Natalie Wood was an American film and television actress best known for her screen roles in Miracle on 34th Street, Splendor in the Grass, Rebel Without a Cause, and West Side Story. After first working in films as a child, Wood became a successful Hollywood star as a young adult, receiving three Academy Award nominations before she was 25 years old.
Wood began acting in movies at the age of four and at age eight was given a co-starring role in the classic Christmas film Miracle on 34th Street. As a teenager, her performance in Rebel Without a Cause earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She starred in the musical films West Side Story and Gypsy, and received Academy Award for Best Actress nominations for her performances in Splendor in the Grass and Love with the Proper Stranger.
Her career continued with films such as Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice. After this she took a break from acting and had two children, appearing in only two theatrical films during the 1970s. She was married to actor Robert Wagner twice, and to producer Richard Gregson in between her marriages to Wagner.
The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he is a baby. being funny & time
I never saw film stars at home. We had no maid, no cook, no swimming pool. home
I couldn't even go to the bathroom alone. My mother or a social worker always went with me. being alone
I was so young, and making movies, going to the studio every morning at dawn was magic. morning & movies
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3 wisdom & wit from John Millington Synge
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28 thoughts from William Butler Yeats
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