Maria (West Side Story) after he meets and kisses Maria for the first time. Her name is sung 29 times in total. Natalie Wood was not the first choice to play Maria in the 1961 film version. Audrey Hepburn was considered, but she did not take it due to her pregnancy. Like Wood, Hepburn was not Puerto Rican; she was British, Dutch, and Austrian. Oh Maria, Maria / She remind me of a West Side story. Maria (West Side Story) Maria is the leading female character in the film "West Side Story". Maria is in her late teens when she arrives on the US
Natalie Wood nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She starred in the musical films "West Side Story" (1961) and "Gypsy" (1962), and received Academy Award for Best Actress nominations for her performances in "Splendor in the Grass" (1961) and "Love with the Proper Stranger" (1963). Her career continued with films such as "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" (1969). After this, she took a break from acting and had two children with different husbands, appearing in only three theatrical films during the 1970s. She was married to actor Robert Wagner, then to producer Richard Gregson, and then back