Natalie Wood photographed napping with a beloved stuffed toy tiger, 1957. Natalie amassed quite a large collection of tigers in her youth, so much so that her friends and family began to call her “Tiger.”
Natalie Wood at her Grauman’s Chinese Theatre imprint ceremony, 1961.
Natalie Wood and her then-husband Robert Wagner photographed by Peter Basch, 1957.
Natalie Wood rehearses “the Sweetheart Tree,” on set of “the Great Race,” 1965.
“The next day, she ... went to see Dean in “East of Eden,” which had opened at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. “She walked out and said, ‘I’m gonna marry him.’ Natalie later admitted she had ‘a big crush’ on Dean. “I remember going with my school girlfriends to see East of Eden like fifteen times, sitting there sobbing when he tried to give the money to his father. We knew every word by heart.”
Natalie Wood photographed in London by Terry O’Neil for Vogue, circa 1966.
“Dear Audrey,
I just wanted to tell you again what a fabulous evening you gave me the night of the premiere of “My Fair Lady.”
Your performance was absolute perfection and I watched your work with great joy and admiration.
You have won my heart and my vote in March.
Love, Natalie”
Natalie Wood’s personalized note to Audrey Hepburn, dated October of 1964. (x)
Natalie Wood photographed attending the premiere of “My Fair Lady,” 1964.
Natalie Wood, James Dean, and Sal Mineo in a screen test for “Rebel Without a Cause,” 1955.
such cutie