Authorities classified her death as an accident, concluding the 43-year-old star of . Smith, Cecil. [17] Her mother was previously married to Armenian mechanic Alexander Tatuloff from 1925 to 1936. Another commentator described him as the couple's 'English man-about-the-house'. [50] She paid Warner Bros. $175,000 to cancel her contract and fired her entire support team: agents, managers, publicist, accountant, and attorneys. [3][4], On November 29, 1981, at the age of 43, Wood drowned in the Pacific Ocean near Santa Catalina Island during a break from production of her would-be comeback film Brainstorm (1983). She was surrounded by Hollywood glamor from the onset as the daughter of film star Natalie Wood and British producer/writer/agent Richard Gregson, who was briefly married to Wood between her two marriages to actor Robert Wagner. As reported by the Daily Mail, Wood's blood alcohol content was 0.14%, which was higher than the legal driving limit. After college, Natalie said come and live in our guest house and I stayed there for years and thats where we became really close, says Joshua. Filming The Great Rae took its toll on her and she attempted suicide after filming wrapped, her daughter Natasha Gregson Wagner reveals in the documentary. That did it. Robert Wagner and his actress wife Natalie Wood at Heathrow Airport in London before leaving to present the prizes at the Cannes Film Festival. Wood did not capitalize on the success of Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice. When Wood was unable to cry on cue, her mother tore a butterfly to pieces in front of her to ensure she would sob for a scene. She was to represent the "restlessness of American youth in the 1950s", expressed by youth gangs and juvenile delinquency, along with early rock and roll. She had a small but crucial role in John Ford's The Searchers (1956) and was the female lead in A Cry in the Night (1956). Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood. Wagner was eight years older than her and single. In it, Wood refuted rumours that the marriage ended because she was having an onset affair with Warren Beatty (the affair started after she separated from Wagner). Natalie Wood's love life reads like a who's who of Hollywood in the 1950s and 1960s. Wagner's fierce jealousy over Beatty would be repeated 20 years later, says Finstad, over another younger and more acclaimed Hollywood star, Christopher Walken. In early 1972, the actress wasted no time when it came to rekindling her earlier romance with ex-husband Robert Wagner. 14K followers. Finstad's exhaustive 2001 biography of Wood, in which she revealed new evidence suggesting the death wasn't accidental, provided the impetus for Los Angeles police to reopen their investigation of the case in 2011. In his 2008 memoir, the actor claimed that in 1961 he became so jealous of Warren Beatty not only a far more successful actor but then squiring his estranged wife he started waiting outside Beatty's house with a gun and was 'prepared to kill him'. Wagner was aware of rumours that the pair were having an affair while making the sci-fi film Brainstorm. Some of her most notable TV roles include Two Girls and a Guy . Wood, too, questioned the butler's presence and urged Wagner to dispense with him. Offers may be subject to change without notice. Interview with Natalie Woods daughter, Natasha Gregson Wagner. Graveside Service: March 18th at 9 A.M. Must be at the cemetery at 9 A.M. for the funeral procession to begin. [b] Authorities recovered her body at 8a.m. on November29, one mile (1.6km) away from the boat, with a small Valiant-brand inflatable dinghy beached nearby. This lasted for a year until February 1959. [73][74] Through the recollection of Wood's close friends, which included actors Scott Marlowe and Dennis Hopper, Finstad said: Though her five close friends' memories of some details or timing differ after forty-five years, the essence of what each recalls Natalie confiding to them is the same: that the same married film star lured or tricked Natalie, raped her so brutally she was physically injured, and she was too frightened or intimidated to report it to the police. [21] Her paternal grandfather, a chocolate factory employee who joined the anti-Bolshevik civilian forces during the war, was killed in a street fight between the Red Army and White Russian soldiers in Vladivostok. He would go on to marry his Hart to Hart co-star Jill St. John, to whom he is still married today. Her parents separated before Natasha was even a year old and when Natalie remarried Wagner a year later, Natasha was informally adopted by her famous stepdad. But Gregson Wagner says she doesnt think her mother really wanted to die, it was more of a cry for help especially because right after she took the sleeping pills, she immediately asked for help from Crowley, who was spending the night at her house that night. Then she was given the lead in a prestigious project, Marjorie Morningstar (1958). She made a 'romantic pact' with Wagner possibly driven by her terror of being alone never to be separated. Wood was one of Hollywood's most radiant stars but left one of its darkest mysteries. "She and R.J. had begun with love and built from there. She had roles in the feature films The Silver Chalice and One Desire (1955). For her performance in Splendor, Wood received nominations for the Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, and BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. [87], The case was reopened in November 2011 after Davern publicly stated that he had lied to police during the initial investigation and that Wood and Wagner had an argument that evening. Natalie Wood Family Details: Father: Nicholas Zakharenko Mother: Maria Zakharenko Spouse/Husband: Robert Wagner (m. 1972-1981), Richard Gregson (m. 1969-1972), Robert Wagner (m. 1957-1962) Children: Courtney Brooke Wagner, Natasha Gregson Wagner Siblings: Lana Wood (Younger Sister) (Actress), Olga Viriapaeff (Half-Sister) Natalie Wood Education: Wood heard the rumours that Wagner was bisexual but told a friend: 'All these people are just jealous of us.'