Natalie Wood
Natalie Wood (1938–1981) was an American film actress who began as a child star and transitioned to acclaimed adult roles in *Rebel Without a Cause*, *Splendor in the Grass*, and *West Side Story*.
Her drowning death off Catalina Island remained officially undetermined for decades, fueling persistent speculation and renewed investigations.
Death by water inhalation
- unsolvedNot yet figured out
- investigationFormal examination of facts
- coronerPublic death investigator
- autopsyMedical examination after death
Christopher Walken · Catalina Island · suspicious · witnesses · testimony · bruises · cold case · evidence
American film industry center
- starletRising young actress
- leading ladyPrincipal female performer
- West Side StoryBroadway musical, rival gangs
- screenDisplay or barrier
role · performance · co-star · studio · casting · silver screen · Warner Bros · drama
Gifted youth with rare talent
- precociousDeveloped before typical age
- youthfulSeeming not old
- debutFirst public appearance
- wunderkindRemarkably talented youngster
breakthrough · gifted · Santa Claus · studio contract · stage mother · young performer
Fascinating, elegant attractiveness
- eleganceRefined, graceful quality
- beautyAesthetic excellence
- timelessUnaffected by eras
- classicOf lasting excellence
fashion · style · brunette · sophisticated · charismatic · influential · trendsetter · photogenic
drowning
Death by water inhalation
- unsolvedNot yet figured out
- investigationFormal examination of facts
- coronerPublic death investigator
Christopher Walken · autopsy · Catalina Island · suspicious · witnesses · testimony · bruises · cold case · evidence · captain
Hollywood
American film industry center
- starletRising young actress
- leading ladyPrincipal female performer
- West Side StoryBroadway musical, rival gangs
screen · role · performance · co-star · studio · casting · silver screen · Warner Bros · drama · audition
prodigy
Gifted youth with rare talent
- precociousDeveloped before typical age
- youthfulSeeming not old
- debutFirst public appearance
wunderkind · breakthrough · gifted · Santa Claus · studio contract · stage mother · young performer
glamour
Fascinating, elegant attractiveness
classic · fashion · style · brunette · sophisticated · charismatic · influential · trendsetter · photogenic · magazine covers
- Stage NamesLady Gaga, Marilyn Monroe, Cary Grant, John Wayne, Cher
- Late IconsMarilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, John Lennon, Audrey Hepburn
- Screen LegendsHumphrey Bogart, Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn
- Sixties IconsBeatles, JFK, Marilyn Monroe, Bob Dylan, Jackie Kennedy
- Russian Emigresemigres, defector, defectors, White Russians, political exiles
Natalie WoodOlivia de Havilland
Betty White · Angela Lansbury · Kirk Douglas · Shirley Temple · Sophia Loren
Natalie WoodShelley Duvall
Tilda Swinton · Sissy Spacek · Lily Tomlin · Ellen Burstyn · Bette Davis
Natalie WoodMeryl Streep
Jessica Lange · Sigourney Weaver · Glenn Close · Susan Sarandon · Kathleen Turner
natal, natality, nativity, native, nation, national, nationality, nationalize, nationalization