Natalie Wood was just 8 years old when she played the little girl Susan in this Christmas classic
She was known for 
her screen roles .... Wood, then seven years old, got the part and played a 
German orphan ... role, the 1947 Christmas classic Miracle on 34th Street, where 
she starred with ... Film critic Pauline Kael referred to her as "clever little Natalie 
Wood .