Natasha (65 page)

1952

Playmates
, NBC, Schaefer Century Theater

Quite a Viking
, NN, Hollywood Playhouse

1953

Pride of the Family
, ABC series

1954

Pride of the Family
, ABC series

“Return of the Dead,” CBS,
Public Defender

The Plot Against Mrs. Pomeroy
, NN, Studio ’57

I Am a Fool
, CBS, General Electric Theater

Alice in Wonderland

Opening Night

Somebody I Know

Life with Luigi

1955

The Wild Bunch
, CBS, Four Star Playhouse

Too Old for Dolls
, NBC, Ford Theater

The Old Triangle
, NN, Mayor of the Town

Heidi
, NBC

Feathertop
, CBS, General Electric Theater

Miracle at Potter’s Farm
, CBS, Studio One

The Wedding Gift
, ABC, King’s Row Theater

1956

The Deadly Riddle
, ABC, Warner Brothers

Perry Como Show
, guest appearance

Carnival
, NBC, Kaiser Aluminum Hour

House Party
with Art Linkletter

Ed Sullivan
, CBS, Modern Screen Awards

1957

Girl on a Subway
, ABC, Conflict

The Bob Hope Show
(Special), NBC, guest appearance

1958

The Bob Hope Show
(Special), NBC, guest appearance

Sinatra Show
, ABC, guest appearance

1959

The Bob Hope Show
(Special), NBC, guest appearance

1960

Jack Benny Show
, CBS, guest appearance with Robert Wagner

1973

The Affair
(telefilm), ABC

1975

“The Cruise Ship Murders,” CBS,
Switch
, guest appearance

1976

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
(special telefilm), NBC

1977

A Salute to Bette Davis
, CBS

1978

Stars Salute Israel at 80
, ABC

1979

From Here to Eternity
(miniseries), NBC

The Cracker Factory
(telefilm), ABC

Hart to Hart
(pilot), ABC (cameo as Natasha Gurdin)

Treasures of the Hermitage
(special), NBC

1980

The Memory of Eva Ryker
(telefilm), CBS

[SF=Suzanne Finstad]

ACT ONE

NATALIE’S REAL NAME
: Birth certificate #4866, County of San Francisco

MARIA WAS COLORFUL
: Lois Tenney to SF, 6/13/99; Constantine Liuzunie et al. to SF, 7/10/99; Shirley Moore Mann to SF, 2/2/00; Phyllis Quinn to SF, 4/28/99; Randal Malone to SF, 1/25/00

DEVIOUS
: Scott Marlowe to SF, 6/8/99; Maryann Marinkovich Brooks to SF, 11/4/99

PATHOLOGICAL LIAR
: Lana Wood to SF, 8/19/99 & 8/24/99

OBSESSED W/NATALIE
: Phyllis Quinn to SF; Lana Wood to SF; Shirley Mann to SF; etc.

NOT SURE WHERE BORN
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 7/11/99; Phyllis Quinn to SF

BORN BARNAUL
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/7/99; Kalia’s birth certificate; ship’s log

BORN TOMSK
: Maria Gurdin to Sue Russell, 1/10/87, for
Star
Mothers
, Georgia Holt and Phyllis Quinn with Sue Russell, Simon and Schuster, 1988;
Natalie: A Memoir by Her Sister
, Lana Wood and Jake Enterprises Ltd., G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1984

PALATIAL ESTATE
: Shirley Mann to SF; Olga Viripaeff to SF; Randal Malone to SF, 1/25/00

YOUNG ACTOR
: Randal Malone to SF

MARIA’S GENEALOGY
: Constantine Liuzunie to SF; Maria Gurdin to Phyllis Quinn; etc.

“CLOSE RELATIONS” TO
: Maria Gurdin to Sue Russell, 1/10/87, for
Star Mothers

BORN MARIA KULEVA
: Constantine Liuzunie to SF; Marriage and death certificates of Maria Gurdin

SOMEONE A COUNTESS
: Constantine Liuzunie to SF

RUSSIAN SCHOLAR
: Professor Stefan Frank, UCLA Russian History Department, to SF, 2/8/00

PARENTS TOOK HER TO CHINA
: Robert Hyatt to SF, 5/10/99

KNEW HOW TO SPEAK FRENCH
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/7/99

KALIA COULDN’T
: Constantine Liuzunie to SF

NAT TRIBUTE
:
A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
, KCOP-TV, written and directed by Gary Davis, produced by Peter Schlesinger and Harry Kooperstein

