Name	Julieta Venegas
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Julieta Venegas Percevault
Birth date	November 24, 1970
Birth place	Long Beach, California, USA
Origin	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Occupation	Singer-songwriter, musician, record producer
Years active	1992–present
Genre	Pop, indie pop, alternative music, folk rock
Instrument	Vocals, Piano, Accordion, Guitar, Keyboards, Wurlitzer, Vibraphone, Caja, Cello
Label	RCA, Sony International
Website

Julieta Venegas Percevault (born November 24, 1970 in Long Beach, California, USA), known professionally as Julieta Venegas, is a Mexican singer, songwriter, instrumentalist and producer, who sings pop-rock in Spanish. She speaks English, Portuguese, and Spanish fluently. She has a twin sister, Yvonne, who is a photographer. Venegas grew up in Tijuana and began studying music at the age of eight. She went on to join several bands including Mexican ska band Tijuana No!.

She plays several instruments including acoustic guitar, accordion, and keyboard. She has won five Latin Grammys and one Grammy Award among other awards. She has composed music for theater and performed in soundtracks for dozens of movies.

In 1997, she released her debut album ''Aquí'' to favorable reviews in Mexico by the rock audience. In later years she positioned herself as one of the most prominent songwriters in Latin pop by achieving fame in 2003 in Latin America and Spain with the album ''Sí'' and singles "Andar Conmigo" and "Algo Está Cambiando" which were positioned at the top of Latin Billboard.

In 2006, she released her most successful album ''Limón y Sal'' which is her best-selling album to date. ''Limón y Sal'' achieved Platinum status in several countries, including the worldwide hit "Me Voy." Me voy was certified Gold in Mexico. Her last album ''Otra Cosa'' appears in the bucks tops European countries and America.

Venegas was designated a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in Mexico.

Biography

Julieta began playing instruments at the age of 10 when her parents first sent her to piano lessons. In the years that followed, music grew to be her passion. At the beginning of her career, she collaborated with a few bands in Tijuana, and then later in Mexico D.F. Her first solo album, ''Aquí'', was released in 1998 with the collaboration of Gustavo Santaolalla. She recorded, toured and played live. In 2000, she recorded her second album, ''Bueninvento'', where she experimented with the electric guitar, and collaborated with producers and musicians including Gustavo Santaolalla, Meme de Real, Quique Rangel, Toy Hernandez and Joe Chiccarelli. In 2003 she released her third album, ''Sí'', which was recorded and produced in Buenos Aires and Madrid with guest musicians Cachorro Lopez and Coti Sorokin. In 2006, her fourth album, ''Limón y Sal'', debuted with the help of producer Cachorro. In 2007, she collaborated with Miranda! to record the song "Perfecta," which became a chart-topping single in 2008 in Latin America. Also that year, a she was featured in ''MTV Unplugged'' which led to a DVD and CD. The single "El Presente" was drawn from that production. Her new album ''Otra Cosa'' was released in March 2010.

''Aquí'' 1997–2000

With the support of BMG, Julieta recorded her first solo album with producer Gustavo Santaolalla. Published in 1997, "Aquí" contained twelve tracks composed by Julieta and was distributed in Mexico, Spain, and several Latin American countries. The material showed Julieta to be an extremely inventive artist in Mexican popular music.

The first single from the album "De Mis Pasos" was dramatically accepted by a young audience and quickly positioned as one of the best songs female rock of that time. The second single, "Como Sé," won the MTV award for "Mejor Interpretación Femenina."

Following the international release of the album, Julieta received a large number of invitations to collaborate with different musicians and performers in Latin America, including Sasha Sokol, Enanitos Verdes, Sr. Gonzalez, Los Tres, Liquits, Cartel de Santa, León, and Enrique Bunbury.

In 1998, she participated in the tour "De Diva Voz" with Ely Guerra and Aurora y La Academia, appearing at different locations in Mexico and the United States. Soon after, the tour was in "Calaveritas y Diablitos" next to Aterciopelados and Los Fabulosos Cadillacs in Spain. The same year she participated in the album ''Volcán: Tributo a José José'', a tribute to the legendary Mexican singer José José. Julieta recorded the song "El Triste".

Her participation in international festivals increased the following year. The Festival presented Juliet "Midem Americas (Miami)," Generation Ñ "(in Spain)," Rock Al Parque de Bogotá (Colombia) and Festival "El Hatillo" (in Venezuela).

In 1999, she appeared in the Mexican version of the video "Infinito" by Bunbury.

In 2000, Nacho Mastretta invited her to participate in her album "Luna de Miel", which consists of twelve songs performed by twelve female vocalists from different countries. Soon after that, Venegas contributed three songs to the soundtrack of''En El País de No Pasa Nada''.

Soon after, Julieta Venegas wrote and recorded for the film "Amores Perros" and the song "Amores Perros Me Van A Matar." The song was produced by Emmanuel del Real and Quique Rangel (Café Tacuba), who would also collaborate with Venegas on her next album, ''Bueninvento.''

''Bueninvento'' 2000–2002

Bueninvento, also produced by Gustavo Santaolalla and Joe Chicarelli, was launched in September 2000. It was recorded in Los Angeles (California), Monterrey and Mexico City. Thirteen of the fourteen songs are authored by Julieta Venegas including a tribute to Juan Gabriel – "Siempre En Mi Mente." She had gotten inspired by Dayla Molina! ♫♪

In the same year, she participated in the "Arezzo Wave Love" in Italy, where she sang a version of the song "Amores Perros ..." in Italian and the tour "Evolucion 2000" with Jaguares, Jumbo and Gusana Ciega. It is also involved in the Hannover Fair as part of Music Bridges Around the World, which links to composers from around the world. Join the Cubadisco Festival in Havana, Cuba and the tour 'Femina Rock' with Maria Gabriela Epumer and other female figures of the rock.

In 2002, the singer Victor Manuel calls offering to participate in a tribute to Joaquín Sabina along with other women. Sing "Corre Dijó La Tortuga."

Participa several soundtracks: In the movie "Maria Full of Grace" with the theme "Lo Que Venga Después." In the movie "Demasiado Amor" a cover of Lupita D'alessio "Acariciame" with two versions, one in collaboration with Mastretta, one with Joan Valent. Also works with Mastretta for the main theme of the Spanish film"El Sueño del Caiman".

Sing "Niños" a duet with Spanish Pedro Guerra Ofrenda disk and received by the same in the Persian Gulf where they sing a duet on the song "Cómo Sé" against the European media.

She sings in the Soda Stereo album tribute to the song "Disco Eterno" which is nominated for a Grammy for "Best Rock Song: Hoy No Quiero" and "Best Alternative Rock Disco: Bueninvento" takes a brief break in his career and is dedicated to singing themes José José ("El Triste"), José Alfredo Jimenez ("Serenata Sin Luna") and Los Tigres del Norte ("La Jaula de Oro") and does duets with Celso Piña and ska "Los de Abajo" while preparing the songs for his upcoming album "Sí".

''Sí'' 2003–2005

In late 2003, released the album "Sí", which collaborates Coti and "Cachorro Lopez", recorded in Argentina and Spain. So far it has been her biggest commercial success, allowing her to reach a wider market. It has sold over a million copies, making the songs on "Andar Conmigo", "Lento" and "Algo Está Cambiando" pop standards in Latin music.

She was invited to do, along with Pau Dones from Jarabe de Palo, a song for the soundtrack of the movie "Asesino En Serie: El Listón de Tu Pelo" a Tributo to Los Angeles Azules.

2004 year was the most productive year professionally and spiritually for Julieta Venegas – MTVla awarded her three awards for: "Artist of the Year", "Solo of the Year" and "Best Artist North." She was also awarded her first Latin Grammy in the category "Best Rock Album." She won 3 Awards for "Oye!" Mexico City in the categories "Artist of the Year", "Song of the Year: Andar Conmigo" and "Record of the Year: Sí." "Sí" gave sufficient security to show their femininity and risk play in the risk and ways of pop criticism.

In 2004 she collaborated on the album "Neruda En El Corazón" with artists like Joan Manuel Serrat, Pablo Milanés and Ana Belén. It is responsible for putting music to the poem "A Callarse" and participates in the "Diego Torres: MTV Unplugged" on the song "Sueños". Participate in the concert "El Sueño Existe" in homage to Salvador Allende in the Stadium Nacional de Chile, with Chilean and international artists as Gilberto Gil, The Prisoners, Leon Gieco and Silvio Rodríguez, among others.

She began her first international tour in Mexico and celebrated it with a memorable concert at the Teatro Metropolitan, which is reflected in the album "Sí Special Edition" and is the first Latin artist to release a "Limited Edition DualDisc." Julieta Venegas is placed between Latin artists with more international exposure, and is therefore requested to sing with various artists such as Lenine, El Cartel de Santa and Paulina Rubio. "Sí" is received with open arms in Viña del Mar, where it receives the recognition Mar de Plata and she was invited to record in Los Shajatos, singing in English, "you've got hide your love away" and "Blackbird" by The Beatles

Julieta also participated in the disc of Vincentico: "Los Rayos " in the theme: "Tonto" and the MTV Unplugged Lenine on the theme: "Miedo" and different musical scores for movies like "Hotel Tivoli" ("El Fuego y El Combustible"), "Sólo Dios Sabe" (" Saudade " ft. Otto and "Lagrimas Negras").

