalie-wood-death-robert-wagner-person-of-interest-says-investigator | work = CBS News | date = February 1, 2018 | access-date = February 1, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201223237/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/natalie-wood-death-robert-wagner-person-of-interest-says-investigator/ | archive-date = February 1, 2018 | url-status = live ))</ref><ref>((cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-42958715 | title = Police want to quiz Wagner over Wood death | date = February 6, 2018 | work = BBC News | access-date = June 20, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712110308/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-42958715 | archive-date = July 12, 2018 | url-status = live ))</ref> In a 2018 report, the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' cited the coroner's report from 2013 saying that Wood had unexplained fresh bruising on her right forearm, left wrist, and right knee, a scratch on her neck, and a superficial scrape on her forehead. Officials said that it is possible that she was assaulted before she drowned.<ref>((cite news |last1=Chang |first1=Cindy |last2=Lau |first2=Maya |title=Robert Wagner's action after Natalie Wood's death 'doesn't make any sense,' detective says |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-natalie-wood-robert-wagner-death-investigation-20180205-story.html |access-date=December 12, 2019 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=February 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212130131/https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-natalie-wood-robert-wagner-death-investigation-20180205-story.html |archive-date=December 12, 2019 |url-status=live ))</ref>

==Portrayals in film==
The 2004 TV film ''[[The Mystery of Natalie Wood]]'' chronicles Wood's life and career. It was partly based on the biographies ''Natasha: the Biography of Natalie Wood'' by [[Suzanne Finstad]] and ''Natalie & R.J.'' by Warren G. Harris.<ref>((cite magazine | last = Gallo | first = Phil | title = The Mystery of Natalie Wood |url=https://variety.com/2004/scene/markets-festivals/the-mystery-of-natalie-wood-1200534801/ | date = February 26, 2004 | access-date = March 23, 2018 | magazine = Variety | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106220622/https://variety.com/2004/scene/markets-festivals/the-mystery-of-natalie-wood-1200534801/ | archive-date = November 6, 2018 | url-status = live ))</ref> [[Justine Waddell]] portrays Wood.<ref>((cite news | last = Smith | first = Austin | title = Lost Star – What Really Happened to Film Goddess Natali Wood |url=https://nypost.com/2004/02/29/lost-star-what-really-happened-to-film-goddess-natalie-wood/ | date = February 29, 2004 | access-date = March 23, 2018 | newspaper = New York Post | publisher = Jesse Angelo | editor-last = Lynch | editor-first = Stephen | issn = 1090-3321 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225162110/https://nypost.com/2004/02/29/lost-star-what-really-happened-to-film-goddess-natalie-wood/ | archive-date = February 25, 2019 | url-status = live ))</ref><ref>((cite news | last = Stasi | first = Landi | title = Natalie Goes Overboard – Wood's Death not the Only Mystery |url=https://nypost.com/2004/03/01/natalie-goes-overboard-woods-death-not-the-only-mystery/ | date = March 1, 2004 | access-date = March 23, 2018 | newspaper = New York Post | publisher = Jesse Angelo | editor-last = Lynch | editor-first = Stephen | issn = 1090-3321 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225223532/https://nypost.com/2004/03/01/natalie-goes-overboard-woods-death-not-the-only-mystery/ | archive-date = February 25, 2019 | url-status = live ))</ref>

==Legacy==
Wood was one of the few child actors who also achieved success as an adult movie star. <ref>((cite web | url=https://edition.cnn.com/2011/11/19/showbiz/celebrity-news-gossip/natalie-wood-life/index.html | title=Natalie Wood's star power lasted for decades | date=November 19, 2011 ))</ref> Wood's career was also a bridge between [[Old Hollywood]] and [[New Hollywood]].<ref>((cite web | url=https://www.widescreenings.com/natalie-wood-remains-behind.html | title=Analysis and review: Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind ))</ref> ''[[Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice]]'' (1969), a successful film that Wood made after a period of professional and personal setbacks, cemented her place as an actresses who was part of both worlds.<ref>((cite web | url=https://www.widescreenings.com/natalie-wood-remains-behind.html | title=Analysis and review: Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind ))</ref> Wood also achieved success in television, notably in the miniseries ''[[From Here to Eternity (miniseries)|From Here to Eternity]]'' (1979) for which she won a [[Golden Globe Award]].

