Natalie Wood Photographed By Edward Quinn At The Carlton Hotel In Cannes, 1962.

Natalie Wood blowing bubble gum at Pop’s Oasis, in “Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice,” 1969.

Natalie Wood photographed “rehearsing for Gypsy as if it were Otello,” 1962.

“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, James Dean, and Sal Mineo in a screen test for “Rebel Without a Cause,” 1955.

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

Natalie Wood at a party thrown by songwriter Jimmy McHughes, 1958.

“She had those really warm brown eyes, and that sweet little set of lips- she was just a sweet person, and she carried that presence about her no matter where she was, I think. Certainly when she was with me… she couldn’t have been any nicer.”

Classmate Phoebe Kassebaum on her friendship with Natalie Wood.

Natalie Wood photographed by Ernst Haas during on-set dance rehearsals for “West Side Story,” 1961.

Natalie Wood photographed by Ernst Haas at singing rehearsals for “West Side Story,” circa 1961.

Natalie Wood photographed for “the Great Race,” 1965.