“She had those really warm brown eyes, and that sweet little set of lips- she was just a sweet person, and she carried that presence about her no matter where she was, I think. Certainly when she was with me… she couldn’t have been any nicer.”
Classmate Phoebe Kassebaum on her friendship with Natalie Wood.
Natalie Wood as Judy REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955) dir. Nicholas Ray
Natalie Wood and co-star Sal Mineo photographed on a “date,” circa 1956.
Natalie Wood photographed by Ernst Haas at singing rehearsals for “West Side Story,” circa 1961.
Natalie Wood photographed by Phil Stern rehearsing the final scene of “West Side Story,” 1960.
Sex and the Single Girl | 1964 dir. Richard Quine
Rebel Without a Cause (1955) dir. Nicholas Ray
“She would just hold the knife horizontally across the front of her eyes,” [a friend] recalls, “and move her face up and down so she could see everything on the blade. I thought that was rather cute.” Natalie Wood by Suzanne Finstad.
Natalie Wood in a film still for “Splendor in the Grass,” 1961.
You can wake up now, the universe has ended.
REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)
Natalie Wood photographed by Phil Stern rehearsing her final monologue in “West Side Story,” circa 1961.