''Limón y Sal'' 2006–2007

Julieta took about a year to produce her next album, which was recorded in Buenos Aires with the production of Cachorro López. At the same time she paid tribute to Andrés Calamaro with the song "Sin Documentos." Also included is title track "Limón y Sal".

When the first single "Me Voy," a Ranchera/Pop song, was released in 2006, it quickly rose in popularity, transcending distance and language barriers as it is performed in English, Italian and Spanish.

March saw the launch of "Limón y Sal" which was awarded a gold record for more than 50 thousand copies sold within two days of its launch. After a single week it had received a platinum for 100 thousand records in Mexico and more golds for selling 50 thousand copies in both Spain and the United States. A few days later the record received another gold record for more than 50 thousand copies in Italy.

In June 2006 in Spain, Venegas took part in the MTV Day festival with Amaral and Keane, among others. Two days later, she took part in the celebration of the fortieth anniversary of Los 40 Principales Radio Formula. She sang "Me Voy" and "Nada de Esto Fué Un Error" next to Coti. She has participated in the Spanish series "Yo Soy Bea", as the series was also involved in "SOS Mi Vida" Argentina on TV. In 2007 a compilation album came out entitled "Realmente Lo Mejor".

Venegas also collaborated on the Hector Buitrago album "Conector" with the theme "Música Somos" before beginning a world tour encompassing first Italy and other parts of Europe. Upon returning from Europe, she visited almost all of Latin America and the United States on her "Limón y Sal" Tour.

With regard to awards, she won her second Latin Grammy for "Best Alternative Album" and also won her first Grammy in a historic tie with Ricardo Arjona's album "Adentro".

A total of 4 singles were released: "Me Voy", "Limón y Sal", "Eres para Mí" and "Primer Día" – a song that was supposedly only for Europe, but also caught American ears.

''MTV Unplugged'' 2008–2009

The year 2008 was even more productive, since March 6, she recorded her "MTV Unplugged", which was ranked as "Very Successful", besides being the first to be recorded in Mexico. Artists joining Julietta for this live concert included Juan Son, La Mala Rodriguez, Marisa Monte, Natalia Lafourcade, Gustavo Santaolalla and an orchestra of 15 musicians. This MTV Unplugged aired on 5 June 2008 on MTV and the CD was released on 17 June. For this same CD, she was named MTV Artist of the Month.

This record blends the ''ranchera'' touch with pop ballads that have been very well accepted by the public. In Mexico, the song lasted for 10 weeks at the top of popularity and getting very good reviews. This record shows that Julieta is an accordion of surprises, showing songs like: "Mira la vida", "Algún Día" y "Cómo Sé" that show Julieta as more mature and aware of what she does and always busy reinventing herself every day and giving the public something new to their ears.

The album was released on June 10 at the international level, producing strong sales and one month after its release Julieta was awarded a platinum disc for selling more than 100,000 records in Mexico and two gold discs for more than 50,000 records in Colombia and the USA.

Julieta started an international tour for the first time, visiting England and Germany, countries which had never heard music like hers.

Her record was nominated for MTV Awards, Premios Luna del Auditorio and the Latin Grammy. Her concerts are among the most requested and popular with the public.

She recorded a duet with French singer Olivia Ruiz singing "Las Migajas de Mi Corazón." At the MTV Awards LA she sang with the Electro/Norteño Nortec Collective band a unique version of "El Presente"

On November 13, 2008 Julieta took home two Latin Grammy awards in the categories of "Best Alternative Album" and "Best Long Form Video". After her successful tour Julieta was invided by Nelly Furtado to participate in the song "Bajo Otra Luz" with La Mala Rodríguez.

''Otra Cosa'' 2010–Present

"Otra Cosa" was released on Tuesday, March 16, in record stores and on iTunes. The first single was "Bien o Mal" written with Alejandro Sergi vocalist of the band Miranda! and released on March 16, 2010.

"Otra Cosa", placed on the first and second positions of the "Top Albums" in the iTunes Latino store with her two Deluxe and Standard edition albums, according to the official website. Julieta Venegas became the first Latin artist to launch an iTunes LP.

Four days after the official launch of "Otra Cosa", Julieta Venegas earned a Gold Record in Mexico.

The album contains 12 songs filled with acoustic and electric guitars, synthesizers, various percussion instruments, cavaquinhos, winds, subtle pianos (played by herself), and accordions.

Also seen in pictures posted in Twitter, Julieta mentions other instruments used on the album that include: ukulele, bass, Bouzuki, and Tuba.

The album was produced by Julieta and Cachorro López (who also produced "Limón Y Sal").

Following the album's release Juieta Venegas toured the United States (sponsored by the brand Jack Daniels) in 16 cities, including New York, Miami, Los Angeles and San Diego.

Julita Venegas participated in the Vive Latino Festival 2010, playing on two occasions, both in the Green Stage. She participated in a reunion with her former band, Tijuana No! and sang a duet with their new band member, Alexis Güereña, singing "Pobre de Ti".

A few weeks prior to the release of the album, Julieta Venegas acknowledged being three months pregnant, but has not named the father. Sources state he is a psychologist from Argentina.

On April 27, 2010, a visibly pregnant Julieta Venegas played some songs of the album at KCRW, an internet public radio station in Santa Monica College.

On August 13, 2010 Julieta gave birth to a baby girl named Simona in Mexico. Julieta, who is divorced, has never revealed the identity of the baby's father.

Discography

1997: ''Aquí'' (+ 300,000)

2000: ''Bueninvento'' (+ 500,000)

2003: ''Sí'' (+ 2,000,000)

2006: ''Limón y Sal'' (+ 4,000,000)

2008: ''MTV Unplugged'' (+ 1,200,000)

2010: ''Otra Cosa'' (+ 1,100,000)

See also

List of awards and nominations received by Julieta Venegas

Awards

Latin Grammy Awards of 2004:

:*Best Rock Solo Vocal Album (Sí).

MTV Video Music Awards Latin America 2004:

:*Best Solo Artist*Best Artist (Mexico) :*Artist of the Year

'''Premios Oye! 2004

:*Best Song of The Year (Andar Conmigo) :*Album of The Year (Sí) :*Rock In Spanish

MTV Video Music Awards Latin America 2006:

:*Best Solo Artist

Latin Grammy Awards of 2006:

:*Best Alternative Music Album (Limón y Sal).

'''Grammy Awards 2007

:*Best Latin Pop Album (Limón y Sal).

MTV Video Music Awards Latin America 2007:

:*Best Pop Artist

Latin Grammy Awards of 2008:

:*Best Alternative Album (MTV Unplugged) :*Best Music Video Long Form (MTV Unplugged)

Latin Grammy Awards of 2010:

:*Best Short Form Music Video (Bien o Mal)

References

External links

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Sal Alosi (born May 11, 1977, in Massapequa, New York) is the former head strength and conditioning coach for the New York Jets. On December 13, 2010, he was fined $25,000 by the Jets and suspended for the remainder of the season for tripping Miami Dolphins player Nolan Carroll as the latter ran along the sideline. Two days later, the Jets suspended him indefinitely after it was discovered that he had instructed inactive Jets players to line up along the sideline so as to potentially impede opposing players. General manager Mike Tannenbaum said that Alosi had initially not been truthful about how the wall had been formed. The NFL subsequently fined the Jets $100,000 for Alosi's actions.

Alosi was a linebacker at Hofstra University from 1996 to 2000. As a senior, he was named the co-recipient of the Mayor’s Trophy, an annual award presented to the two Hofstra players who best exemplify good sportsmanship and fair play both on and off the field. He won the award in 2000, despite having been arrested the year before for allegedly breaking into a dorm room with seven teammates and assaulting three students. Originally charged with third-degree assault, he later pled guilty to a lesser charge of second-degree harassment, a misdemeanor. He became a coach for Hofstra in 2001, then moved on to the Jets in 2002. In 2006, he joined the coaching staff of the Atlanta Falcons, but went back to the Jets the following year.

Sal Alosi resigned from the Jets on January 31, 2011.

Alosi has officially taken over the head strength coach job at Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island. He will primarily work with the lacrosse and football teams.

Alosi's brother Pete is an assistant strength and conditioning coach with the Arizona Cardinals.

On January 10, 2012, Alosi was hired as the UCLA Bruins strength and conditioning coordinator by head coach, Jim Mora.

References

External links

official bio

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Nolan Carroll, Jr. (born January 16, 1987) is an American football defensive back for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League. He was selected in the 5th round of the 2010 NFL Draft by the Miami Dolphins from the University of Maryland.

Early life

Carroll was born on January 18, 1987 in Green Cove Springs, Florida. His mother, Jennifer, is the current Lieutenant Governor of Florida and a former United States Navy lieutenant commander. His father, Nolan Carroll, Sr., was a senior master sergeant in the United States Air Force.

Carroll attended Clay High School in Green Cove Springs, where he was a one-year letterman in soccer and a three-year starting wide receiver for the football team. In his second football game as a senior, he broke his leg and was forced to sit out for the rest of the 2004 season. Nevertheless, ''The Florida Times-Union'' named him to its Super 11 and Super 24 teams. PrepStar named him an All-Southeast region and SuperPrep an All-Dixie region player. Carroll received athletic scholarship offers from Central Florida, Colorado, Louisville, Maryland, and Mississippi. Scout.com rated him a two-star college prospect, while Rivals.com considered him a three-star prospect. He ultimately committed to attend the University of Maryland.

