I often have a debate about Natalie Wood with a friend of mine. She believes that Natalie Wood was one of the greatest actresses ever, and I think she was good, though better as a child, but that the reputation of being a great actress is due to that she was from an age when Hollywood was at it's peak, and you know how reputations change especially after someone passes away. I just want to know what everyone thinks of her acting ability in some of her well known films Tomorrow is Forever, Miracle on 34th Street, Rebel Without a Cause, Splendor in the Grass, West Side Story...

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Only thing I know about her is that she's the only Wood that doesn't float!












I'll get me coat..........

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Oooh...good one. Way to tease the dead Charlie.

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I think she was a good enough actress and faired much better than most grown up child stars.....

I think she was one of the grestest child actresses ever...but as an adult...nothing really sticks in my mind as an outstanding performance...

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That's how I feel. As a child, she was remarkable really. But I feel a lot of the appeal was lost as she got older.

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I guess I basically take issue with 'one of the greatest actresses ever'....it took me a while to remember what I had seen her in..that is not a good sign....

Rebel Without A Cause
This Property Is Condemned
Inside Daisy Clover
The Great Race
Love with the Proper Stranger
Gypsy
Splendor in the Grass

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I found her hilarious in The Great Race, my favorite of all the characters actually. Didn't she handcuff herself to a men's room at one point in that flick?

There was one, called Penelope (I believe)...She played a cleptomaniac. Now I could have the wrong role with the wrong picture, but I remember enjoying her in this one.

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I think she was fantastic in West Side Story. That's really the extent of my knowledge of her, but she certainly seemed like one of the best in that.

That is correct Silver..

and Ha..I loathe musicals... ..

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I think it would depend on the group of greatest actresses that would is allegedly one of.

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