What Do Natalie Wood and Bette Davis Have in Common?

Tuesday, July 19th, 2011

A dressing room! In 1957, an eighteen-year-old Natalie Wood inherited Bette Davis’ old dressing room on the Warner Bros’ lot. In an interesting twist of fate, Natalie said Bette Davis was the star who befriended her the most. She said, “I did a picture with Miss Davis called The Star. Everybody told me ‘watch out for Bette, she’s tough on child actresses.’ [But this wasn't the case.] Other stars always were nice to me, but Bette took time out to teach me a few tricks about acting. I learned a lot from her.”

Source: Natalie Wood at 18 Inherits Dressing Room of Bette Davis, St. Joseph News-Press, Jul 28 1957, Page 18
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She Hears Now and Then From Cary Grant

Saturday, June 25th, 2011

We had a Cola in her dressing room at the Titanus Appia studios while she waited to be called to the set for her next scene in Marriage, Italian Style, which she is making with Marcello Mastroianni as her leading man and the great Vittorio de Sica directing. Curled up on puffy old makeshift Italian furniture, we got the girl talk over with first. She was surprised to learn that Warren Beatty had been romancing Leslie Caron. She hears now and then from Cary Grant. She thought is was very sweet of Natalie Wood to take the trouble of accepting the Foreign Film Award for her in the United States.

-Excerpt from Dorothy Kilgallen column

Source: Daytona Beach Morning Journal, June 17 1964, Page 7
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