On July 20, 1938, Natalie Wood was born in San Francisco, California, her former name was Natalia Nikolaeva Zahariko, and her parents were Russian. After acquiring American citizenship, they changed their surname to Goulding, even though they could hardly speak English at the time. Natalie first appeared in the movie "Happy Land" when she was four years old. At that time, the production company came to Natalie's residence, where she was fortunate to play a little girl crying because she dropped an ice cream ball. After that, Mrs. Goulding moved to South Los Angeles with hope, in order to better open her daughter's acting career. At the beginning, things didn’t go as expected. The family’s dilemma continued until 1946 when Natalie Wood participated in the audition for the movie "Tomorrow Is Forever". She was only seven years old at the time and failed, but Her mother managed to get the production department to test little Natalie again, and this time she successfully got the role. In 1947 "Fantasy Street Pocahontas", she played Susan Walker, a little girl who questioned the authenticity of Santa Claus and won the favor of countless investors.