College career

Carroll sat out the 2005 season on redshirt status, and was named the scout team player of the week for his performance in the practices in preparation for the Florida State game. In 2006, Carroll saw action in all 13 games as a reserve wide receiver and on special teams. He recorded five kickoff returns for 60 yards. Against West Virginia, he had two returns for 12 yards; against Boston College, he had two for 31 yards; and against Wake Forest, he had one for 17 yards.

In 2007, he was converted to the cornerback position, and saw action in all 13 games as a reserve. He recorded seven tackles on special teams, and returned five kickoffs for 84 yards. He saw action in the 2007 Emerald Bowl against Oregon State, but recorded no statistics. In 2008, he saw action in ten games including four starts as a cornerback. Carroll recorded 37 tackles. In the 2008 Humanitarian Bowl against Nevada, he tallied seven tackles including four solo, and broke-up two passes.

Carroll entered the 2009 season as a starting cornerback, but broke his leg in a September 12 game against James Madison, and missed the rest of the season. Prior to the season, he was elected by his teammates as one of the team's four captains. Defensive coordinator Don Brown said of Carroll, "If you were going to clone a guy at that position that he plays, he'd be one of the prototypes." The NFL Draft Scout, a CBS Sports affiliate, considered Carroll the 25th out of 225 ranked cornerback prospects for the 2010 NFL Draft, and projected him as a sixth- or seventh-round selection.

Professional career

The Miami Dolphins selected Carroll in the fifth round of the 2010 NFL Draft with the 145th overall pick. The pick was received in a trade with the San Francisco 49ers for wide receiver Ted Ginn. He was considered one of the team's most promising rookies, and saw action on special teams during the preseason. In Week 4, he handled kickoff return duties against the New England Patriots. Carroll was part of an improved Miami special teams unit two weeks later against the Green Bay Packers, a game in which he averaged 26.0 yards per kickoff return.

On December 13, 2010, New York Jets strength and conditioning coach Sal Alosi extended his knee to trip Carroll as he was running out of bounds to avoid being blocked during a punt (it is illegal to block or tackle players out of bounds.) Ex-Dolphin Zach Thomas later found out that Alosi had ordered a wall formed on the edge of the coaching box in order to prevent the practice of players running out of bounds to avoid being blocked. Inexplicably, this prompted the Jets to suspend Alosi indefinitely. In the same game, Carroll recorded his career first interception when he picked off Jets' quarterback Mark Sanchez.

References

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birth name	Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer
birth date	December 13, 1929
birth place	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
nationality	Canadian
alma mater	Canadian Repertory Theatre
home town	Senneville, Quebec, Canada
residence	Connecticut, U.S.
years active	1953–present
occupation	Actor
spouse	Tammy Grimes (1956–60; divorced)Patricia Lewis (1962–67; divorced)Elaine Taylor (1970–present)
children	Amanda Plummer (with Tammy Grimes)
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Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer, CC (born December 13, 1929) is a Canadian theatre, film and television actor. He made his film debut in 1957's ''Stage Struck,'' and notable early film performances include ''The Night of the Generals'', ''The Return of the Pink Panther'', and ''The Man Who Would Be King.''

In a career that spans seven decades and includes substantial roles in each of the dramatic arts, Plummer is probably best known to audiences as the autocratic widower Captain Georg Ludwig von Trapp in the hit 1965 musical film ''The Sound of Music'' alongside Julie Andrews. Plummer has also ventured into various television projects, including the legendary miniseries ''The Thorn Birds''.

His most recent film roles include the ''The Insider'' as Mike Wallace, the Disney-Pixar 2009 film ''Up'' as Charles Muntz, the Shane Acker production ''9'' as 1, ''The Last Station'' as Leo Tolstoy, ''The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus'' as Doctor Parnassus, ''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'' as Henrik Vanger, and ''Beginners'' as Hal.

Plummer has won numerous awards and accolades for his work, including an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a BAFTA Award. With his win at the age of 82 in 2012 for ''Beginners'', Plummer is the oldest actor ever to win an Academy Award.

Early life

Plummer was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Isabella Mary (née Abbott) and John Orme Plummer, who was secretary to the Dean of Sciences at McGill University. Through his mother, Plummer is a great-grandson of Canadian Prime Minister Sir John Abbott, and a great-great-grandson of Anglican clergyman and McGill acting president John Bethune. Plummer was an only child. His parents were divorced shortly after he was born, and he was brought up at the Abbott family home in Senneville, Quebec, outside Montreal. He is bilingual. He studied to be a concert pianist, but developed a love for the theatre at an early age, and began acting in high school. Plummer took up acting after seeing Laurence Olivier's film ''Henry V'' (1944). He travelled by train to gain experience with the Canadian Repertory Theatre (the CRT) in Ottawa.

Theatre

Christopher Plummer has played many of the great roles in classic repertoire. He did his apprenticeship with the Canadian Repertory Company (Ottawa, Ontario) from 1948–50, appearing in 75 roles, including ''Cymbeline'' in 1948 and ''The Rivals'' in 1950. He acted with the Bermuda Repertory Theatre in 1952, appearing in many plays, including ''The Playboy of the Western World'', ''The Royal Family'', ''The Little Foxes'', ''The Petrified Forest'', and ''The Constant Wife''.

Broadway

Plummer made his Broadway debut in January 1953 in ''The Starcross Story'', a flop that closed on opening night. His next Broadway appearance, ''Home is the Hero'', lasted 30 performances in September–October 1954. He appeared in support of Broadway legend Katharine Cornell and movie legend Tyrone Power in ''The Dark is Light Enough'', which lasted 69 performances in February–April 1955. The play also toured several cities, with Plummer serving as Power's understudy. (In his autobiography, Plummer states that Cornell was his 'sponsor.'). Later that year, he appeared in his first hit on Broadway, co-starring with Julie Harris (who won a Tony Award) in Jean Anouilh's ''The Lark.''

After appearing in another flop, ''Night of the Auk'', Plummer was in another hit, Elia Kazan's production of Archibald MacLeish's Pulitzer Prize-winning play ''J.B.'', for which he was nominated for his first Tony Award as Best Actor in Play. (J.B. also won Tonies as Best Play and for Kazan's direction.)

Plummer appeared less frequently on Broadway in the 1960s as he moved from New York to London. He appeared in the title role in a 1963 production of Bertolt Brecht's ''The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui'', which flopped, but he had a great success in Peter Shaffer's ''The Royal Hunt of the Sun'', playing conquistador Francisco Pizarro to David Carradine's Tony Award-nominated Atahuallpa. (In the 1969 film adaptation, Plummer would take the Atahuallpa role.)

From May to June 1973, he appeared on Broadway as the swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac in ''Cyrano'', a musical adaptation of Edmond Rostand's 1897 play ''Cyrano de Bergerac'' by Anthony Burgess (libretto and lyrics) and Michael J. Lewis (music). For that performance, Plummer won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical and a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance. Later that year, he played Anton Chekhov in Neil Simon's adaptation of several Chekhov short stories, ''The Good Doctor'', which was a hit.

In the 1980s, he appeared on Broadway in two Shakespearean tragedies, ''Othello'', playing Iago to James Earl Jones' Moor, and the title role in ''Macbeth'' with Glenda Jackson playing his lady. His Iago brought him another Tony nomination.

He appeared with Jason Robards in the 1994 revival of Harold Pinter's ''No Man's Land'' and scored one of his greatest successes in 1997 in ''Barrymore'', which he also toured with after a successful Broadway run. His turn as John Barrymore brought him his second Tony Award (this time as Best Actor in Play) and a Drama Desk Award as Outstanding Actor in a Play. He also was nominated for a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award for his 2004 ''King Lear'' and for a Tony playing Henry Drummond in the 2007 revival of ''Inherit the Wind''.

Stratford Festival

Plummer made his debut at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival (Stratford, Ontario) in 1956, playing the title role in ''Henry V'', which subsequently was performed that year at the Edinburgh Festival ( Edinburgh, Scotland). He played the title role in ''Hamlet'' and Sir Andrew Agueckeek in ''Twelfth Night'' at Stratford in 1957. The following year, he played Leontes in ''The Winter's Tale'', Bardolph, in ''Henry IV, Part 1'', and Benedick in ''Much Ado About Nothing''. In 1960, he played Philip the Bastard in ''King John'' and Mercutio in ''Romeo and Juliet''. In 1962, he played the title roles in both ''Cyrano de Bergerac'' and ''Macbeth'' then returned in 1967 to play Mark Antony in ''Antony and Cleopatra.

In 2002, he appeared in a lauded production of ''King Lear'', directed by Jonathan Miller. The production successfully transferred to New York City's Lincoln Center in 2004.

Plummer returned to the stage at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in August 2008 in a critically acclaimed performance as Julius Caesar in George Bernard Shaw's ''Caesar and Cleopatra'' directed by Tony winner Des McAnuff; this production was videotaped and shown in high-definition in Canadian cinemas on January 31, 2009 (with an encore presentation on February 23, 2009) and broadcast on April 4, 2009 on Bravo! in Canada. Plummer once again returned to the Stratford Festival in the summer of 2010 in ''The Tempest'' as the lead character, Prospero.

