Natalie Wood was born in 1943, three years before her sister Lana Wood.
Lana Wood ( born Svetlana Gurdin ; March 31 , 1946 ) is an American actress and producer . Natalie Wood ( born Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko ; July 20 , 1938 -- November 28 or 29 , 1981 ) was an American film and television actress . Her younger sister Lana Wood is also an actress .