Maria Gurdin; Mother of Natalie Wood

Maria Gurdin, 85, the mother of the late actress Natalie Wood and actress Lana Wood. She was born in Russia and took an active role in Natalie’s rise as a child actress, moving to Hollywood from Santa Rosa on the invitation of a movie producer who noticed Natalie on a trip. She was the grandmother of seven and the great-grandmother of four. On Jan. 6 in Thousand Oaks of pneumonia.