England

In April 1961, he appeared as Benedick in ''Much Ado About Nothing'' with the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre (Stratford-Upon-Avon, England). He also appeared with the RSC in May 1961 in the lead role of ''Richard III''. He made his London debut on June 11, 1961 playing King Henry II in Jean Anouilh's ''Becket'' with the RSC at the Aldwych Theatre, directed by Peter Hall. The production later transferred to the Globe for a December 1961 to April 1962 run. For his performance, Plummer won the Evening Standard Award for Best Actor.

From June 1971 to January 1972, he appeared at the National Theatre, acting in repertory for the season. The plays he appeared in where Jean Giraudoux's ''Amphitryon 38'' directed by Laurence Olivier; Georg Büchner's ''Danton's Death'' (director Jonathan Miller); Adrian Mitchell's ''Tyger''; Luigi Pirandello's ''The Rules of the Game''; and Eugene O'Neill' ''Long Day's Journey Into Night'' at the New Theatre in London.

Other venues

Edward Everett Horton hired Plummer to appear as Gerard in the 1953 road show production of Andre Roussin's ''Nina'', a role originated on Broadway by David Niven in 1951. He appeared as Jason opposite Dame Judith Anderson in Robinson Jeffers' adaptation of ''Medea'' at the Theatre Sara Bernhardt in Paris in 1955. The American National Theatre and Academy production, directed by Guthrie McClintic, was part of Le Festival International.

Also in 1955, he played Mark Antony in Julius Caesar and Ferdinand in ''The Tempest'' at the American Shakespeare Festival (Stratford, Connecticut). He returned to the American Shakespeare Festival in 1981 to play the title role in ''Henry V''.

Plummer appeared in ''Lovers and Madmen'' at the Opera House, Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C. in 1973 and in ''Love and Master Will'' at the same venue in 1975. ''Love and Master Will'' consisted of selections from the works of William Shakespeare on the subject of love, arranged by Plummer. His co-stars were Zoe Caldwell, Bibi Andersson, and Leonard Nimoy.

He played the part of Edgar in E.L. Doctorow's ''Drinks before Dinner'' with the New York Shakespeare Festival at the Public/Newman Theatre in New York City in 1978.

Film

Plummer's eclectic career on screen began in 1958 when Sidney Lumet cast him as a young writer in ''Stage Struck''. That same year, he also appeared in Nicholas Ray's film of Budd Schulberg's ''Wind Across the Everglades''. He did not appear on-screen again for six years, until he appeared as the Emperor Commodus in Anthony Mann's blockbuster ''The Fall of the Roman Empire'' (1964). His next film, the Oscar-winning ''The Sound of Music'' made cinematic history, becoming the all-time top-grossing film, eclipsing ''Gone With the Wind''. (''Gone With the Wind'' and ''The Sound of Music'' rank No. 1 and No. 3 all-time among the top grossing movies, when adjusted for inflation, as of 2010.)

Since appearing in the phenomenal ''Sound of Music'', Plummer has appeared in a vast number of notable films, including ''Inside Daisy Clover'' (1965), ''The Night of the Generals'' (cameo as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel) (1967), ''Oedipus the King'' (1968), ''The Royal Hunt of the Sun'' (1969), ''Battle of Britain'' (1970), ''Waterloo'' (1970), ''The Man Who Would Be King'' (1975), ''The Return of the Pink Panther'' (1975), ''The Silent Partner'' (1978), ''International Velvet'' (1978), ''Murder by Decree'' (1979), ''Somewhere in Time'' (1980), ''Eyewitness'' (1981), ''Dragnet'' (1987), ''Shadow Dancing'' (1988), ''Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country'' (1991), ''Malcolm X'' (1992), ''Wolf'' (1994), ''Dolores Claiborne'' (1995), ''12 Monkeys'' (1995), ''Syriana'' (2005), ''The New World'' (2005), and ''The Lake House'' (2006). In addition, when Rex Harrison was proving impossible to work with for the film adaptation of ''Doctor Dolittle'', Plummer was cast to replace him. Although Harrison persuaded the producers to reverse the decision, Plummer was satisfied by receiving $87,500 just for signing the contract and didn't even miss a performance of his role in the stage play ''The Royal Hunt of the Sun'' during this incident.

One of Plummer's most critically acclaimed roles was that of television journalist Mike Wallace in Michael Mann's Oscar-nominated ''The Insider'' (1999), for which he won Boston, Los Angeles, and National Society of Film Critics Awards for 'Best Supporting Actor'; he was also nominated for Chicago and Las Vegas Film Critics Awards, as well as a Satellite Award. Predictions of an Oscar nomination circulated, but such recognition only came in January 2010 when Plummer received his first Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of author Leo Tolstoy in ''The Last Station'' (2009). Speaking to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in an interview that aired on March 7, 2010, Plummer appeared slightly irritated that it had taken so long to receive a personal Academy Award nomination, saying, "Well, I said it's about time! I mean, I'm 80 years old, for God's sake. Have mercy." Still, on Oscar night, March 7, 2010, Plummer lost the Best Supporting Actor nomination to Christoph Waltz in the Quentin Tarantino 2009 war film ''Inglourious Basterds''. In 2012, he was nominated for his second Academy Award, again for Best Supporting Actor, for his performance in ''Beginners''. He won the award on Oscar night, the 84th edition of the ceremony. This made him, at age 82, the oldest actor to win an Oscar. When he accepted the award, he first responded: "You're only two years older than me, darling. Where have you been all my life?"

Other recent successes include his roles as Dr. Rosen in Ron Howard's Academy Award-winning ''A Beautiful Mind'' (2001), Arthur Case in Spike Lee's 2006 film ''Inside Man'', and the philosopher Aristotle in ''Alexander'', alongside Colin Farrell. In 2004, Plummer played John Adams Gates in ''National Treasure''.

Plummer has also done some voice work, such as his role of Henri the pigeon in ''An American Tail'', the villainous Grand Duke of Owls in ''Rock-a-Doodle'', the antagonistic Charles Muntz in ''Up'' and the elder leader 1 in the Tim Burton-produced action/science fiction film ''9''.

Documentaries

In 1963, he was the subject of a short National Film Board of Canada documentary, ''30 Minutes, Mister Plummer'', directed by Anne Claire Poirier.

In 2011, Plummer appeared in the feature length documentary ''The Captains''. The film, which was written and directed by William Shatner, sees Shatner interview Plummer at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival Theatre where they talk about their young careers, long lasting friendship, and Plummer's role as General Chang in ''Star Trek VI''. The film also mentions how Shatner was Plummer's understudy for a production of ''Henry V'' at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival and that after Plummer had fell ill Shatner was forced to take the stage and thus earned his first big break.

''The Sound of Music''

Owing to the box office success and continued popularity of ''The Sound of Music'' (1965), Plummer remains best known for his portrayal of Captain Von Trapp, a role he reportedly disliked. He declined to attend the 40th Anniversary cast reunion, but did provide commentary on the 2005 DVD release. Plummer relented in 2010 for the 45th anniversary, and appeared with the full cast on ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'' on October 28, 2010.

Said Plummer of the movie and his role in a December 2009 interview, “I was a bit bored with the character (of Captain Von Trapp)," said Plummer. “Although we worked hard enough to make him interesting, it was a bit like flogging a dead horse. And the subject matter is not mine. I mean, it can’t appeal to every person in the world." However, Plummer admits the movie itself was well made and, despite his reservations, is proud to be associated with a film with such mass appeal. "The world has seen (''The Sound of Music'') so many times. And there’s a whole new generation every year—poor kids—that have to sit through it ''(laughs)''. But it was a very well-made movie, and it’s a family movie and we haven't seen a family movie, I don't think, on that scale for ages. I don’t mind that. It just happened to be not my particular cup of tea."

Television

Christopher Plummer made his television debut in the February 1953 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation production of Othello, starring Lorne Green as the Moor. He appeared regularly on American television throughout the 1950s, appearing on both dramatic showcase programs like ''The Alcoa Hour'', ''G.E. True Theater'', ''Kraft Theatre'' and ''Omnibus'' and episodic series. In 1956, he appeared with Jason Robards and Constance Ford in an episode entitled "A Thief There Was" of CBS's anthology series ''Appointment with Adventure''.

In 1958, he appeared in the TV movie ''Little Moon of Alban'' with Julie Harris, for which he received his first Emmy Award nomination. He also appeared with Harris in the 1958 TV adaptation of ''Johnny Belinda'' and played Torvald Helmer to Harris' Nora in the 1959 adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's ''A Doll's House''. He also starred in the TV adaptations of Philip Barry's ''The Philadelphia Story'' (1959), Bernard Shaw's ''Captain Brassbound's Conversion'' (1960), Jean Anouilh's ''Time Remembered'' (playing the role of Prince Albert originated by Richard Burton on Broadway), and Edmond Rostand's ''Cyrano de Bergerac'' (1962). In 1964, his performance of the Gloomy Dane in the BBC production ''Hamlet at Elsinore'' garnered his second Emmy nomination. Another notable play he appeared in was the 1974 adaptation of Arthur Miller's ''After the Fall'', in which he played Quentin (a part originated on Broadway by Jason Robards) to Faye Dunaway's Maggie.

He has acted in nearly 100 TV roles in all, including appearances in ''Jesus of Nazareth'', the five-time Emmy Award-winning ''The Thorn Birds'', the Emmy-winning ''Nuremberg'', the Emmy-winning ''Little Moon of Alban'' and the Emmy-winning ''Moneychangers'' (for which he won his first Emmy as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series).

