She was 8 years old when she made the world believe in Santa Claus.
Standing in a courtroom in Miracle on 34th Street, a dark-haired little girl with serious eyes made one of the most convincing arguments cinema has ever staged — and audiences didn't just believe the character. They believed her.
That was 1947. By 1955 she was playing a troubled teenager opposite James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause and earning her first Oscar nomination. By 1961 she was Maria in West Side Story. Three Oscar nominations before the age of 25.
Natalie Wood did what almost no child star in Hollywood history has ever managed: she grew up on screen and got better.
And then, on a November night in 1981, she disappeared from a yacht off the California coast.
Her husband was on board. Her co-star was on board. And for 40 years, the world has been asking the same question:
What actually happened to Natalie Wood?
Her death was ruled accidental. Then undetermined. Then suspicious. The case has never been closed.
Host Nevaeh Cable tells her full story — the career, the marriages, the comeback, and the mystery — on Women & Film the Series on YouTube.
🎥 Watch it here →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpmjCGdHcmI&t=64s
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