Died Today (November 29th): Natalie Wood (1938–1981)

Natalie Wood (1938–1981)

Born: July 20, 1938 in San Francisco, California, USA
Died: November 29, 1981 (age 43) in Santa Catalina Island, California, USA

[in 1961] In so many ways I think it’s a bore to be sorry you were a child actor – so many people feel sorry for you automatically. At the time, I wasn’t aware of the things I missed, so why should I think of them in retrospect? Everybody misses something or other.

I felt a little funny when we were going to do the bed scene, all four of us, in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969). I’m open to suggestions, I’m no prude, but four is a crowd in my book. Fortunately, Dyan Cannon was there. The thought of another woman being in there in the bed helped get me through it. It’s not like it sounds. It’s just that I don’t think I could have done it if it had been me and three men.

The Star 1952 dir. Stuart Heisler Starring Bette Davis Wood Sterling Haydena

The Searchers 1956 dir. John Ford Starring John Wayne Vera Miles

Splendor in the Grass 1961 dir. Kazan starring Wood Warren Beatty

West Side Story 1961 dir. Robert Wise Jerome Robbins Starring Wood Richard Beymer Gypsy 1962 dir. Mervyn LeRoy Starring Rosalind Russell Wood Karl Malden The Candidate 1972 dir. by Michael Ritchie starring Robert Redford Peter Boyle

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