He co-starred in ''American Tragedy'' as F. Lee Bailey (for which he received a Golden Globe Nomination), and appeared in ''Four Minute Mile'', ''Miracle Planet'', and a documentary by Ric Burns about Eugene O'Neill. He received an Emmy nomination for his performance in ''Our Fathers'' and reunited with Julie Andrews for a television production of ''On Golden Pond''. He also played Herod Antipas in the miniseries, ''Jesus of Nazareth'' and was the narrator for ''The Gospel of John''. He also co-starred with Gregory Peck in ''The Scarlet and The Black''.

He narrated the animated television series ''Madeline'', for which he received an Emmy, as well as the animated television series ''David the Gnome''.

Other works

Christopher Plummer has also written for the stage, television and the concert-hall. Plummer and Sir Neville Marriner rearranged Shakespeare’s ''Henry V'' with Sir William Walton’s music as a concert piece. They recorded the work with Marriner's chamber orchestra the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.

He performed it and other works with the New York Philharmonic and symphony orchestras of London, Washington, D.C., Cleveland, Ohio, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Toronto, Vancouver and Halifax. With Marriner he made his Carnegie Hall debut in his own arrangements of Mendelssohn's incidental music to ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''.

Honours and awards

Plummer has won many honours in Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Austria. He was the first winner of Canada's Genie Award, for Best Actor in ''Murder by Decree'' (1980) and has received three other Genie nominations. Plummer has won two Tony Awards (from seven nominations), and two Emmy Awards (six nominations) in the United States, and Great Britain's ''Evening Standard'' Awards.

In 1968, he was invested as Companion of the Order of Canada, at the time Canada's highest civilian honour. In 2001, he received the Canadian Governor General's Performing Arts Awards for Lifetime Artistic Achievement. He was made an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts at New York's Julliard School and has received honorary doctorates from the University of Toronto, Ryerson University, McGill University, the University of Western Ontario, the University of Ottawa, and most recently the University of Guelph. Plummer was inducted into the American Theatre's Hall of Fame in 1986 and into Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto in 1997.

His awards include the following:

London Evening Standard Award as Best Actor (1961), for his portrayal of King Henry II in the stage play, ''Becket''

Genie Award (1980), for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in ''Murder by Decree''

Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical (1974), for his lead role in ''Cyrano''

Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play (1997), for his lead role in ''Barrymore''

Emmy Award (1976), as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series for '' Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers''

Emmy Award (1994), for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for his work on the Family Channel's ''Madeline'' children's series

Edwin Booth Lifetime Achievement Award (1997)

Jason Robards Award for Excellence in Theatre (2002)

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award (1999) for ''The Insider''

Boston Society of Film Critics Award (1999) for ''The Insider''

Golden Globe (2012) Best Supporting Actor for ''Beginners''

Academy Award (2012) Best Supporting Actor for ''Beginners''

Personal life

Plummer has been married three times. His first marriage, to Tony Award-winning actress Tammy Grimes, was in 1956 and lasted four years. The couple's daughter, Amanda Plummer (born 1957), is an acclaimed actress in her own right, but (as he mentions in his autobiography) he had no contact with her during her early and teenage years. They now maintain a friendly relationship. Plummer was married to journalist Patricia Lewis from May 4, 1962 until their divorce in 1967. He and his third wife, British dancer and actress Elaine Regina Taylor, have been married since 1970 and live in a 100-year-old converted farm house in Connecticut.

In a 2005 interview with ''Entertainment Weekly'', Plummer maintained that in their early days he and his fellow actors did not drink to excess "because we had problems...Nonsense! Actually, I was taught as a child to drink. I came from a family that loved wine. I was twelve, I think, when I was drinking wine with dinner."

Plummer's memoir, ''In Spite of Myself'', was published by Knopf Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., in November 2008.

Filmography

''Wind Across the Everglades'' ''Little Moon of Alban'' '''' ''Playdate'' ''Cyrano de Bergerac'' '''' ''Hamlet at Elsinore'' '''' ''Inside Daisy Clover'' ''Triple Cross (1966 film) '''' ''Oedipus the King'' ''Nobody Runs Forever'' ''Battle of Britain (film) '''' ''Lock Up Your Daughters (film) ''Waterloo (1970 film) ''Don Juan in Hell'' '''' ''After the Fall (play) '''' '''' '''' ''Conduct Unbecoming (film) '''' '''' ''Aces High (film) ''Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers'' ''Jesus of Nazareth (miniseries) '''' '''' ''Silver Blaze'' '''' ''International Velvet (film) ''Starcrash'' ''Murder by Decree'' ''Riel (film) ''Hanover Street (film) ''Desperate Voyage'' '''' ''Somewhere in Time (film) ''When the Circus Came to Town'' ''Eyewitness (1981 film) '''' ''Little Gloria... Happy at Last'' '''' '''' ''Prototype'' ''Lily in Love'' ''Dreamscape (film) ''Highpoint'' ''Terror in the Aisles'' ''Ordeal by Innocence'' ''Játszani kell'' '''' ''Rumpelstiltskin (1985) '''' ''Crossings'' '''' '''' ''Spearfield's Daughter'' ''Vampire in Venice'' ''Dragnet (1987 film) '''' '''' '''' ''Light Years (film) ''Shadow Dancing (1988 film) '''' ''I Love N.Y.'' ''Souvenir (1989 film) ''Nabokov on Kafka'' ''Mindfield'' ''Kingsgate'' ''Where the Heart Is (1990 film) '''' ''Red Blooded American Girl'' ''Money (film) ''Madeline (TV series) ''Counterstrike (1990 TV series) ''Firehead'' ''Young Catherine'' '''' ''Rock-a-Doodle'' ''Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country'' ''Berlin Lady'' '''' ''Secrets (1992 film) ''Impolite'' ''Malcolm X (film) ''Liar's Edge'' ''Sidney Sheldon's A Stranger in the Mirror'' '''' ''Madeline'' ''Wolf (film) ''Crackerjack (1994 film) ''Dolores Claiborne (film) ''Harrison Bergeron (film) ''12 Monkeys'' ''We the Jury'' ''Skeletons'' '''' '''' ''Babes in Toyland (1997 film) ''Winchell (film) ''Hidden Agenda'' '''' '''' ''Celebrate the Century'' ''Madeline: Lost in Paris'' '''' ''Nuremberg (2000 film) '''' ''Possessed (2000 film) ''American Tragedy (film) ''Dracula 2000'' ''Star Trek: Klingon Academy'' ''Leo's Journey'' ''On Golden Pond (2001 film) ''Lucky Break'' ''Blackheart'' '''' ''Full Disclosure (film) ''Night Flight (TV series) ''Ararat (film) ''Agent of Influence'' ''Nicholas Nickleby (2002 film) ''Tma'' ''Blizzard (film) '''' ''Cold Creek Manor'' ''National Treasure (film) ''Alexander (film) ''Our Fathers (film) ''Must Love Dogs'' ''Syriana'' '''' ''Inside Man'' '''' ''Man in the Chair'' ''Closing the Ring'' ''Emotional Arithmetic'' ''Already Dead'' '''' ''Caesar and Cleaopatra'' ''Up (2009 film) ''My Dog Tulip'' ''9 (2009 film) '''' '''' ''Priest (2011 film) ''Beginners'' Academy Award for Best Supporting ActorBAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting RoleBroadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorFilm criticism '''' ''The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim''

