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Movie star Natalie Wood drowned off Catalina Island near Los Angeles in 1981. Click through for photos from her life. Getty Images
Wood's first starring role was as a child in "Miracle on 34th Street" in 1947. Getty Images
Wood sits with French actress Claudette Colbert in 1946. Getty Images
Wood appeared in 56 films and received three Oscar nominations. AFP/Getty Images
Wood is photographed on the beach in Saint-Tropez in 1968. Getty Images
One of her more memorable roles was as Maria in "West Side Story." Getty Images
Wood married actor Robert Wagner in 1957. They divorced in 1962 and remarried in 1972. Getty Images
Wood had her daughter Courtney, right, with Wagner and her daughter Natasha, center, with her second husband, Richard Gregson. AFP/Getty Images
On November 29, 1981, Wood drowned in the Pacific Ocean off the isthmus of Catalina Island. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office is reopening its investigation into her death. Getty Images