A black and white publicity photograph of Natalie Wood in 1966
Publicity photo for the film Penelope (1966)

Natalie Wood (1938–1981) was an American actress who started her career as a child by appearing in films directed by Irving Pichel.[1] Wood's first credited role was as an Austrian war refugee in the Pichel-directed Tomorrow Is Forever (1946) with Claudette Colbert and Orson Welles.[2] The following year, she played a child who does not believe in Santa Claus in the Christmas comedy-drama Miracle on 34th Street (1947) opposite Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, and Edmund Gwenn.[3]

Wood appeared as a regular cast member in the television sitcom The Pride of the Family (1953). Two years later, she starred as a recalcitrant teenager in Rebel Without a Cause with James Dean,[4] for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and received the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Female.[5][6] The following year, Wood appeared as a kidnapped girl in the John Ford-directed western The Searchers (1956) with John Wayne and Jeffrey Hunter.[7] Two years later, she played a Jewish student in Marjorie Morningstar (1958) opposite Gene Kelly, and an American girl living in World War II France who is caught in a love triangle in Kings Go Forth (1958) with Frank Sinatra and Tony Curtis.[8][9]

In 1961, Wood starred as a teenager struggling with sexual repression in the period drama Splendor in the Grass with Warren Beatty, and as Maria in the highly successful musical film West Side Story.[10][11][12] For the former, she received a nomination for Best Actress at the Academy Awards, British Academy Film Awards, and Golden Globes.[13][14][15] She followed West Side Story with another musical film Gypsy (1962), in which she played the title role of the burlesque entertainer Gypsy Rose Lee. She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical.[16][17] The following year, Wood portrayed a woman who becomes pregnant following a one-night stand in Love with the Proper Stranger (1963) with Steve McQueen.[18] For her performance she garnered her second nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress, and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama.[19][20]

In 1969, she starred in the comedy Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice about two couples who decide to pursue an open relationship.[21] Four years later, Wood appeared opposite Robert Wagner in the television film The Affair.[22] She received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama for her portrayal of an adulterous wife in the miniseries From Here to Eternity (1979).[20][23] Two years later, she died of drowning during the filming of her last film Brainstorm, which was posthumously released in 1983.[24][25]

Film

A 1951 black and white publicity photograph of Natalie Wood
Wood in a 1951 publicity photo
A black and white publicity photograph of Natalie Wood for the 1962 film Gypsy
Wood in a publicity photo for Gypsy (1962)
A black and white publicity photograph of Natalie Wood for the 1965 film Inside Daisy Clover
Wood in a publicity photo for Inside Daisy Clover (1965)
Year Title Role Ref(s)
1943 The Moon Is Down Carrie[a] [26]
1943 Happy Land Little girl who drops ice cream cone[a] [27][28]
1946 Tomorrow Is Forever Margaret Ludwig [29]
1946 The Bride Wore Boots Carol Warren [30]
1947 The Ghost and Mrs. Muir Anna Muir (as a child) [31]
1947 Miracle on 34th Street Susan Walker [32]
1947 Driftwood Jenny Hollingsworth [33]
1948 Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! Bean McGill [34]
1948 The Green Promise Susan Matthews [35]
1949 Chicken Every Sunday Ruth Hefferen [36]
1949 Father Was a Fullback Ellen Cooper [37]
1950 No Sad Songs for Me Polly Scott [38]
1950 Our Very Own Penny [39]
1950 Never a Dull Moment Nan [40]
1950 The Jackpot Phyllis Lawrence [41]
1951 Dear Brat Pauline [42]
1951 The Blue Veil Stephanie Rawlins [43]
1952 The Rose Bowl Story Sally Burke [44]
1952 Just for You Barbara Blake [45]
1952 The Star Gretchen [46][47]
1954 The Silver Chalice Helena (as a child) [48]
1955 One Desire Seely [49]
1955 Rebel Without a Cause Judy [50]
1956 The Searchers Debbie Edwards [51]
1956 A Cry in the Night Liz Taggart [52]
1956 The Burning Hills Maria Cristina Colton [53]
1956 The Girl He Left Behind Susan Daniels [54]
1957 Bombers B-52 Lois Brennan [55]
1958 Marjorie Morningstar Marjorie [56]
1958 Kings Go Forth Monique Blair [57]
1960 Cash McCall Lory Austen [58]
1960 All the Fine Young Cannibals Sara "Salome" Davis [59]
1961 Splendor in the Grass Wilma Dean Loomis [60]
1961 West Side Story Maria [61]
1962 Gypsy Gypsy Rose Lee [16]
1963 Love with the Proper Stranger Angie Rossini [62]
1964 Sex and the Single Girl Helen Gurley Brown [63]
1965 Inside Daisy Clover Daisy Clover [64]
1965 The Great Race Maggie DuBois [65]
1966 This Property Is Condemned Alva Starr [66]
1966 Penelope Penelope [67]
1969 Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice Carol Sanders [68]
1972 The Candidate Herself[b] [69]
1975 Peeper Ellen Prendergast [70]
1979 Meteor Tatiana Donskaya [71]
1980 The Last Married Couple in America Mari Thomson [72]
1980 Willie & Phil Herself[b] [73]
1983 Brainstorm Karen Brace [74]

Television

A black and white photograph of Wood on the right and Tom Bernard on the left from the television series The Pride of the Family
Wood and Tom Bernard in television series The Pride of the Family (1953–1954)
A black and white still of Wood on the right and Jacques Sernas on the left from the television episode The Deadly Riddle
Wood and Jacques Sernas in "The Deadly Riddle" (1956)
Year(s) Title Role(s) Notes Ref(s)
1952 Chevron Theatre Monica Episode: "Playmates" [75]
1953–1954 The Pride of the Family Ann Morrison [76][77]
1954 The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse Monica Episode: "Playmates" [78]
1954 Studio 57 Sheila Mason Episode: "The Plot Against Miss Pomeroy" [79]
1954
1955 		General Electric Theater Lucy / Polly Gookin Episode: "I'm a Fool"
Episode: "Feathertop" 		[80][81]
1955 Four Star Playhouse Louise Episode: "The Wild Bunch" [82][83]
1955 Ford Television Theatre Polly Ramsay Episode: "Too Old for Dolls" [84]
1955 Max Liebman Spectaculars Klara Sesseman Episode: "Heidi" [85][86]
1955 Studio One Jen Potter Episode: "Miracle at Potter's Farm" [87]
1955
1956 		Kings Row Renee Gyllinson Episode: "Wedding Gift"
Episode: "Carnival" 		[88][89]
1956 Warner Bros. Presents Lady Marian Episode: "The Deadly Riddle" [90]
1956 The Kaiser Aluminum Hour Kathy Jo Episode: "Carnival" [91]
1973 The Affair Courtney Patterson Television film [22]
1976 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Maggie Television film [92]
1978 Switch Girl in the bubble bath Episode: "The Cage" [93]
1979 From Here to Eternity Karen Holmes Miniseries [94]
1979 Hart to Hart Movie Star[b] Episode: "Pilot" [95][96][97]
1979 The Cracker Factory Cassie Barrett Television film [98]
1980 The Memory of Eva Ryker Eva / Claire Ryker Television film [99]
1981 Peter Ustinov and Natalie Wood at The Hermitage Herself Documentary [100]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Uncredited role
  2. ^ a b c Cameo

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