Natalie Wood acted in films.
Miracle on 34th Street ( initially released in the United Kingdom as The Big Heart ) is a 1947 Christmas comedy-drama film written and directed by George Seaton and based on a story by Valentine Davies . It stars Maureen O'Hara , John Payne , Natalie Wood and Edmund Gwenn . Natalie Wood . She was known for her screen roles in Miracle on 34th Street , Splendor in the Grass , Rebel Without a Cause , The Searchers , and West Side Story . Rebel Without a Cause is a 1955 American drama film about emotionally confused suburban , middle-class teenagers filmed in CinemaScope . The film stars James Dean , Sal Mineo and Natalie Wood . The Searchers is a 1956 American Technicolor VistaVision Western film directed by John Ford , based on the 1954 novel by Alan Le May , set during the Texas -- Indian Wars , and starring John Wayne as a middle-aged Civil War veteran who spends years looking for his abducted niece ( Natalie Wood ) , accompanied by his adoptive nephew ( Jeffrey Hunter ) . West Side Story is a 1961 American musical romantic drama film directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins . It stars Natalie Wood , Richard Beymer , Russ Tamblyn , Rita Moreno , and George Chakiris , and was photographed by Daniel L. Fapp , A.S.C. , in Super Panavision 70 .