“She Continued To Seek Solace In Her Menagerie Of Pets, Including A New Bird She Named “Gregory Peck-wood,”

Sex and the Single Girl (1964) dir. Richard Quine

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.

James Dean & Natalie Wood in Rebel Without A Cause (1955)

West Side Story (USA, 1961)

Rebel Without a Cause (1955) dir. Nicholas Ray

“I’m fine”

Natalie Wood in Splendor in the Grass (1961, dir. Elia Kazan)

Natalie Wood behind the scenes of “This Property is Condemned,” William Claxton, 1966.

Natalie Wood, 1960s © William Claxton.

Natalie Wood prepares for the 34th Annual Academy Awards Ceremony, 1962. Allan Grant for Life Magazine.

Natalie Wood photographed by Bob Willoughby on set of “the Great Race,” 1965.

Natalie Wood in The Great Race, 1965.