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Photos: Movie star Natalie Wood

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Movie star Natalie Wood drowned off Catalina Island near Los Angeles in 1981. Click through for photos from her life.
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Movie star Natalie Wood – Movie star Natalie Wood drowned off Catalina Island near Los Angeles in 1981. Click through for photos from her life.
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Wood's first starring role was as a child in "Miracle on 34th Street" in 1947.
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Movie star Natalie Wood – Wood's first starring role was as a child in "Miracle on 34th Street" in 1947.
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Wood sits with French actress Claudette Colbert in 1946.
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Movie star Natalie Wood – Wood sits with French actress Claudette Colbert in 1946.
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Wood appeared in 56 films and received three Oscar nominations.
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Movie star Natalie Wood – Wood appeared in 56 films and received three Oscar nominations.
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Wood is photographed on the beach in Saint-Tropez in 1968.
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Movie star Natalie Wood – Wood is photographed on the beach in Saint-Tropez in 1968.
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One of her more memorable roles was as Maria in "West Side Story."
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Movie star Natalie Wood – One of her more memorable roles was as Maria in "West Side Story."
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Wood married actor Robert Wagner in 1957. They divorced in 1962 and remarried in 1972.
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Movie star Natalie Wood – Wood married actor Robert Wagner in 1957. They divorced in 1962 and remarried in 1972.
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Wood had her daughter Courtney, right, with Wagner and her daughter Natasha, center, with her second husband, Richard Gregson.
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Natalie Wood 09 – Wood had her daughter Courtney, right, with Wagner and her daughter Natasha, center, with her second husband, Richard Gregson.
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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.
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Movie star Natalie Wood – 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.
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