Natalie Wood's Changing Looks

Natalie Wood - Transformation - Hair - Celebrity Before and After
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Natalie Wood's Changing Looks

01 of 15

1940

Natalie Wood - Transformation - Hair - Celebrity Before and After
Courtesy Everett Collection

Wood was born Natalia Nikolaevna Zacharenko to Russian immigrant parents.

02 of 15

1947

Natalie Wood - Transformation - Hair - Celebrity Before and After
SNAP/Rex/Rex USA

The child actress made her mark as Susan Walker in Miracle on 34th Street.

03 of 15

1950

Natalie Wood - Transformation - Hair - Celebrity Before and After
Courtesy Everett Collection

Under contract to RKO Radio Pictures, the precocious star (in her trademark braids) made four movies over the course of the year.

04 of 15

1952

Natalie Wood - Transformation - Hair - Celebrity Before and After
Courtesy Everett Collection

The young star tried out a grownup new look.

05 of 15

1956

Natalie Wood - Transformation - Hair - Celebrity Before and After
Harry Warnecke/NY Daily News Archive via Getty

A pageboy cut and gamine bangs for The Girl He Left Behind.

06 of 15

1957

Natalie Wood - Transformation - Hair - Celebrity Before and After
Courtesy Everett Collection

Arched brows and glossy red lips for a promotional portrait.

07 of 15

1965

Natalie Wood - Transformation - Hair - Celebrity Before and After
Hulton Archive/Getty

A glam Wood cemented her status as a full-blown star in The Great Race and Inside Daisy Clover.

08 of 15

1968

Natalie Wood - Transformation - Hair - Celebrity Before and After
Harry Warnecke/NY Daily News Archive via Getty

A deep tan and painted-on lashes were her nod to flower power '60s style.

09 of 15

1968

Natalie Wood - Transformation - Hair - Celebrity Before and After
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Wood paired a blossom-accented side-ponytail with mega lashes for the Oscars.

10 of 15

1968

Natalie Wood - Transformation - Hair - Celebrity Before and After
Harry Warnecke/NY Daily News Archive via Getty

She wore her hair in a conservative bob for a photo shoot with the Daily News.

11 of 15

1969

Natalie Wood - Transformation - Hair - Celebrity Before and After
Globe Photos

For her wedding to Richard Gregson, Wood sported a ribbon-bedecked floral hair ornament.

12 of 15

1971

Natalie Wood - Transformation - Hair - Celebrity Before and After
Ron Galella/WireImage

For the 50th anniversary of the Motion Picture and Television Relief Fund, Wood paid homage to her Russian heritage with a folk-inspired braided updo.

13 of 15

1973

Natalie Wood - Transformation - Hair - Celebrity Before and After
ITV / Rex USA

Now married to Robert Wagner (for the second time), Wood worked a very '70s shag for her role in The Affair.

14 of 15

1980

Natalie Wood - Transformation - Hair - Celebrity Before and after
Ron Galella/WireImage

Wood picked up her third Golden Globe for From Here to Eternity. She wore her hair in soft waves for the ceremony.

15 of 15

1981

Natalie Wood - Transformation - Hair - Celebrity Before and After
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A layered bob for the Golden Globes. Tragically, she would pass away under mysterious circumstances later in the year.

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