FOUND ON HILLSIDE
: Lana Wood to SF, 8/19/99

MARIA LAUGHED
: Shirley Mann to SF

HOGWASH
: Constantine Liuzunie to SF

LANA DIDN’T BELIEVE
: Lana Wood to SF, 8/19/99

BORN IN DACHA
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/7/99

FAMILY PHOTO
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/7/99; Phyllis Quinn to SF; Constantine Liuzunie to SF

TWINS
: Maria Gurdin to Sue Russell for
Star Mothers

SHE BELIEVED IT
: Randal Malone to SF

WEIGHED 2 POUNDS
: Phyllis Quinn to SF; Maria Gurdin to Sue Russell, 1/10/87

EYES LIKE FATHER’S
: Maria Gurdin to Sue Russell, 1/10/87

GRAY-BLUE
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/7/99

BLACK AND BEADY
: Sue Russell to SF, 4/30/99

SWORE/JEWELRY
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/7/99

KEPT BOOKS, WORSHIPPED
: Maria Gurdin to Phyllis Quinn, 11/85

KALIA SUPPORTED
: Constantine and George Liuzunie et al. to SF

FOOTNOTE
: RUSSIAN SCHOLAR: Professor Stefan Frank to SF

TOWN NAMED
: Maria Gurdin to Sue Russell, 1/10/87

ARRANGED MARRIAGE
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/7/99

DIDN’T COOK
: Constantine Liuzunie to SF

FAMILY HISTORY
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/7/99; Constantine Liuzunie to SF; Maria Gurdin to Phyllis Quinn

SCHOLAR
: Professor Frank to SF

PROMISE
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/7/99

DEMENTED
: Nina Arrabit to SF, 1/27/00

QIQIHAR ANGELS
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/7/99; Maria Gurdin to Phyllis Quinn; Shirley Mann to SF

HARBIN LIKE RUSSIA, “NICE” STREET
: Professor Olga Yokoyama to SF

YOUNG BOYS, GREAT DANCER
: Randal Malone to SF

CHURCH TO EYE BOYS
: Maria Gurdin to Phyllis Quinn

BALLET
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/7/99; Maria Gurdin to Phyllis Quinn

LOOKING IN MIRROR
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/7/99

GYPSY SAID SHE’D DROWN
: Faye Nuell Mayo to SF, 2/24/99; Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/7/99; Lana Wood to SF, 8/19/99; Maria Gurdin to Phyllis Quinn

GYPSY SAID 2ND CHILD A BEAUTY
: Faye Nuell Mayo to SF, 2/24/99

TATULIAN, STRICT, GIRLFRIENDS DESIRED HIM
: Maria Gurdin to Phyllis Quinn

ELOPED, LED REGIMENT, LADIES’ MAN
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/7/99; Maria Gurdin to Phyllis Quinn

HAD ABORTIONS
: Randal Malone to SF

CHILDBIRTH EXPERIENCE
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/7/99; Maria Gurdin to Sue Russell

OVSANNA BAPTISM
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/7/99

MOVE TO AMERICA
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/7/99; Maria Gurdin to Phyllis Quinn

ALEXEI’S VOYAGE
: U.S. customs records/ship’s logs

UNDERWEIGHT
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/7/99; Maria Gurdin to Phyllis Quinn

BEER AND MILK
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/7/99

BOOKKEEPING, BREAST-FED
: Maria Gurdin to Phyllis Quinn

MARIA’S VOYAGE
: U.S. customs records/ship’s logs

MISTRESS
: Maria Gurdin to Phyllis Quinn; Olga Viripaeff to SF; Shirley Mann to SF

ADDRESS, LIVING ARRANGEMENTS
: OlgaViripaeff to SF; ship’s records; Maria Gurdin to Phyllis Quinn

HALLUCINOGENIC
: Nina Arrabit to SF

MOVIE CRAZY
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/7/99

DEALT IN ILLUSION; BELIEVE IN THE BEST
: Randal Malone to SF

LEFT IN PARK, BALLET
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 6/12/99

SOCIAL CLIMBER, “TOOK” A DRESS, “NOT TWO PENNIES”
: Nina Arrabit to SF

PAID DRESSMAKER, FELL ASLEEP
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 6/12/99

WANTED TO BE ACTRESS
: Josephine Paulson via Lois Tenney to SF, 6/13/99

READ PALMS/TAROT
: Lois Tenney & Olga Viripaeff to SF

ALWAYS INTO
: Lois Tenney to SF, 6/13/99

NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE
: Lois Tenney to SF, Olga Viripaeff to SF, Shirley Mann to SF, Maria Gurdin to Phyllis Quinn, Josephine Paulson to Lois Penney to SF

