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The Los Angeles Police Department has never closed the investigation of her drowning.
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At the time of her death, Natalie was preparing to make her stage debut in Anastasia at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles. The production was cancelled after her death.
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Natalie had a fear of water and ironically died in an accidental drowning. Robert Wagner and Christopher Walken were with her when she fell overboard on the boat they were sailing.
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Natalie was actress/reporter Katie Wagner's step-mother
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She starred in the TV remakes of the 1950's films Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and From Here to Eternity.
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Natalie's daughter is actress Natasha Gregson Wagner.
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Natalie's younger sister is actress Lana Wood.
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Natalie admitted later on that she and Robert Wagner got divorced because they were both scared, insecure and listened to others that their marriage wouldn't work.
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Natalie and her family moved to Los Angeles when she was 4 years old in hopes that she would become a child star immediately.
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Natalie's parents changed her name to Natasha Gurdin when they became U.S. citizens.
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She made 56 films for television during her short 43 years.
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The film Natalie Wood was making when she died Brainstorm was not released until 2 years after she died. The end of the film displays a black screen that pays memory to Natalie.
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Natalie was laid to rest at Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, California, USA, Section D, #60.
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Natalie admitted to be upset when her voice was overdubbed in the Oscar winning musical West Side Story.
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Natalie received her first Academy Award nomination for big starring role in the 1955 film Rebel Without a Cause.
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Natalie married Robert Wagner twice in her lifetime.
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She knew how to speak Russian and English.
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Her mother, Maria, claimed that the family was closely related to the Romanov dynasty.
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Natalie dated Elvis Presley in the 1950s. Even though Elvis wanted to marry her, Elvis's mother did not like Natalie.
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On April 23, 1966, she made Harvard history when she became the first performer voted the year's worst by the Harvard Lampoon to show up and accept her citation.
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Natalie took her last name from director Sam Wood.
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Natalie got her big break in the 1947 film Miracle on 34th Street.
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Natalie made her screen debut in the film Happy Land.
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Natalie appeared in her first film when she was 5 years old.
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Her yacht 'Splendor' was named after her 1961 movie Splendor in the Grass, co-starring Warren Beatty.