Year	! Film	! Role	! Notes
1958	Stage Struck (film)>Stage Struck''	Joe Sheridan
1958	|	Walt Murdock
1958	|	Kenneth Boyd	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie>Emmy Award, Best Single Performance by an Actor
1959	|	Torvald Helmer
1961	|	Host
1962	|	Cyrano de Bergerac (play)>Cyrano de Bergerac
1964	|	Commodus
1964	|	Hamlet	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie>Emmy Award, Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama
1965	|	Georg Ludwig von Trapp>Captain von Trapp
1966	|	Raymond Swan
1966	Triple Cross'' ||	Eddie Chapman
1967	|	Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
1968	|	Oedipus
1968	|	Sir James Quentin
1969	Battle of Britain'' ||	Squadron Leader Colin Harvey
1969	|	Atahualpa
1969	Lock Up Your Daughters!'' ||	Lord Foppington
1970	Waterloo'' ||	Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
1971	|	Don Juan
1973	|	Dt. Sgt. Jim Henderson
1974	After the Fall'' ||	Quentin
1974	|	The Happy Prince
1975	|	Dr. Joe Sherman
1975	|	Sir Charles Litton
1975	Conduct Unbecoming'' ||	Maj. Alastair Wimbourne
1975	|	Rudyard Kipling
1975	|	Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria>Archduke Ferdinand of Austria
1976	Aces High'' ||	Capt. 'Uncle' Sinclair
1976	|	Roscoe Heyward	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Miniseries or a Movie>Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Miniseries or a Movie
1977	Jesus of Nazareth'' ||	Herod Antipas
1977	|	Captain Behounek
1977	|	Deverell
1977	|	Sherlock Holmes
1978	|	Harry Reikle
1978	International Velvet'' ||	John Seaton
1979	|	Emperor
1979	|	Sherlock Holmes	Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
1979	Riel'' ||	John A. Macdonald
1979	Hanover Street'' ||	Paul Sellinger
1980	|	Burrifous
1980	|	Brian
1980	Somewhere in Time'' ||	William Fawcett Robinson
1981	|	Duke Royal
1981	Eyewitness'' ||	Joseph
1981	|	Professor Lakos	Nominated – Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
1982	|	Reggie Vanderbilt
1983	|	Col. Herbert Kappler
1983	|	Archbishop Vittorio Contini-Verchese	Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor – Miniseries or a Movie
1983	|	Dr. Carl Forrester
1984	|	Fitzroy Wynn/Roberto Terranova
1984	Dreamscape'' ||	Bob Blair
1984	|	James Hatcher
1984	|	Archival appearance
1984	|	Leo Argyle
1985	|
1985	|
1985	Rumpelstiltskin'' ||	Narrator
1986	|	Knox
1986	|	Armand DeVilliers
1986	|	Mr. Roalvang
1986	|	Henri	Voice talent
1986	|	Lord Jack Cruze
1986	|	Professor Paris Catalano
1987	Dragnet'' ||	Reverend Jonathan Whirley
1987	|	Sir Giles Staverley
1987	|	Narrator
1987	|	Narrator
1988	Light Years'' ||	Metamorphis
1988	Shadow Dancing'' ||	Edmund Beaumont
1988	|	Narrator
1988	|	John Robertson Yeats
1989	Souvenir'' ||	Ernst Kestner
1989	|	Vladimir Nabokov
1989	|	Doctor Satorius
1989	|
1990	Where the Heart Is'' ||	Jerry
1990	|	The Grand Duke Ivan
1990	|	Dr. John Alcore
1990	Money'' ||	Martin Yahl
1990	Madeline'' ||	Narrator
1990	Counterstrike'' ||	Alexander Addington
1991	|	Col. Garland Vaughn
1991	|	Sir Charles
1991	|	Alfred Stieglitz
1991	|	Grand Duke	Voice talent
1991	|	Chang (Star Trek)>General Chang
1991	|	Wilhem Speer
1991	|	Victor Abakumov
1992	Secrets'' ||	Mel Wexler
1992	|	Naples O'Rorke	Nominated – Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
1992	Malcolm X'' ||	Chaplain Gill
1992	|	Harry Weldon
1993	|	Clifton Lawrence
1993	|
1993	|		Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance
1994	Wolf'' ||	Raymond Alden
1994	Crackerjack'' ||	Ivan Getz
1995	Dolores Claiborne'' ||	Det. John Mackey
1995	Harrison Bergeron'' ||	John Klaxon
1995	|	Dr. Goines
1996	|	Wilfred Fransiscus
1996	|	R. Carlyle
1996	|	Joseph Wakeman
1997	|	George Hees
1997	Babes in Toyland'' ||	Barnaby Crookedman	Voice talent
1998	Winchell'' ||	Franklin D. Roosevelt
1998	|	Ulrich Steiner
1998	|	Narrator
1998	|	Mr. Caruthers
1999	|
1999	|	Narrator
1999	|	Mike Wallace (journalist)>Mike Wallace	Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting ActorLos Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorNational Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting ActorNominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorNominated – Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting ActorNominated – Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting ActorNominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture
2000	Nuremberg'' ||	David Maxwell-Fyfe>Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe
2000	|	Hump Hinton
2000	Possessed'' ||	Archbishop Hume
2000	American Tragedy'' ||	F. Lee Bailey	Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
2000	|	Abraham Van Helsing
2000	|	Chang (Star Trek)>General Chang	Video game voiceover
2001	|	Narrator
2001	On Golden Pond'' ||	Norman Thayer
2001	|
2001	|	Holmes
2001	|	Dr. Rosen	Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2001	Full Disclosure'' ||	Robert Lecker
2002	Night Flight'' ||	'Flash' Harry Peters
2002	Ararat'' ||	David	Nominated – Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
2002	|	John Watkins
2002	Nicholas Nickleby'' ||	Ralph Nickleby	National Board of Review Award for Best Cast
2002	|
2003	Blizzard'' ||	Santa Claus	Nominated – Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
2003	|	Narrator
2003	|	Mr. Massie
2004	National Treasure'' ||	John Adams Gates
2004	Alexander'' ||	Aristotle
2005	Our Fathers'' ||	Cardinal Bernard Law	Television filmNominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor – Miniseries or a MovieNominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
2005	|	Bill Nolan
2005	|	Dean Whiting
2005	|	Captain Newport
2006	|	Arthur Case
2006	|	Simon Wyler
2007	|	Flash Madden
2007	|	Jack
2007	|	David Winters	Nominated – Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
2007	|	Dr. Heller
2008	|	P.J. Aimes	TV Miniseries: 2 Episodes
2009	|	Julius Caesar	also executive producer
2009	Up'' ||	Charles Muntz	voice talent
2009	|	J. R. Ackerley	voice talent
2009	9'' ||	1	voice talent
2009	|	Doctor Parnassus
2009	|	Leo Tolstoy	Nominated – Academy Award for Best Supporting ActorNominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion PictureNominated – Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting MaleNominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
2011	Priest'' ||	Monsignor Orelas
2011	|	Hal	Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorDallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorDetroit Film Critics Society for Best Supporting ActorGolden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion PictureHollywood Film Festival Award for Best Supporting ActorIndependent Spirit Award for Best Supporting MaleIndiana Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorLos Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorNational Board of Review Award for Best Supporting ActorOnline Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting ActorToronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorSoutheastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting RoleNominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorNominated – Houston Film Critics Award for Best Supporting ActorNominated – National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting ActorNominated – New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor (runner-up)Nominated – Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting ActorNominated – San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting ActorNominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion PictureNominated – Utah Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor (runner-up)Nominated – Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
2011	|	Henrik Vanger
2011	|	Arngeir	Video game voiceover

References

External links

Christopher Plummer at the Canadian Film Encyclopedia

Confessions of Captain Von Trapp: An Interview With Christopher Plummer

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name	Natalie Wood
birth name	Natalia Nikolaevna Zacharenko
birth date	July 20, 1938
birth place	San Francisco, California, United States
death date	November 29, 1981
death place	Santa Catalina Island, California, United States
other names	Natasha GurdinNatalie Wood Wagner
occupation	Actress
years active	1943–1981
spouse	(her death)
children	Natasha Gregson (b. 1970) Courtney Wagner (b. 1974)
relatives	Lana Wood (sister) }}

Natalie Wood (born Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko; ; July 20, 1938 – November 29, 1981) was an American film and television actress. After first working in films as a child, Wood became a successful Hollywood star as a young adult, receiving three Academy Award nominations before she was 25 years old.

Wood began acting in movies at the age of four and at age eight was given a co-starring role in the classic Christmas film ''Miracle on 34th Street''. As a teenager, her performance in ''Rebel Without a Cause'' (1955) earned her a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She went on to star in the musical films ''West Side Story'' (1961) and ''Gypsy'' (1962). She received 2 more nominations, this time the Academy Award for Best Actress, for her performances in ''Splendor in the Grass'' (1961) and ''Love with the Proper Stranger'' (1963).

At the age of 28, Wood semi-retired from acting, appearing in only four theatrical films during the last 15 years of her life. She was married to actor Robert Wagner (twice) and to film producer/writer Richard Gregson. She had one daughter by each: Natasha Gregson and Courtney Wagner. Her younger sister, Lana Wood, is also an actress.

Wood starred in several television productions, including a remake of the film ''From Here to Eternity'' (1979) for which she won a Golden Globe Award. During her career, from child actress to adult star, her films represented a "coming of age" for both her and Hollywood films in general.

At age 43, Wood drowned near Santa Catalina Island, California at the time her last film, ''Brainstorm'' (1983), was in production with co-star Christopher Walken. Her death was declared an accident. Although the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department reopened the case in late 2011 based on new witness statements, no evidence to contradict that original conclusion was found.

Background

Wood was born Natalia Nikolaevna Zacharenko in San Francisco to Russian immigrant parents Nikolai Stepanovich Zakharenko and Maria Stepanovna (née Zudilova; 1912–1998). As an adult, she stated, "I'm very Russian, you know." She spoke both Russian and English. Her father was born in Vladivostok and he, his mother, and two brothers, immigrated to Montreal, Quebec, and later to San Francisco. There, he worked as a day laborer and carpenter. Her paternal grandfather Stepan worked in a chocolate factory in Russia and was killed in street fighting between Red and White Russian soldiers in 1918.

Wood, then seven years old, got the part and played a German orphan opposite Orson Welles and Claudette Colbert in ''Tomorrow Is Forever''. Welles later said that Wood was a born professional, "so good, she was terrifying." After Wood acted in another film directed by Pichel, her mother signed her up with 20th Century Fox studio for her first major role, the 1947 Christmas classic ''Miracle on 34th Street''; the film made her one of the top child stars in Hollywood. Within a few months after the film's release, Wood was so popular that Macy's invited her to appear in the store's annual Thanksgiving Day parade.

Film historian John C. Tibbetts writes that for the next few years following her success in ''Miracle'', Wood played roles as a daughter in a series of family films: Fred MacMurray's daughter in ''Father Was a Fullback'' and ''Dear Brat'', Margaret Sullavan's daughter in ''No Sad Songs for Me''; James Stewart's daughter in ''The Jackpot''; Joan Blondell's neglected daughter in ''The Blue Veil''; and daughter of Bette Davis' character in ''The Star''. In all, Wood appeared in over 20 films as a child.

