NATALIE WOOD

Behind the myth

An episode from the series TOO YOUNG TO DIE

Synopsis

She steps in front of Hollywood’s cameras for the first time at age 4. In the 50s, even though she is a teenager, she is already considered a female idol.

In “Rebel Without a Cause”, she plays opposite James Dean in a film that has a far-reaching impact on pop culture. She becomes a world star as Maria in the famous adaptation of the musical “West Side Story”.

But in November 1981, at the age of 43, Natalie Wood drowned in a tragic accident—a death whose circumstances have never been clarified.