Maria

Maria is the sister of Bernardo. She is played by Natalie Wood, however her singing is dubbed by Marni Nixon.

Maria
Family	Bernardo- Brother, Mama and Papa
Personality:	Kind, Brave, Beautiful.
Apperence:	Tan skin, dark brown hair, brown eyes.
Sons:	Dance at the Gym, Tonight, Quintet, I Feel Pretty, One Hand One Heart, Somewhere, A Boy Like That/I Have A Love, Finale.
Occupation:	Works at Madam Lucias
Alies:	Tony, Sharks, Jets (At the end), Chino (Until the end).
Enemies:	The Jets (until the end) , Chino (at the end)
Fate:	To marry Tony

Personality:

Maria is shown to be kind throughout the whole movie.

Quotes:

Maria: My brother is a silly watchdog! Bernardo: Ah, my sister is a precious jewel! Anita: What am I, cut glass?

Maria: All of you! You all killed him! And my brother, and Riff. Not with bullets, or guns, with hate. Well now I can kill, too, because now I have hate!

Tony: I- I didn't believe hard enough. Maria: Loving is enough. Tony: Not here. They won't let us be. Maria: Then we'll run away. Tony: Yeah, we can. Maria: Yes. Tony: We will... Maria: [singing] Hold my hand and we are halfway there, hold my hand and I'll take you there. Somehow! Someday! Some...

Maria: [singing] I feel pretty, oh so pretty! I feel pretty, and witty, and gay!

Maria: If Chino hurts him, if he touches him, I swear to you I'll... Anita: You'll do what Tony did to Bernardo? Maria: I love Tony. Anita: I know. I loved Benardo.

[last lines] Maria: Te adoro, Anton.

Tony: You're not thinking I'm someone else? Maria: I know you are not. Tony: Or that we've met before? Maria: I know we have not. Tony: I felt, I knew something never before was going to happen, had to happen. But this is so much more. Maria: My hands are cold. [he takes them in his] Maria: Yours too. [he moves them to his face] Maria: So warm. [she moves his to hers] Tony: So beautiful. Maria: Beautiful. Tony: It's so much to believe. You're not making a joke? Maria: I have not yet learned how to joke that way. I think now I never will.

Maria: [after discovering that Bernardo is killed] Make it not true, please make it not true!

Lieutenant Schrank: At the gym last night, your brother got into a heavy argument because you danced with the wrong boy. Maria: Yes Lieutenant Schrank: Who was that boy? Maria: Another from my country. Lieutenant Schrank: And his name? Maria: Jose.

Trivia:

• Natalie Wood's singing was dubbed by Marni Nixon.
• Maria is wearing a bracelet throughout the movie, it was actually used to cover an injury she had gotten.