Natalie Wood Photographed By Angelo Frontoni, 1965.

Natalie Wood and Robert Vaughn photographed at a Halloween party, 1956.

We have to be straight about this. Now, I’m beginning to feel something. I am beginning to feel excited. And do you want me to deny that? Natalie Wood as Carol Sanders in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)  dir. Paul Mazursky

Natalie Wood photographed behind the scenes of “Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice,” circa 1969.

Natalie Wood photographed in 1966.

“Natalie was always evolving, growing up, on the verge of something--something new. There would always be a new Natalie--bolder, mature, edgy. This was true of her personally and professionally, and she would bubble over with whatever was filling her with wonder or awe or anxiety. A new therapy; a new diet; a new religion; a new love; a new challenge to the talent she could never believe she had. I was hoping that I would be on the verge--on the edge--with her for many years to come... but she slipped away.”

Natalie Wood as remembered by her co-star and one time love Dennis Hopper, as told to writer James Grissom.

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“Natalie [Wood] started “Splendor” with the mingled fear and pleasure she had with “Rebel”... She would recall [Elia] Kazan encouraging her, “Don’t be afraid to make a fool of yourself,” to be bold, be free, to “shock herself.”

Natalie Wood and director Elia Kazan photographed behind the scenes of “Splendor in the Grass;” Excerpt from “Natalie Wood” by Suzanne Finstad.

Natalie Wood photographed by Henri Bureau at Orly Airport, 1964.

Natalie Wood in a film still for “Splendor in the Grass,” 1961.

Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty at the 34th Academy Awards, 1962.

Natalie Wood photographed by Phil Stern rehearsing her final monologue in “West Side Story,” circa 1961.