Lana Wood — actress with roots in the Russian Empire
Lana Wood is an American actress and the younger sister of Natalie Wood. Born to Russian immigrant parents in Santa Monica, she built her own Hollywood career with a memorable role as Plenty O'Toole in the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever (1971) and extensive television work across five decades.
Tracing the roots — Russian Empire/USSR
Born to Nicholas Zacharenko and Maria Zudilova — the same Russian immigrants who brought Natalie Wood into Hollywood — Lana grew up in the same Russian-speaking household in Santa Monica. The family's journey from Vladivostok through China to California is one of the great Russian immigrant stories of the 20th century.
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Russian Empire/USSR. At the time, this region lay within the Russian Empire, which spanned from Poland to the Pacific.