“All she just seemed was sort of larger than life, but not because she was famous. More because she was just her.”
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Natalie Wood
Natalie Wood was an American actress. She began acting at age four and co-starred at age eight in Miracle on 34th Street (1947). 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).
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entertainment · American actress (1938–1981) · actor · film actor · child actor · television actor · also Natalie Wood, Natalia Nikolaevna Zacharenko, Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko, Natalie Wood Wagner, Natasha Gurdin, Natalie
Born 20 July 1938 · Died 28 November 1981 · Q180919
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2026· 6 entries
“it appeared to him as though RJ [Wagner] shoved her away and she went overboard. Dennis panicked and RJ said,”
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“I broke out in hives and suffered anguish that was very real pain every day we shot,”
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Public attention spiked: 18,285 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.4× the usual 4,183, with 1 article edits. Editors noted: add Category:American television child actresses
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Yahoo: The Ups And Downs Of Natalie Wood's Two Marriages With Robert Wagner
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Yahoo: Natalie Wood Would Have Turned 88 Today, and Fans Are Honoring Her in a Heartwarming Way
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2025· 4 entries
E!: Robert Wagner Pays Tribute to Ex Natalie Wood 44 Years After Her Death
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UPI: Robert Wagner remembers Natalie Wood on 44th anniversary of death
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AOL: Natalie Wood's Death: What to Know About Her Mysterious Drowning, 44 Years Later
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SheKnows: Natalie Wood’s Lookalike Granddaughter Clover’s Modeling Debut Paid Homage to Her Grandma
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2021· 1 entry
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
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2020· 1 entry
A medical doctor and former intern of Noguchi at the time of Wood's death stated that the bruises were substantial and consistent with someone being thrown out of a boat
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2018· 1 entry
Wagner was named as a person of interest in the ongoing investigation into her death
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2016· 1 entry
Wilson spoke on camera about his alleged affair with Wood in a documentary for the cable network Reelz
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2015· 1 entry
After a third-party source had repeatedly published the claim, former FBI agent Donald Goodwin Wilson openly stated that he and Wood had had a four-year affair, from 1973 to 1977, that began when she was pregnant with Co
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2013· 1 entry
And Saoirse Ronan in 2017, both of whom scored their third nominations at the age of 23
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2012· 1 entry
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
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1983· 1 entry
And was dedicated to Wood in the closing credits
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1982· 1 entry
In Anastasia at Ahmanson Theatre with Wendy Hiller
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1981· 3 entries
Wood died under mysterious circumstances at the age of 43 during the making of Brainstorm
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At the age of 43, Wood drowned in the Pacific Ocean at Santa Catalina Island during a break from production of her would-be comeback film Brainstorm (1983)
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Died 1981-11-28.
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1980· 1 entry
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama for From Here to Eternity (1980).
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1979· 1 entry
Wood received high ratings and critical acclaim for the made-for-TV movie The Cracker Factory and especially the miniseries remake of From Here to Eternity, with Kim Basinger and William Devane
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1978· 1 entry
As Bubble Bath Girl, and his series Hart to Hart in 1979 as Movie Star
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1970· 1 entry
With her first child, Natasha, she went into semiretirement and acted in only four more theatrical films during the remainder of her life
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1969· 1 entry
Wood married British producer Richard Gregson after dating for nearly three years
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1966· 1 entry
Wood was given the Harvard Lampoon award for being the "Worst Actress of Last Year, This Year, and Next"
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1965· 1 entry
With Venezuelan shoe manufacturer Ladislav Blatnik
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1961· 1 entry
(though Wagner has since said that they split up in 1960) and divorced on April 27, 1962
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1957· 2 entries
In Scottsdale, Arizona, when Wood was 19
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Won Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress (1957).
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1946· 1 entry
And later became an actress under the name Lana Wood
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1942· 1 entry
Bought a home in Santa Rosa, California, where Wood was noticed by members of a crew during a film shoot downtown
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1938· 2 entries
Born 1938-07-20.
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To Maria Zoudilova (sometimes transliterated Zoodiloff) and second husband Nicholas Zacharenko
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