Because she was a minor, Wood's formal education took place on the studio lots wherever she was contracted. California law required that until age 18, actors had to spend at least three hours per day in the classroom, notes Harris. "She was a straight A student," and one of the few child actors to excel at arithmetic. Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who directed her in ''The Ghost and Mrs. Muir'' (1947), said that "In all my years in the business, I never met a smarter moppet." Wood remembered that period in her life:

I always felt guilty when I knew the crew was sitting around waiting for me to finish my three hours. As soon as the teacher let us go, I ran to the set as fast as I could.

As a child actress, Wood received media attention. By age nine, she had been named the "most exciting juvenile motion picture star of the year" by ''Parents''. At age twelve, Wood was judged Child Star of the Year by the Children's Day National Council of New York.

Teen stardom

In the 1953-1954 television season, Wood played Ann Morrison, the teenage daughter in the ABC situation comedy, ''The Pride of the Family'', with Paul Hartman cast as her father, Albie Morrison; Fay Wray, as her mother, Catherine; and Robert Hyatt, as her brother, Junior Morrison.

Wood successfully made the transition from child star to ingenue at age 16 when she co-starred with James Dean and Sal Mineo in 1955's ''Rebel Without a Cause'', Nicholas Ray's film about teenage rebellion. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She followed this with a brief but crucial role in John Ford's western ''The Searchers'' (1956), which starred John Wayne and also featured Wood's ten-year-old sister, Lana, who played a younger version of her character in the film's earlier scenes.

Wood graduated from Van Nuys High School in 1956.

Signed to Warner Brothers, Wood was kept busy during the remainder of the decade in many 'girlfriend' roles that she found unsatisfying. The studio cast her in two films opposite Tab Hunter, hoping to turn the duo into a box office draw that never materialized. Among the other films made at this time were 1958's ''Kings Go Forth'' and ''Marjorie Morningstar''. As Marjorie Morningstar, Wood played the role of a young Jewish girl in New York City who has to deal with the social and religious expectations of her family, as she tries to forge her own path and separate identity.

However, she had her detractors. The film critic Pauline Kael referred to her as "clever little Natalie Wood" the "most machine-tooled of Hollywood ingenues.

''Splendor in the Grass'' and ''West Side Story''

Wood's career was in a transition period, having until then been cast primarily in roles as a child or teenager. She was now hoping to be cast in adult roles. Biographer Suzanne Finstad notes that a "turning point" in her life as an actress took place upon seeing the film ''A Streetcar Named Desire'': "She was transformed, in awe of director Elia Kazan and of Vivien Leigh's performance... [who] became a role model for Natalie." "Her roles raised the possibility that one's sensitivity could mark a person as a kind of victim," noted Tibbetts. In 1961, after a "series of bad films, her career was already in decline," notes Rathgeb. Kazan himself writes that the "sages" of the film community declared her as "washed up" as an actress, although he still wanted to interview her for his next film. Kazan cast Wood as the female lead in ''Splendor in the Grass'', and her career rebounded. He felt that despite her earlier, innocent roles, she had the talent and maturity to go beyond. In the film, Warren Beatty's character was deprived of sexual love with Natalie, and as a result turns to a prostitute; Natalie likewise couldn't handle the issue, but ended up in a mental institution. Kazan writes that he cast her in the role partly because he saw in Wood's personality a "true-blue quality with a wanton side that is held down by social pressure," adding that "she clings to things with her eyes," a quality he found especially "appealing."

Finstad feels that despite Wood's never receiving training in Method acting techniques, "working with Kazan brought her to the greatest emotional heights of her career. The experience was exhilarating but wrenching for Natalie, who faced her demons on ''Splendor.''" She adds that a scene in the film, as a result of "Kazan's wizardry ... produced a hysteria in Natalie that may be her most powerful moment as an actress." Actor Gary Lockwood, who also acted in the film, felt that "Kazan and Natalie were a terrific marriage, because you had this beautiful girl, and you had somebody that could get things out of her." Kazan's favorite scene in the movie was the last one, when Wood goes back to see her lost first love, Bud (Beatty). "It's terribly touching to me. I still like it when I see it," writes Kazan.

The same year, Wood played Maria in the Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise musical ''West Side Story'' which was a major box office and critical success. In this film, she plays the role of a restless adolescent which reflected the "restlessness of American youth in the 1960s," expressed by youth gangs and juvenile delinquency. Both films, he observes, were "modern allegories based on the 'Romeo and Juliet' theme, including private restlessness and public alienation. In the film she also enters into a romance with a gang member and his threatening world of outcasts, also alienated from their families and the law. Although the singing parts were sung by Marni Nixon, ''West Side Story'' is still regarded as one of Wood's best films.

Remainder of career and missed roles

Wood did her own singing in the 1962 film, ''Gypsy.'' She co-starred in the slapstick comedy ''The Great Race'' (1965), with Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, and Peter Falk. Her ability to speak Russian was an asset given to her character "Maggie DuBois", justifying the character to record the progress of the race across Siberia, and entering the race at the beginning as a contestant. Wood received her third Academy Award nomination and another Golden Globe award in 1964 for ''Love with the Proper Stranger'', opposite Steve McQueen. Although many of Wood's films were commercially profitable, her acting was criticized at times. In 1966 she won the Harvard Lampoon Worst Actress of the Year Award. She was the first performer in the award's history to accept it in person and the ''Harvard Crimson'' wrote she was "quite a good sport." Director Sydney Pollack was quoted as saying about Wood, "When she was right for the part, there was no one better. She was a damn good actress." Other notable films starring Wood were ''Inside Daisy Clover'' (1965) and ''This Property Is Condemned'' (1966), both of which co-starred Robert Redford and brought subsequent Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress. In both films, which were set during the Great Depression, Wood played small-town teens with big dreams. After the release of the films, Wood suffered emotionally and sought professional therapy. During this time, she turned down the Faye Dunaway role in ''Bonnie and Clyde'' because she did not want to be separated from her analyst.

After three years away from acting, Wood played a swinger in ''Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice'' (1969), a comedy about sexual liberation. The film was one of the top ten box-office hits of the year, and Wood received ten percent of the film's profits. According to Tibbets, this was the first film in which "the saving leavening of humor was brought to bear upon the many painful dilemmas portrayed in her adult films."

After becoming pregnant with her first child, Natasha Gregson, in 1970, Wood went into semi-retirement and acted in only four more theatrical films during the remainder of her life. She made a very brief cameo appearance as herself in ''The Candidate'' (1972), reuniting her for a third time with Robert Redford. She also reunited on the screen with Robert Wagner in the television movie of the week ''The Affair'' (1973) and with Laurence Olivier and husband Wagner in an adaptation of ''Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'' (1976) broadcast as a special by NBC. She made cameo appearances on Wagner's prime-time detective series ''Switch'' in 1978 as "Bubble Bath Girl" and ''Hart to Hart'' in 1979 as "Movie Star." Film roles Wood turned down went to Ali MacGraw in ''Goodbye, Columbus''; Mia Farrow in ''The Great Gatsby''; and Faye Dunaway in ''The Towering Inferno''. Upon resuming her film career, Wood chose to star in misfires like the science fiction disaster ''Meteor'' (1979) with Sean Connery and the sex comedy ''The Last Married Couple in America'' (1980), although her own performance in the latter was praised, and considered reminiscent of her performance in ''Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice''. It was also in ''Last Married Couple'' that Wood broke ground by being an actress with a clean, middle class image, yet using the 'F' word in a frank, marital discussion with her husband (George Segal). She won a Golden Globe Award for her performance as Karen Holmes in the 1979 miniseries remake of ''From Here to Eternity'', which co-starred William Devane as her love interest, and Kim Basinger in the role of Lorene Rogers. In 1980, she starred in the television film ''The Memory of Eva Ryker'', which proved to be her last completed production. The film featured a scene in which Wood's character drowns, and when Wood drowned in real life the following year, the film was never broadcast again.

At the time of her death, Wood was filming the science fiction drama ''Brainstorm'' (1983), directed by Douglas Trumbull. She and Christopher Walken portrayed a husband-and-wife team of scientists working on a device that can record human thoughts, and in the process use the device to solve their own marital problems. This was Wood's first dramatic big-screen role since ''This Property Is Condemned'' more than 15 years earlier, and she anticipated that ''Brainstorm'' would be her comeback film. Wood had only completed approximately 75% of her work on the film before drowning during a weekend off from production. As a result, her character was written out of several scenes, with a stand-in and sound-alikes replacing her for some critical scenes. The film was released posthumously on September 30, 1983, and was dedicated to her in the closing credits.

Wood was also scheduled to star in a theatrical production of ''Anastasia'' with Wendy Hiller. Rehearsals were to begin in December of 1981. Another film she had in development was ''Country of the Heart'', in which she would portray a terminally ill writer who has an affair with younger man, to be played by Timothy Hutton.

Wood appeared in 56 films for cinema and television. Following her death, ''Time'' magazine noted that although critical praise for Wood had been sparse throughout her career, "she always had work."

Personal life

Marriages

Natalie Wood's two marriages to actor Robert Wagner were highly publicized. Wood said she had had a crush on Wagner since she was a child, and on her 18th birthday she went on a studio-arranged date with the 26-year-old actor. They married a year later on December 28, 1957, a marriage which met with great protest from Wood's mother. They separated in June 1961 and divorced in April 1962.

