Natalie Wood

With the Los Angeles Sheriff re-opening the case of the tragic death of Natalie Wood, I felt I should re-post this.

Natalie was born Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko on July 20, 1938. She began acting in movies at the age of four and became a successful child actor in such films as Miracle on 34th Street. A well received performance opposite James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and helped her to make the transition from a child performer. She then starred in the musicals West Side Story and Gypsy. She also received Academy Award nominations for her performances in Splendor in the Grass and Love with the Proper Stranger.

Her career continued successfully with films such as Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice. After this she took a break from acting and had two children, appearing in only two theatrical films during the 1970s. She was married to actor Robert Wagner twice, and to producer Richard Gregson. She had one daughter by each: Natasha Gregson and Courtney Wagner. Her younger sister, Lana Wood, is also an actress. Wood starred in several television productions, including a remake of the film From Here to Eternity for which she won a Golden Globe Award.

Natalie drowned near Catalina Island on November 29, 1981. There remains a fair amount of mysetry to this day regarding what happened the night of her death.

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