Natalie Wood, born Natalie Zacharenko in 1938, began her acting career at four and rose to stardom with roles in "Miracle on 34th Street" and "Rebel Without a Cause." Nominated for an Academy Award at 17, she starred in musicals like "West Side Story" and earned further nominations for "Splendor in the Grass" and "Love with the Proper Stranger." After a hiatus in the 1970s, she returned to television with a Golden Globe-winning performance in "From Here to Eternity." Wood's career spanned the evolution of Hollywood, portraying the transition of American womanhood through diverse roles. Her untimely death in 1981, while filming "Brainstorm," remains shrouded in mystery.
The roles that explain the career.
50 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 2018 | Natalie Wood: An American Murder Mystery | Film | |
| 2017 | Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds | Self (archive footage, uncredited) | Film |
| 2008 | Dominick Dunne: After the Party | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1983 | Brainstorm | Karen Brace | Film |
| 1980 | The Last Married Couple in America | Mari Thompson | Film |
| 1979 | The Cracker Factory | Cassie Barrett | Film |
| 1979 | Meteor | Tatiana Donskaya | Film |
| 1975 | Peeper | Ellen Prendergast | Film |
| 1975 | I'm a Stranger Here Myself | Self | Film |
| 1973 | The Affair | Courtney Patterson | Film |
| 1972 | The Candidate | Natalie Wood | Film |
| 1969 | Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice | Carol Sanders | Film |
| 1966 | This Property Is Condemned | Alva Starr | Film |
| 1966 | Inside Daisy Clover | Daisy Clover | Film |
| 1966 | Penelope | Penelope | Film |
| 1965 | The Great Race | Maggie Dubois | Film |
| 1964 | Sex and the Single Girl | Helen Gurley Brown | Film |
| 1963 | Love with the Proper Stranger | Angie Rossini | Film |
| 1962 | Gypsy | Louise Hovick/Gypsy Rose Lee | Film |
| 1961 | Splendor in the Grass | Wilma "Deanie" Loomis | Film |
| 1961 | West Side Story | Maria | Film |
| 1960 | Cash McCall | Lory Austen | Film |
| 1960 | All the Fine Young Cannibals | Sarah "Salome" Davis | Film |
| 1958 | Kings Go Forth | Monique Blair | Film |
| 1958 | Marjorie Morningstar | Marjorie Morgenstern | Film |
| 1957 | The James Dean Story | Self | Film |
| 1957 | Bombers B-52 | Lois Brennan | Film |
| 1956 | The Burning Hills | Maria-Christina Colton | Film |
| 1956 | The Girl He Left Behind | Susan Daniels | Film |
| 1956 | A Cry in the Night | Elizabeth | Film |
| 1956 | The Searchers | Debbie Edwards | Film |
| 1955 | One Desire | Seely Dowder | Film |
| 1955 | Rebel Without a Cause | Judy | Film |
| 1954 | The Silver Chalice | Helena as a Girl | Film |
| 1952 | Just for You | Barbara Blake | Film |
| 1952 | The Star | Gretchen | Film |
| 1951 | The Blue Veil | Stephanie Rawlins | Film |
| 1951 | Dear Brat | Pauline Baxter | Film |
| 1950 | Never a Dull Moment | Nan Hayward | Film |
| 1950 | No Sad Songs for Me | Polly Scott | Film |
| 1950 | Our Very Own | Penny Macaulay | Film |
| 1950 | The Jackpot | Phyllis Lawrence | Film |
| 1949 | Father Was a Fullback | Ellen Cooper | Film |
| 1949 | Chicken Every Sunday | Ruth Hefferen | Film |
| 1948 | Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! | Eufraznee 'Bean' McGill | Film |
| 1947 | Driftwood | Jenny Hollingsworth | Film |
| 1947 | The Ghost and Mrs. Muir | Anna Muir as a Child | Film |
| 1946 | Tomorrow Is Forever | Margaret Ludwig | Film |
| 1946 | The Bride Wore Boots | Carol Warren | Film |
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