Lana Wood


Lana Wood is an American actress and producer. She is best known for her role as Plenty OToole in the 1971 James Bond film, Diamonds Are Forever. Her elder sister was film star Natalie Wood.

Wood was born Svetlana Gurdin to Russian emigrant parents, Nikolai and Maria Zakharenko, who themselves grew up far from their homeland. Her father lived in Vancouver, British Columbia, while her mother grew up in China. After her parents married, they settled in Santa Monica, California, where Svetlana, known as Lana, was born. By this time her parents had legally changed their surname to Gurdin. Her elder sister, Natalie Wood, was named after director Sam Wood when Natalie first launched her child acting career. When Lana made her film debut in The Searchers , their mother was asked under what last name Lana should be credited, and Maria agreed it would be best if she could be credited as Wood, like Natalie. She has an older half sister, Olga Viripaeff, from their mothers prior marriage.

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