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Natalie Wood Biography

Birth Name:Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko

Birth Place:San Francisco, California, United States

Profession Actress, Soundtrack, Music department

Fast Facts

Won Best Actress for "Love with the Proper Stranger" at the 1964 Mar del Plata Film Festival
Was discovered by director Irving Pichel, who cast her in the film "Tomorrow is Forever" at the age of seven
Quote: "At night, when the sky is full of stars and the sea is still you get the wonderful sensation that you are floating in space․"
Started her career as a child star, with her most notable role being the doubting child in the holiday film "Miracle on 34th Street․"
Was the youngest person to be nominated for three Academy Awards before the age of 25
Maintained a life-long fear of water
Was the first performer to actually accept her Harvard Lampoon's Worst Actress of the Year Award in person