Natalie Wood was born in 1938 in San Francisco, the oldest child of Russian immigrants. A fortune teller told her mother, Maria, that she would give birth to a famous actress, and Maria did her ...

Natasha Gregson Wagner, daughter of Hollywood star Natalie Wood, is shining a light on her ... was known for roles in iconic films like Maria in "West Side Story," Deanie in "Splendor in the ...

Natalie and Lana Wood may have been eight years apart, but the sisters were both pushed into show business by their mother Maria Zakharenko, a Russian immigrant. While Natalie "loved all the ...

Maria’s response was to move the entire family ... Given the more American-sounding name of Natalie Wood, Natasha, incessantly coached by her mother to do as she was told, soon became known ...