History Creator / NatalieWood

** In ''Film/OnceUponATimeInHollywood'', the death of Cliff Booth's wife Billie — and the ambiguity surrounding it — is a reference to Wood, as is Billies' sister being named Natalie.

* ''Series/{{Switch|1975}}'' (1975 and 1978)as the Cruise Ship Passenger / the Girl in the Bubble Bath (cameos)

* ''Theatre/CatOnAHotTinRoof'' (1976 TV film) as Maggie Pollit

* ''Literature/FromHereToEternity'' (1979) as Karen Holmes

* ''Series/HartToHart'' (1979) as the Movie Star (cameo in the pilot)

** She opted to stay away from large film roles during TheSeventies to raise a family. ''Brainstorm'' was supposed to be a 'comeback' role. Also, the stress of finishing the film after her death pushed director Douglas Trumbull away from moviemaking.

On November 29, 1981, Wood -- who had a self-admitted fear of water, and never learned to swim -- was found dead in the waters of Santa Catalina Island, off the coasts of Southern California. She seemingly fell into the sea from her and Robert Wagner's yacht during a holiday break from the production of ''Film/{{Brainstorm}}'' with Creator/ChristopherWalken. Both Walken and Wagner were aboard the yacht at the time of her drowning, and Wagner was named a "person of interest" in the case in 2018.

* NonSingingVoice: Her singing was dubbed by Marni Nixon in ''Film/{{West Side Story|1961}}'', and by Jackie Ward in ''Film/TheGreatRace'' and ''Film/InsideDaisyClover''. In ''Theatre/{{Gypsy}}'' and ''Film/{{Penelope|1966}}'', however, she did her own singing.

** There's a Creator/MarvelComics [[https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Natalie_Wood_(Earth-616) character]] (part of the ComicBook/NewXMen) [[{{Tuckerization}} named after her]].

* ProductionPosse: She was the actress costume designer Edith Head worked the most with, in ''Love with the Proper Stranger'', ''Sex and the Single Girl'', ''Inside Daisy Clover'', ''The Great Race'', ''This Property Is Condemned'', ''Penelope'' and ''The Last Married Couple in America'' (1980).

* NonSingingVoice: Her singing was dubbed by Marni Nixon in ''Film/{{West Side Story|1961}}'', and by Jackie Ward in ''Film/TheGreatRace'' and ''Film/InsideDaisyClover''. In ''Theatre/{{Gypsy}}'', however, she did her own singing.

** Producer Creator/AaronSpelling originally wanted her to play Jennifer Hart in ''Series/HartToHart'', which would have added publicity to the series since she was the wife of its main star Creator/RobertWagner. Natalie preferred focusing on her theatrical film career instead, although she still did a [[TheCameo cameo]] in the pilot.

** She was also scheduled to play in ''[[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/05/31/69/053169c9e2e9b60538dadcc37d3ea4d6.jpg Anastasia]]'', a stage play that would have opened on February 12, 1982 in Los Angeles. To twist the knife further, she said this shortly before her death:

** She was also scheduled to play in ''Anastasia'', a stage play that would have opened on February 12, 1982 in Los Angeles. To twist the knife further, she said this shortly before her death:

** Murder victim Dehlia Draycott ([[Creator/LauraElenaHarring Laura Harring]]) from the 2007 ''Film/NancyDrew'' film is a blatant case of NoCelebritiesWereHarmed -- same kind of movie career, same birth and death dates, same circumstances of death (found dead in the sea).

* {{Tuckerization}}: There's a Creator/MarvelComics [[https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Natalie_Wood_(Earth-616) character]] (part of the ComicBook/NewXMen) named after her.

Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko (July 20, 1938 – November 29, 1981), better known as [[StageNames Natalie Wood]], was an American actress of Russian descent, most famous for her roles in such films as ''Film/RebelWithoutACause'', ''Film/SplendorInTheGrass'' and ''Film/{{West Side Story|1961}}''.

* NonSingingVoice: Her singing was dubbed by Marni Nixon in ''Film/{{West Side Story|1961}}'', and by Jackie Ward in ''Film/TheGreatRace'' and ''Film/InsideDaisyClover''. In ''Film/{{Gypsy}}'', however, she did her own singing.

* ''Film/TheCandidate'' (1972) as [[AsHimself herself]]
* ''Series/HartToHart'' (1979) -- cameo in the pilot

* QuizzicalTilt: Her trademark acting move was to switch her head to one side and give a puzzled look to the opposite co-star (and the viewer).

* CreatorThumbprint: Her trademark acting move was to switch her head to one side and give a puzzled look to the opposite co-star (and the viewer).

!!Her filmography include:

!!Tropes associated with her work include:

!!Her films include:

* DawsonCasting: Played straight in ''Splendor in the Grass'', ''West Side Story'', ''Gypsy'' and ''Inside Daisy Clover''.

* SignatureStyle: Her trademark acting move was to switch her head to one side and give a puzzled look to the opposite co-star (and the viewer).

One November 29, 1981, Wood -- who had a self-admitted fear of water, and never learned to swim -- was found dead in the waters of Santa Catalina Island, off the coasts of Southern California. She seemingly fell into the sea from her and Robert Wagner's yacht during a holiday break from the production of ''Film/{{Brainstorm}}'' with Creator/ChristopherWalken. Both Walken and Wagner were aboard the yacht at the time of her drowning, and Wagner was named a "person of interest" in the case in 2018.

She was born to Russian immigrant parents in San Francisco. First appearing onscreen at the age of four and owing her "Wood" stage name to Creator/RKOPictures executives in reference to director Sam Wood, she had a career spanning across five decades, from ''Film/TheMoonIsDown'' (1943) to the posthumously-released ''Film/{{Brainstorm}}'' (1983). She was a relatively rare example of a Hollywood child star who avoided FormerChildStar status and became an A-lister in adulthood (Creator/ElizabethTaylor is another). Critics have theorized that the bulk of her cinematic roles represent a portrait of 20th-century American womanhood in transition. She is the older sister of actress Creator/LanaWood and the mother of actress Natasha Gregson Wagner. She married Creator/RobertWagner in 1957, they divorced in 1962, then remarried in 1972.