Natalie Wood Photographed By Phil Stern Rehearsing The Final Scene Of “West Side Story,” 1960.

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

Natalie Wood photographed by Hal King for a 1958 Max Factor ad campaign.

“While Natalie hero-worshipped [Nick] Ray, she was in awe of Dean... “He was all she could talk about. Every night for weeks in a row, she went to see “East of Eden”— she must have seen it over fifty times. She even taught me to play the theme song from the picture on the piano.” According to Natalie’s tutor, “She would hang around him as much as possible... she was very flirtatious with him.” ’

Excerpt from Natalie Wood by Suzanne Finstad; Natalie Wood gets James Dean’s autograph on set of “Rebel Without a Cause,” 1955.

Dean, with blood on his shirt, signs Natalie Wood’s suede autograph jacket. He was her 100th co-star to sign. Wood’s mother later burned the signatures with a hot needle for posterity.

Natalie Wood is photographed by Ralph Crane eating Chinese food, 1957.

Natalie Wood photographed by Earl Leaf in the bathtub at her Laurel Canyon home, 1956.

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

Natalie Wood in LOVE WITH THE PROPER STRANGER (1963) Costume Design by Edith Head

NATALIE WOOD covered in frosting on the set of THE GREAT RACE (1965)

Natalie Wood photographed by Earl Leaf at her Laurel Canyon home, 1957.

Rebel Without a Cause 1955, dir. Nicholas Ray