However, Wood's professional legacy has, to a degree, been overshadowed by the enormous attention given to her personal life, especially the circumstances surrounding her death, as well as her highly publicized marriage, divorce and remarriage to Robert Wagner, her relations with several actors whom she dated in the 1960s, her mental health struggles, and her often troubled relationship with her mother. According to her daughter, [[Natasha Gregson Wagner]], the focus and speculation on her death "overshadowed her life’s work and who she was as a person".
<ref>((cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/may/04/what-remains-behind-the-life-and-death-natalie-wood | title='A short but vibrant life': Revisiting the life and death of Natalie Wood | newspaper=The Guardian | date=May 4, 2020 | last1=Horton | first1=Adrian ))</ref>

==Filmography==
((main|Natalie Wood filmography))

== Accolades ==
((more citations needed|section|date=July 2018))<!--need citations for awards not already cited in article text-->
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Association
!Category
!Nominated work
!Result
|-
|1946
|Box Office Magazine
|Most Talented Young Actress of 1946
|''[[Tomorrow Is Forever]]''|| ((won))
|-1947 Driftwood.
|1955
|[[Academy Awards]]
|[[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]<ref name=":0">((Cite web|url=http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/Search/GetResults?query=%7B%22Nominee%22:%22Natalie%20wood%22,%22Sort%22:%221-Nominee-Alpha%22,%22Search%22:%22Basic%22%7D|title=Academy Awards Search ((!)) Natalie Wood|website=awardsdatabase.oscars.org|access-date=February 18, 2020|archive-date=September 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210909141744/https://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/Search/GetResults?query=%7B%22Nominee%22%3A%22Natalie+wood%22%2C%22Sort%22%3A%221-Nominee-Alpha%22%2C%22Search%22%3A%22Basic%22%7D|url-status=live))</ref>
|''[[Rebel Without a Cause]]''|| ((nom))
|-
|1956
|[[National Association of Theatre Owners]]
|Star of Tomorrow Award
||| ((won))
|-
|1957
|[[Golden Globe Award]]
|[[Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress|New Star of the Year&nbsp;– Actress]]<ref name=":1">((Cite web|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/natalie-wood|title=Natalie Wood|website=Golden Globes|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322101022/https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/natalie-wood|archive-date=March 22, 2019|access-date=February 18, 2020))</ref>
|''Rebel Without a Cause''|| ((won))
|-
|1961
|[[Grauman's Chinese Theatre]]
|[[List of Grauman's Chinese Theatre handprint ceremonies#1960s|Handprint Ceremony]]<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.tclchinesetheatres.com/imprint-ceremonies-archive/#ert_pane1-4|title=Imprint Ceremonies Archive ((!)) TCL Chinese Theatres|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191126060746/http://www.tclchinesetheatres.com/imprint-ceremonies-archive/#ert_pane1-4|archive-date=November 26, 2019|access-date=February 18, 2020))</ref>
|
| align="center" |Inducted
|-
|1961
|Academy Awards
|[[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]<ref name=":0" />
| rowspan="3" |''[[Splendor in the Grass]]''|| ((nom))
|-
|1962
|Golden Globe Award
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama|Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama]]<ref name=":1" />|| ((nom))
|-
|1963
|[[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA Awards]]
|[[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role#Best Foreign Actress (1952-1967)|Best Foreign Actress]]<ref>((Cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1963/film/foreign-actress|title=BAFTA Awards – 1963 Foreign Actress|website=Bafta|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414005426/http://awards.bafta.org/award/1963/film/foreign-actress|archive-date=April 14, 2019|access-date=February 18, 2020))</ref>|| ((nom))
|-
|1963
|Golden Globe Award
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical#1960s|Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical]]<ref name=":1" />
|''[[Gypsy (1962 film)|Gypsy]]''|| ((nom))
|-
|1963
|Academy Awards
|[[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]<ref name=":0" />
| rowspan="3" |''[[Love with the Proper Stranger]]''|| ((nom))
|-
|1964
|Golden Globe Award
|[[21st Golden Globe Awards#Best Actress - Drama|Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama]]<ref name=":1" />|| ((nom))
|-
|1964
|[[Mar del Plata International Film Festival]] 
|[[Mar del Plata International Film Festival#List of winners|Best Actress]]|| ((won))
|-
|1966
| rowspan="4" |Golden Globe Award
|[[23rd Golden Globe Awards#Best Actress - Musical or Comedy|Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical]]<ref name=":1" />
|''[[Inside Daisy Clover]]''|| ((nom))
|-
|1966
|World Film Favorite<ref name=":1" />
||| ((won))
|-
|1967
|[[24th Golden Globe Awards#Best Actress - Drama|Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama]]<ref name=":1" />
|''[[This Property Is Condemned]]''|| ((nom))
|-
|1980
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama#1970s|Best Actress – Television Series Drama]]<ref name=":1" />
|''[[From Here to Eternity (miniseries)|From Here to Eternity]]'' || ((won))
|-
|1983
|[[Saturn Awards]]
|[[Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress#1980s|Best Supporting Actress]]
|''[[Brainstorm (1983 film)|Brainstorm]]''|| ((nom))
|-
|1986
|Hollywood Chamber of Commerce
|[[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.walkoffame.com/natalie-wood | title = Natalie Wood | publisher = [[Hollywood Walk of Fame|Walkoffame.com]] | access-date = September 15, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130620075329/http://www.walkoffame.com/natalie-wood | archive-date = June 20, 2013 | url-status = live ))</ref>
|
| align="center" |Inducted
|-
|2011
|[[Palm Springs, California]], [[Palm Springs Walk of Stars|Walk of Stars]]
|[[Palm Springs Walk of Stars#Show business|Golden Palm Star]]<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.palmspringswalkofstars.com/web-storage/Stars/Stars%20dedicated%20by%20date.pdf | title = Palm Springs Walk of Stars by date dedicated | publisher = [[Palm Springs Walk of Stars|palmspringswalkofstars.com]]|access-date=September 19, 2012|url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013165655/http://www.palmspringswalkofstars.com/web-storage/Stars/Stars%20dedicated%20by%20date.pdf | archive-date = October 13, 2012))</ref>
|
| align="center" |Inducted
|-
|2016
|Online Film & Television Association
|OFTA Film Hall of Fame
|
| align="center" |Inducted
|}

