LANA WOOD I Miss NATALIE'S LAUGH

THE ACTRESS AND STAR OF THE NEW FILM DOG BOY SHARES MEMORIES OF GROWING UP WITH SISTER NATALIE WOOD

- Amanda Champagne-Meadows

Lana Wood remembers being a tomboy and a daredevil growing up. "I was climbing trees and roller-skating. I kept throwing myself into a friend's swimming pool, but I didn't know how to swim! People kept dragging me out again."

The actress and younger sister of Natalie Wood hasn't lost her moxie. In Dog Boy, a film that opened on Sept. 8, she plays a downon-her-luck veteran actress on the cusp of losing everything. It's a brave role that hit very close to home. "So much mirrored my life," Lana, 76, tells Closer. "There's a scene where I say I felt alone. That's something I always said. My entire growing up, I always felt alone."