CAPTAIN HER PASSION
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/7/99; Shirley Mann to SF

NICK HANDSOME/WANTED HIM
: Maria Gurdin to Phyllis Quinn

MUSIA PET NAME
: Natalie Wood’s eulogy for Nick Gurdin, 11/7/80, Westwood Village Chapel

WON PRIZES
: Dmitri Zakharenko to SF, 6/27/99

NICK VIOLENT
: Maria Gurdin to Phyllis Quinn; Olga Viripaeff to SF, 6/12/99, Shirley Mann to SF, Dmitri Zakharenko to SF

ZAKHARENKO HISTORY
: Dmitri Zakharenko to SF

LIVED WITH NICK
: San Francisco city directories, 1936–1937; Olga Viripaeff to SF

TATULOV DIVORCE
:
Marie/Maria Tatuloff v. Alexander Tatuloff
, Case No. 264481, Superior Court of California, San Francisco County

INFATUATED WITH GEORGE
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/7/99; Shirley Mann to SF

NICK BELIEVED STERILE
: Maria Gurdin to Phyllis Quinn;
Star Mothers

WHY MARIA CHOSE NICK
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/7/99

GAVE HER NATALIE
: Randal Malone to SF

CHOSE LOYS FOR MONEY
: Lana Wood to SF, 9/13/99

STAGE-MANAGED
: Maryann Marinkovich Brooks to SF

CHINA DOLL
: Nina Arrabit to SF

NAMED FOR NATALIA, LOPATINS
: Natalia Shabalina Bazigin to SF, 1/27/00

NO MONEY, BROUGHT THEM LUCK
: Maria Gurdin to Phyllis Quinn

WAGNER SAID
: Robert Wagner, Lifetime’s “Intimate Portrait of Natalie Wood”

RAISED HER TO BE STAR
: “Their Mother Neglected Lana,” Harriman Jamis,
Photoplay
, 8/67

BREAST-FED HER AT MOVIES
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/7/99

WORE MASKS
: Maria Gurdin to Phyllis Quinn; Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/7/99

GOOFY, BOUGHT CARRIAGE
: Nina Arrabit to SF

SO BRAVE
: Natalie Wood’s eulogy for Nick Gurdin

RUSSIAN EYES
: George Segal in “The Last American Girl,” The Movies, 310 Madison Ave., NY,
The Movies
, 10/83, vol. 1, #4

PAPA, MEELAYA, LOVED TO READ
: Natalie’s eulogy for Nick Gurdin

CHRISTENING GOWN
: Natalia Shabalina Bazigin to SF

IGNORED NICK AND OLGA
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, Nina Arrabit to SF, Liuzunies to SF, 8/67
Photoplay

COULD TAKE CARE OF SELF
: 8/67
Photoplay

BABYSAT
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/24/99

READ FAIRY STORIES
: “Natasha & Natalie,” Barbara Giasone,
Biarritz
, July 1980

SMART LITTLE THING
: Josephine Paulson to Lois Tenney to SF

NATASHA WAS BRILLIANT
: Maria Gurdin to Phyllis Quinn

SPOKE “AMERICAN”
: “6-Year-Old Siren,” Connee Curtis,
Motion Picture
, (circa July) 1945

NO BABY TALK, CHANGED NAME, CURTSY, FOUL LANGUAGE, UNAFFECTIONATE, MARIA SET HIM OFF
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/7/99

STRICT EUROPEAN
:
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
, Dick Moore, Harper & Row, NY, 1984

CHILDREN IN CORNER
: “Natalie Wood’s Secrets for Blending a Busy Career and a Bustling Family,” Marcia Borie,
Motion Picture
, 12/77

MARIA UNDEMONSTRATIVE
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 8/13/99

NICK LOVED LIFE, ADVENTURES, COMPLICATED
: Natalie’s eulogy for Nick Gurdin

BROKE BALALAIKA
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/24/99

OLGA BELIEVED
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/24/99 [Dmitri Zakharenko, Nick’s brother, recalls their grandfather dying of natural causes during the revolution]

HATED CONFRONTATION
: Lana Wood to SF, 8/19/99

“PRETEND” HER FAVORITE WORD
: 7/45
Motion Picture

PLAYLETS
: Lois Penney to SF; Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/24/99, Constantine Liuzunie to SF

PUT ON SKITS
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, Lois Tenney to SF

SCRAPBOOK, TAUGHT HAND MOVEMENTS
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/24/99