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  • Category: Motion pictures
  • Unveiled: 01 Feb 1987
  • Star rank: 126
  • Address:
    7008 Hollywood Blvd
  • Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing west
  • GPS location:
    34.101418, -118.341858

Natalie Wood

Next star: Angela Bassett
Previous star: Soupy Sales

Biography

Natalie Wood, born Natalia Nikolaevna Zacharenko (Russian: Наталья Николаевна Захаренко; July 20, 1938 – November 29, 1981) was a Russian-American film and television actress best known for her screen roles in Miracle on 34th Street, Splendor in the Grass, Rebel Without a Cause, and West Side Story. After first working in films as a child, Wood became a successful Hollywood star as a young adult, receiving three Academy Award nominations before she was 25 years old.

Fact file

  • Born: Natalia Nikolaevna Zacharenko July 20, 1938 San Francisco, California, United States
  • Died: November 29, 1981 (aged 43) Santa Catalina Island, California, United States
  • Other names: Natasha Gurdin Natalie Wood Wagner
  • Occupation: Actress
  • Years active: 1943–1981
  • Spouse: Robert Wagner (m. 1957–1962) «start: (1957)–end+1: (1963)»“Marriage: Robert Wagner to Natalie Wood” Location: (linkback://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_Wood) Richard Gregson (m. 1969–1972) «start: (1969)–end+1: (1973)»“Marriage: Richard Gregson to Natalie Wood” Location: (linkback://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_Wood) Robert Wagner (m. 1972–1981) «start: (1972)–end+1: (1982)»“Marriage: Robert Wagner to Natalie Wood” Location: (linkback://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_Wood)(her death)
  • Children: Natasha Gregson (b. 1970) Courtney Wagner (b. 1974)
  • Relatives: Lana Wood (sister)

Read more about Natalie Wood at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database

In the news

After 30 Years Of Investigation, The Cops On Natalie Wood's Death Have Learned…
Perez Hilton Gossip, 2012-01-11 15:50:49
Absolutely, positively nothing. This past fall, the L.A. County Sheriff's Department decided they were getting kind of bored, so they went ahead and reopened the case of Natalie Wood's mystery death for attention. It's long been a theory that her death was actually not an accident in which she fell ...

Natalie Wood detectives: It's an accidental death
MSNBC Entertainment, 2012-01-11 14:26:13
Natalie Wood's death may never be solved to the satisfaction of everyone involved, but detectives say they can find no evidence to label it as anything other than accidental.

No New Evidence Found in Natalie Wood Case
Entertainment Tonigh, 2012-01-11 04:00:00

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