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Publicity photo for the film
Penelope (1966)
Natalie Wood (1938–1981) was an American actress who started her career as a child by appearing in films directed by
Irving Pichel .
[1] Wood's first credited role was as an Austrian war refugee in the Pichel-directed
Tomorrow Is Forever (1946) with
Claudette Colbert and
Orson Welles .
[2] The following year, she played a child who does not believe in
Santa Claus in the Christmas comedy-drama
Miracle on 34th Street (1947) opposite
Maureen O'Hara ,
John Payne , and
Edmund Gwenn .
[3]
Wood appeared as a regular cast member in the television sitcom
The Pride of the Family (1953). Two years later, she starred as a recalcitrant teenager in
Rebel Without a Cause with
James Dean ,
[4] for which she was nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress , and received the
Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Female .
[5]
[6]
The following year, Wood appeared as a kidnapped girl in the
John Ford -directed
western
The Searchers (1956) with
John Wayne and
Jeffrey Hunter .
[7] Two years later, she played a Jewish student in
Marjorie Morningstar (1958) opposite
Gene Kelly , and an American girl living in World War II France who is caught in a love triangle in
Kings Go Forth (1958) with
Frank Sinatra and
Tony Curtis .
[8]
[9]
In 1961, Wood starred as a teenager struggling with sexual repression in the period drama
Splendor in the Grass with
Warren Beatty , and as Maria in the highly successful musical film
West Side Story .
[10]
[11]
[12] For the former, she received a nomination for Best Actress at the
Academy Awards ,
British Academy Film Awards , and
Golden Globes .
[13]
[14]
[15] She followed West Side Story with another musical film
Gypsy (1962), in which she played the title role of the
burlesque entertainer
Gypsy Rose Lee . She was nominated for the
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical .
[16]
[17] The following year, Wood portrayed a woman who becomes pregnant following a
one-night stand in
Love with the Proper Stranger (1963) with
Steve McQueen .
[18] For her performance she garnered her second nomination for the
Academy Award for Best Actress , and
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama .
[19]
[20]
In 1969, she starred in the comedy
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice about two couples who decide to pursue an
open relationship .
[21] Four years later, Wood appeared opposite
Robert Wagner in the television film
The Affair .
[22] She received the
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama for her portrayal of an adulterous wife in the miniseries
From Here to Eternity (1979).
[20]
[23] Two years later, she died of drowning during the filming of her last film
Brainstorm , which was posthumously released in 1983.
[24]
[25]
Film
Wood in a 1951 publicity photo
Wood in a publicity photo for
Gypsy (1962)
Wood in a publicity photo for
Inside Daisy Clover (1965)
Television
Wood and Tom Bernard in television series The Pride of the Family (1953–1954)
Wood and
Jacques Sernas in "The Deadly Riddle" (1956)
Notes
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c Cameo
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