. [24] In 1942, they bought a home in Santa Rosa, where Wood was noticed by members of a crew during a film shoot downtown. Tatuloff, Alexander (September 17, 1934). She was born on Sept. 29, 1970, so that makes her 49 years old today. She expected to follow her performance as Anastasia on the stage with a starring stint in a film adaptation of the work. What was Natalie Wood's love life like, after all? Tom Leonard In New York For The Daily Mail
[51], Although many of Wood's films were commercially successful, at times her acting was criticized. Her father is Natalie's second husband, producer Richard Gregson. Her performance in the latter was praised and considered reminiscent of her performance in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice. However, after having a crush on actor Robert Wagner for most of her life ever since she was a child, she ended up pursuing a relationship with him. [81] Los Angeles County coroner Thomas Noguchi ruled the cause of her death to be accidental drowning and hypothermia. Blume, Mary. The One Tribe Foundation launch celebration event was hosted by Natalie Woods Stanyer, TV personality and former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader. In 1995 Natasha had a top role in one of the "Hart to Hart" TV mini-movies that served to reunite her onetime stepfather with his former co-star Stefanie Powers.Natasha started creating a major buzz shortly thereafter as her characters grew edgier, uninhibited and more risk-taking. Natalie Wood and James Dean in the 1955 film Rebel Without a Cause. Natalie Wood was married three times in her life, but she only had two husbands. They paid a film art director and a celebrity designer to turn it into a 'Greek Revival masterpiece' with gold rococo in the master bedroom, a sunken bath and 'His' and 'Hers' Greek statues. [7], Wood was born Natalie Zacharenko[n 1] in San Francisco, California, on July 20, 1938,[12] the daughter of Russian parents Maria Zudilova (19081998)[a] and Nicholas Zacharenko (19121980). [80][88][89][90] Walken hired a lawyer, cooperated with the investigation, and was not considered a suspect by authorities. It's a shame to have seen such talent lost at an early age, but at the very least it does appear she passed while in a stable relationship with a happy family (despite the ancillary accusations). [57], At the time of her death, Wood was filming the $15 million science fiction film Brainstorm (1983), co-starring Christopher Walken and directed by Douglas Trumbull.[58]. An hour later, she was reported missing along with the boat's dinghy. [1] As a teenager, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Rebel Without a Cause (1955), followed by a role in John Ford's The Searchers (1956). Their divorce was finalized in 1972. Wood's mother became so excited that she "packed the whole family off to Los Angeles to live," writes Harris. In her 2001 book, Finstad was vague about the details of Wood's discovery of Wagner in a 'compromising position with another man'. Check Background Get Contact Info This Is Me - Edit AT61 1 yr. ago Natalie Woods is a Patriot with a mind of her own. My career was not igniting like hers was, but that wasnt really a very big factor in the fact that we separated and eventually divorced, says Wagner. "Her marriage was considered to be one of the best in Hollywood, and there is no question that she was a devoted, lovingeven adoringmother and stepmother," said her sister Lana Wood. The "West Side Story" star was traveling on the family's yacht Splendour with her husband,. He alleged that Wood had been flirting with Walken, that Wagner was jealous and enraged, and that Wagner had prevented Davern from turning on the search lights and notifying authorities after Wood's disappearance. Of course, in 1961 any such revelations would have destroyed his career. The famous gossip columnist Hedda Hopper wrote that Cavendish 'brings them breakfast in bed'. That opened the door for a second marriage, when Natalie married British producer Richard Gregson in 1969. It was David Cavendish, Wagner's English butler, according to a startling new biography of the troubled star. That said, one might ask who was jealous of whom, given what happened at a restaurant on Santa Cantalina island earlier in the evening of Wood's last fateful night in 1981 and later the same evening on their 60ft yacht, the Splendour. [13][18] They had a daughter named Olga (19282015)[19] and moved to the U.S. by ship in 1930 before divorcing six years later.[20]. Natalie Woods Stanyer on Instagram: "I love this man! It's hardly surprising, therefore, that the young girl expressed an early interest in acting. The circumstances around Natalie Wood's 1981 death have long been the focus of intense speculation. Where in Rebel she falls in love with the character played by James Dean, whose gang-like peers and violent temper alienated him from his family, in West Side Story she enters into a romance with a white former gang member whose threatening world of outcasts also alienated him from lawful behavior."[2]. 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