Natalie Wood began appearing in movies at the age of five and won acclaim for her role in “Miracle on 34th Street” when she was only nine.  A dark-haired brown-eyed beauty, Natalie moved easily into teenage and adult leading roles in “Rebel Without a Cause” (1955), “Splendor in the Grass” (1961), “Love with the Proper Stranger” (1963), “West Side Story” (1961) and “Bob, Carol, Ted and Alice” (1969). Her long career in the film industry ended tragically when she drowned in a boating accident in 1981.