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Natalie Wood (Natasha Nikolaevna Gurdin)
actress
Born: 7/20/1938
Birthplace: San Francisco, California
Dark-haired, browned eyed smoldering beauty who began acting at age four in the 1943 movie, Happy Land. Wood acted steadily until her accidental drowning death in 1981. Wood was nominated for three Oscars, but may be best known for her role as Maria in the film version of West Side Story (1961). She earned her first nomination, as best supporting actress, for her portrayal of Judy in the classic Rebel Without a Cause (1955) and followed that with best actress nominations for her role as Wilma Dean Loomis in Splendor in the Grass (1961) and for her role as Angie Rossini in Love with the Perfect Stranger (1963). She married actor Robert Wagner in 1957, divorced in 1962, and remarried him in 1972. The couple had one daughter, Courtney Brooke, in 1974. Died: 11/29/1981
Information Please® Database, © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. More on Natalie Wood from Infoplease:
- Natalie Wood - Biography of Natalie Wood, The girl who doubts Santa Claus in Miracle on 34th Street
- No Sad Songs For Me (1950) - Starring Margaret Sullavan, Wendell Corey, Viveca Lindfors, Natalie Wood, John McIntire
- Love With the Proper Stranger (1963) - Starring Natalie Wood, Steve McQueen, Edie Adams, Herschel Bernardi, Anne Hegira
- Inside Daisy Clover (1966) - Starring Natalie Wood, Christopher Plummer, Robert Redford
- Thomas Noguchi - Biography of Thomas Noguchi, The "Coroner to the Stars"
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