Natalie Wood Photographed By Bill Ray For Life Magazine, 1963.

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

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

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

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

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Natalie Wood photographed by Ernst Haas in dance rehearsals for “West Side Story,” 1961.

“Noel Coward made a comment when they asked him what made a star. He said, ‘A star sparkles.’ And Natalie Wood sparkled.” Co-star Bob Arthaud on Natalie Wood

Happy Birthday to Natalie Wood, born Natalie Zacharenko on July 20th of 1938!

Natalie Wood and James Dean photographed in between takes of Rebel Without a Cause, 1955.

She always seemed a little tentative, a little frightened. She was sweet and lovely, and I never heard her say a bad word about anybody, but she was not a boisterously happy person. She was kind of delicate, I always felt she was vulnerable, and sensitive,- which she was. Bev Long on Natalie Wood.

Natalie Wood photographed by Allan Grant for Life Magazine, preparing for the 1962 Academy Awards.