On May 30, 1969, Wood married British producer Richard Gregson. The couple dated for two and a half years prior to their marriage, while Gregson waited for his divorce to be finalized. They had a daughter, Natasha Gregson (born September 29, 1970). They separated in August 1971 after Wood overheard an inappropriate telephone conversation between her secretary and Gregson. The split also marked a brief estrangement between Wood and her family, when mother Maria and sister Lana told her to reconcile with Gregson for the sake of her newborn child. She filed for divorce, and it was finalized in April 1972.

In early 1972, Wood resumed her relationship with Wagner. The couple remarried on July 16, 1972, just five months after reconciling and only three months after she divorced Gregson. Their daughter, Courtney Wagner, was born on March 9, 1974. They remained married until Wood's death seven years later on November 29, 1981.

Other relationships

Biographer Suzanne Finstad writes that Wood had a relationship with director Nicholas Ray, director of ''Rebel Without a Cause'', when she was 16 and he was 43. During her teens, Wood went on studio-arranged dates with older men, including actors Tab Hunter and Nick Adams, and dated actor Raymond Burr, when she was 17 and he was 38. Wood also dated actors Michael Caine, Warren Beatty, Dennis Hopper, David Niven, Jr., singer Elvis Presley, director Henry Jaglom, and politician Jerry Brown.

Among her celebrity friends were fellow child performers Margaret O'Brien, Carol Lynley and Stefanie Powers.

Death

Wood died by accidental drowning while on a weekend trip to Santa Catalina Island with her husband, Robert Wagner, actor Christopher Walken, and the boat's captain, Dennis Davern. Many facts surrounding her drowning are unknown, as no one saw how she entered the water. Los Angeles County coroner Thomas Noguchi ruled her death an accident by drowning and hypothermia following his investigation. According to the autopsy report, Wood had dozens of bruises on her body, including injuries to her face and arms. The autopsy found that her blood alcohol level was .14, and an examining doctor stated that it was higher when she went overboard. They also found two drugs in her bloodstream: Cyclivine, a sea-sickness pill, and Darvon, a painkiller, which they believed caused a "much more drunken state" when combined with alcohol. The case was reopened in late 2011 based on new witness statements, and after nearly two months of further investigation, no new evidence to contradict the original conclusion and cause of death was found.

Natalie Wood was buried in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery. Scores of international media and photographers as well as the public tried to attend Wood's funeral at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery; however, all were required to remain outside the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery walls. Among the celebrity attendees were Frank Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor, Fred Astaire, Rock Hudson, David Niven, Gregory Peck, Gene Kelly, Elia Kazan and Sir Laurence Olivier. Olivier, who had worked with Wood and Wagner in their 1976 television production of ''Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'', flew from London to Los Angeles to attend the service.

Filmography

Film

Notes
1943		Little girl who drops ice cream cone	uncredited; film debut
1946	''The Bride Wore Boots''	Carol Warren
1946	''Tomorrow Is Forever''	Margaret Ludwig	First credited role
1947	''Driftwood''	Jenny Hollingsworth
1947	''The Ghost and Mrs. Muir''	Anna Muir as a child
1947	''Miracle on 34th Street''	Susan Walker	First starring role
1948	''Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!''	Bean McGill
1949	''Father Was a Fullback''	Ellen Cooper
1949	''The Green Promise''	Susan Anastasia Matthews
1949	''Chicken Every Sunday''	Ruth Hefferan
1950		Nancy 'Nan' Howard
1950	''The Jackpot''	Phyllis Lawrence
1950		Penny Macaulay
1950	''No Sad Songs for Me''	Polly Scott
1951	''The Blue Veil''	Stephanie Rawlins
1951	''Dear Brat''	Pauline Jones
1952		Gretchen Drew
1952	''Just for You'	Barbara Blake
1952	''The Rose Bowl Story''	Sally Burke
1954		Helena as a child
1955	''Rebel Without a Cause''	Judy	Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
1955	''One Desire''	Seely Dowder
1956	''The Girl He Left Behind''	Susan Daniels
1956	''The Burning Hills''	Maria Christina Colton
1956	''A Cry in the Night''	Liz Taggert
1956		Debbie Edwards (older)
1957	''Bombers B-52''	Lois Brennan
1958	''Kings Go Forth''	Monique Blair
1958		Marjorie Morgenstern
1960	''All the Fine Young Cannibals''	Sarah 'Salome' Davis
1960	''Cash McCall''	Lory Austen
1961		Maria
1961	''Splendor in the Grass''	Wilma Dean Loomis
1962		Louise	Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1963	''Love with the Proper Stranger''	Angie Rossini	1st Runner Up — New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best ActressNominated—Academy Award for Best ActressNominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
1964		Helen Gurley Brown
1965	''Inside Daisy Clover''	Daisy Clover	Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or ComedyWon—World Film Favorite – Female
1965	''The Great Race''	Maggie DuBois
1966		Penelope Elcott
1966	''This Property Is Condemned''	Alva Starr	Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
1969	''Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice''	Carol Sanders
1972		Herself	cameo
1973	''The Affair''	Courtney Patterson	TV movie
1975	''Peeper''	Ellen Prendergast
1976	''Cat on a Hot Tin Roof''	Maggie	TV movie
1979		Karen Holmes	Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama
1979	''The Cracker Factory''	Cassie Barrett	TV movie
1979		Tatiana Nikolaevna Donskaya
1980	''The Last Married Couple in America''	Mari Thompson
1980	''The Memory of Eva Ryker''	Eva/Claire Ryker	TV movie
1980	''Willie & Phil''	Herself	(cameo)
1983		Karen Brace	Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress

Television

Notes
1953	''Jukebox Jury''	as Herself	Guest appearance
1953	''Pride of the Family''	Ann Morrison	One season
1954		Rene Marchand	One episode, "Return of the Dead"
1969	''Bracken's World''	Cameo	Guest appearance
1978		Girl in the Bubble Bath	Guest Appearance
1979	''Hart to Hart''	Movie Star	Pilot episode, as Natasha Gurdin

Other awards

Most Talented Young Actress of 1946 National Association of Theatre OwnersGolden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress Golden Laurel Awards Golden Laurel Awards Golden Laurel Awards Golden Laurel Awards Grauman's Chinese Theatre Golden Laurel Awards Golden Laurel Awards Golden Laurel Awards Golden Laurel Awards Golden Laurel Awards Mar del Plata Film FestivalNew York Film Critics Circle Awards Golden Laurel Awards Golden Laurel Awards Golden Laurel Awards Golden Globe Award Golden Laurel Awards Golden Laurel Awards Golden Laurel Awards Golden Laurel Awards Golden Laurel Awards Hollywood Chamber of Commerce

Year !! Organization !! Award !! Film !! Result
1946	Box Office Magazine	|	''Tomorrow Is Forever''	Won
1956	|	Star of Tomorrow Award		Won
1957	Golden Globe Award ||	New Star Of The Year – Actress	''Rebel Without a Cause''	Won
1958	|	Top Female Dramatic Performance	Marjorie Morningstar (film)>Marjorie Morningstar''	Nominated
1958	|	Top Female Star		Nominated (13th place)
1959	|	Top Female Star		Nominated (7th place)
1960	|	Top Female Star		Nominated (9th place)
1961	|	Handprint Ceremony		Inducted
1961	|	Top Female Star		Nominated (14th place)
1962	|	Top Female Dramatic Performance	''Splendor in the Grass''	Nominated
1962	|	Top Female Star		Nominated (5th place)
1963	|	Top Female Musical Performance	Gypsy (1962 film)>Gypsy''	Nominated
1963	|	Top Female Star		Nominated (2nd place)
1964	|	Best Actress	''Love with the Proper Stranger''	Won
1964	|	Best Actress	''Love with the Proper Stranger''	Nominated
1964	|	Top Female Dramatic Performance	''Love with the Proper Stranger''	Nominated
1964	|	Top Female Star		Nominated (3rd place)
1965	|	Top Female Star		Nominated (6th place)
1966	|	World Film Favorite		Won
1966	|	Top Female Star		Nominated (8th place)
1967	|	Top Female Star		Nominated (3rd place)
1968	|	Top Female Star		Nominated (12th place)
1970	|	Top Female Star		Nominated (9th place)
1971	|	Top Female Star		Nominated (9th place)
1987	|	Hollywood Walk of Fame		Inducted

Bibliography

Frascella, Lawrence and Al Weisel. ''Live Fast, Die Young: The Wild Ride of Making Rebel Without a Cause''. Touchstone, 2005. ISBN 0-7432-6082-1.

Nickens, Christopher. ''Natalie Wood: A Biography in Photographs''. Doubleday, 1986. ISBN 0-385-23307-8.

Noguchi, Thomas T. ''Coroner''. Simon & Schuster (October 1983). ISBN 0671467727.

Rulli, Marti and Dennis Davern. ''Goodbye Natalie Goodbye Splendour''. Medallion, 2009. ISBN 1597776394.

Tibetts, John C. and James M. Welsh (eds.). ''American Classic Screen Profiles'', Scarecrow Press, 2010. ISBN 0810876760.

Wood, Lana. ''Natalie: A Memoir by Her Sister''. Putnam Pub Group, 1984. ISBN 0-399-12903-0.

References

External links

Natalie Wood Style and Beauty

Natalie Wood at Who2

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