• Name: Natalie Wood
• Date of Birth: July 20, 1938
• Place of Birth: Santa Catalina Island, California, USA

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Biography: Natalie Wood (July 20, 1938 – November 29, 1981) was an American film actress. Wood was born Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko in San Francisco, California, to Russian Orthodox immigrants, Nikolai and Mar...( read more )ia Zakharenko. Her parents changed their surname to the less cumbersome "Gurdin", and by the age of 4 she was billed as Natasha Gurdin. Her mother tightly managed and controlled the young girl's career and personal life from her start in films at the age of five. She starred in multiple films as a child including Miracle on 34th Street in 1947. Her father is described by Wood's biographers as a passive alcoholic who went along with his wife's demands. Her sister, Lana Wood, is also an actress, notably a Bond girl, and was a Playboy playmate.

At 16, Natalie was awarded the role of Judy in Nicholas Ray's Rebel Without a Cause, co-starring James Dean, Sal Mineo, and Dennis Hopper, signalling the start of her adult acting career. Most biographers claim that she slept with Ray and Hopper. Wood was one of the relatively few child stars to make a successful transition to adult stardom. By the time she was 28, she was already a three-time Oscar nominee, with nominations for Rebel Without a Cause, Splendor in the Grass and Love With the Proper Stranger. Another of her widely noted films was the Leonard Bernstein musical West Side Story, in which she played Maria. Wood was initially signed to do her own singing but in the end she was dubbed by professional singer Marni Nixon, which is said to have caused her disappointment. Nonetheless, she enjoyed worldwide celebrity, comparable to that of Elizabeth Taylor. As a restless on-screen companion of James Dean and an off-screen date of Elvis Presley, she was much admired and envied by the young girls of the day. One of her judgments of Elvis was, "He can sing but he can’t do much else."

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  PinkBohemianSweetie

  I especially loved Ms. Wood in "WEST SIDE STORY".

  posted 90 days ago
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  arusa

  She's really beautiful...

  posted 164 days ago
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  ambrosiapatel

  yes she was born in SF

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  loobyphattcat

  No. She was born in San Fransico. She is of Russian origins.

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  labrynthgirl101

  she was born in Russia!

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  rezababaie

  hi dear
  how can i downlode your film
  thanks alot
  Reza

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  goonyouknowyouwantto

  i know shes got an amazing voice so it's really annoyin that she didn't sing for west side story, she really should have it would of been so much better.

  posted 378 days ago
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  peachykeenjellybean2

  Natalie Wood was such an amazing talent. I love her movies and she was absolutely gorgeous. It was so tragic when she died. RIP Natalie! :)

  posted 411 days ago
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  loobyphattcat

  My favourite actress ever in the whole wide world.
  She had talent and was the most beautiful person ever!

  posted 500 days ago
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  HarleyAngelWomen

  Natalie Wood is a pretty, so sweet, very good actress person... I miss natalie wood died..Its very sad..

  posted 521 days ago

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• Hollywood Biographies: The Leading Ladies (Unrated, 2005)
• Brainstorm (PG, 1983)
• Meteor (PG, 1979)
• Peeper (Fat Chance) (PG, 1975)
• The Affair (Unrated, 1973)
• Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (R, 1969)
• Penelope (1966) (Unrated, 1966)
• This Property Is Condemned (Unrated, 1966)
• Inside Daisy Clover (Unrated, 1965)
• The Great Race (Unrated, 1965)

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