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Wood in 1963
Birth Name: Natalie Zacharenko
Date of Birth: July 20, 1938
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, United States
Date of Death: November 29, 1981
Place of Death: near Santa Catalina Island, California, U.S.
Ethnicity: Russian, Ukrainian
Natalie Wood was an American actress. She received Academy Award nominations for her performances in Splendor in the Grass and Love with the Proper Stranger . She drowned near Santa Catalina Island, California, on November 29, 1981.
Natalie was the daughter of Maria Stepanovna (Zudilova/Zoodiloff) and Nikolai/Nicholas Stephanovich Zakharenko. Her father was born in Nikolskoye, now Ussuriysk, Primorsky Krai, Russia. Her mother was born in Barnaul, Siberia, Russia, or in Tomsk, Russia. Her sister is actress and producer Lana Wood .
Natalie was married to actor Robert Wagner , until her death. She was previously married to British producer Richard Gregson. Natalie had two children, actress Natasha Gregson Wagner , with Richard, and Courtney Brooke Wagner, with Robert.
Natalie’s paternal grandfather was named Stephan A. Zakharenko.
Natalie’s paternal grandmother was named Eudoxie/Joyce Timothy/Timofeevna Sauchenko/Savchenko (the daughter of Timofey Savchenko). Eudoxie was born in Kiev, Ukraine.
Natalie’s maternal grandfather was named Stepan Ilich Zudilov/Zoodilov (the son of Ilya Semenovich Zudilov and Elisabeth).
Natalie’s maternal grandmother was named Maria Andreevna Kuleva (the daughter of Andrey Alekseevich Kulev).
Sources: Genealogy of Natalie Wood – http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com http://www.geni.com
U.S. Naturalization records of Natalie’s paternal grandmother, Eudoxie/Joyce Timothy/Timofeevna (Sauchenko/Savchenko) Zavarin – https://www.familysearch.org https://www.familysearch.org