==See also==
* [[List of unsolved deaths]]

== Footnotes ==
((Reflist|group=n))
((notelist))

==References==
((Reflist))

===Sources===
* ((Cite book | last = Finstad | first = Suzanne | author-link = Suzanne Finstad | title = Natasha: The Biography of Natalie Wood | year = 2001 | publisher = Three Rivers Press | isbn = 978-0-609-80957-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wU0uhbkAK2AC | access-date = July 24, 2010))
* ((cite book | last1 = Frascella | first1 = Lawrence | last2 = Weisel | first2 = Al | title = Live Fast, Die Young: The Wild Ride of Making Rebel Without a Cause | date = 2005 | publisher = Touchstone | isbn = 0-7432-6082-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B92ZdPN9ut8C | language = en ))
* ((cite book | title = Elia Kazan: A Life | last = Kazan | first = Elia | author-link = Elia Kazan | year = 1997 | publisher = [[Da Capo Press]] | location = New York | isbn = 0-306-80804-8 | page = 602 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=xglC324UIUgC&q=0306808048 ))((Dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes ))
* ((Cite book | last = Lambert | first = Gavin | author-link = Gavin Lambert | title = Natalie Wood: A Life | year = 2004 | publisher = Faber and Faber | location = London | isbn = 978-0-571-22197-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9nqgPwAACAAJ | access-date = July 24, 2010))
* ((Cite book | last = Harris | first = Warren G. | title = Hollywood's Star-Crossed Lovers "Natalie and R.J." | year = 1988 | publisher = Doubleday | isbn = 978-0-385-23691-1 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=iW-fQAAACAAJ | access-date = July 24, 2010 ))((Dead link|date=October 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes ))
* Nickens, Christopher. ''Natalie Wood: A Biography in Photographs''. Doubleday, 1986. ((ISBN|0-385-23307-8)).
* ((cite book | last1 = Noguchi | first1 = Thomas T. | last2 = DiMona | first2 = Joseph | author-link1 = Thomas Noguchi | title = Coroner | year = 1983 | publisher = [[Simon & Schuster]] | location = New York | isbn = 0-671-46772-7|url=https://archive.org/details/coronernogu00nogu))
* ((cite book | last1 = Rulli | first1 = Marti | last2 = Davern | first2 = Dennis | title = Goodbye Natalie, Goodbye Splendour | date = 2009 | publisher = Medallion | isbn = 978-1-59777-639-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BrsqAwAAQBAJ | language = en ))
* ((cite book |editor1-last=Tibbetts |editor1-first=John C. |editor2-last=Welsh |editor2-first=James M. | title = American Classic Screen Profiles | date = 2010 | publisher = Scarecrow Press | isbn = 978-0-8108-7676-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LpcWzZfVEa4C | language = en ))
* ((Cite book | last = Wood | first = Lana | author-link = Lana Wood | title = Natalie: A Memoir by Her Sister | year = 1984 | publisher = Putnam Pub Group | isbn = 0-399-12903-0 |url=https://archive.org/details/nataliememoirbyh00wood | url-access = registration |access-date=March 12, 2014))
* ((cite book | title = Little Sister: My Investigation Into the Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood | last = Wood | first = Lana | year = 2021 | publisher = [[HarperCollins]] | isbn = 978-0063081628 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OyslEAAAQBAJ))
* ((cite book | title = Brainstorm: An Investigation of the Mysterious Death of Film Star Natalie Wood | last =  Perroni | first = Sam | year = 2021 | publisher = [[Post Hill Press]] | isbn = 978-1637583739 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pt9EEAAAQBAJ))

==External links==
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* ((IMDb name|0000081))
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* [http://www.who2.com/nataliewood.html Natalie Wood at Who2]
* ((discogs artist|Natalie Wood))
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009mw86 Natalie Wood] interview on BBC Radio 4 ''[[Desert Island Discs]]'', May 16, 1980
* [http://www.thespectrum.com/story/entertainment/2016/11/14/natasha-wagner-remembers-thanksgiving-natalie-wood/93797762/ Interview with Natalie Wood’s daughter, Natasha Gregson Wagner. Accessed November 17, 2016.]

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