Editing Natalie Wood (section)

===Tab Hunter and ''Marjorie Morningstar''===
Wood graduated from [[Van Nuys High School]] in 1956.{{sfn|Lambert|2004|p=102}} She signed with [[Warner Bros.|Warner Brothers]] and was kept busy during the remainder of the decade in many "girlfriend" roles, which she found unsatisfying.{{sfn|Lambert|2004|p=115}}

The studio cast her in two films opposite [[Tab Hunter]], hoping to turn the duo into a box-office draw that never materialized: ''[[The Burning Hills]]'' (1956), a Western, and ''[[The Girl He Left Behind]]'' (1956). She guest starred in episodes of ''Conflict''.

Warner Bros. tried teaming her with [[Efrem Zimbalist Jr.]] in ''[[Bombers B-52]]'' (1957). Then she was given the lead in a prestigious project, ''[[Marjorie Morningstar (film)|Marjorie Morningstar]]'' (1958). As Marjorie Morningstar, Wood played the role of a young Jewish girl in New York City who has to deal with the social and religious expectations of her family as she tries to forge her own path and separate identity.<ref>Natalie Wood Still Up for Plum
Dorothy Kilgallen:. ''[[The Washington Post and Times-Herald]]'' April 13, 1957: D11.</ref>