What Really Hot happened to Natalie Wood?

She first came into the viewing public as Susan Walker, the little girl who had doubts about Santa Claus in Miracle on 34th Street in 1947. Her real name however was Natasha Gurdin and she was born in 1938 to Maria and Nicholas Gurdin, Russian emigrants who changed their name to Gurdin from Zakharenko before arriving in America. Natasha changed her name to Natalie Wood when she was 4 and was given a small part in Happy Land.
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But it was little Susan Walker that made America stand up and take notice of the little girl with the big brown eyes. Natalie soon became a hit is almost every movie she starred in, from Rebel without a Cause to Bob &Carol& Ted &Alice.

She won a Golden Globe nomination for This Property is Condemned. She dated some of Hollywood’s hottest leading men including Elvis and Warren Beatty. After a harsh break-up with Warren Beatty in 1966 she attempted suicide but got help from a psychiatrist and did not make a movie for over 3 years.