Posted on 12/29/2024 9:28:18 AM PST by BenLurkin
Actress Olivia Hussey, who shot to international prominence as a teenager for her role in the acclaimed 1968 film version of Romeo and Juliet, has died aged 73.
The Argentine-born actress, who grew up in London, died on Friday surrounded by her loved ones, a statement posted on her Instagram said.
Hussey won the best new actress Golden Globe for her part as Juliet, but decades later she sued Paramount Pictures for sexual abuse as she was aged just 15 when she filmed the movie's nude scene.
Her other most notable screen role was as Mary, mother of Jesus, in 1977 TV miniseries Jesus of Nazareth.
"As we grieve this immense loss, we also celebrate Olivia's enduring impact on our lives and the industry," the statement said.
Hussey was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1951, before moving to London aged seven and studying at the Italia Conti Academy drama school.
She was 15 when Romeo and Juliet director Franco Zeffirelli discovered her onstage, playing opposite Vanessa Redgrave in the play The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
Zeffirelli was looking for someone who was young enough to be a convincing Juliet in what he intended to be the definitive cinematic version of the Shakespeare play.
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ABSOLUTELY LOVELY ACTRESS OH NO!
Aww. RIP Olivia Hussey.
Btw; Strangely enough I have see five different references in the past three days regarding Romeo and Juliet in one wway or another. It seems so weird.
The first set of boobs every guy saw in English class.
So pretty
Really beautiful film and actress.
lol. My teacher fast forwarded it past the good part. :-(
When I was young I thought she was the beautiful actress in the world.
I was showing this as recently as 2019. The film still holds up. Even my most jaded boys got quiet when she was on the screen. She was bewitching.
A guy in my town watched Romeo and Juliet 12 times as a teenager. Now I know why. 🤣
My favorite version of “Romeo and Juliet”. She was not only physically cute in the movie but so was her personality. Apparently Leonard Whiting had a crush on her but she did not think of him in a romantic way.
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Breast cancer returned in 2018 after a double mastectomy in 2008.
I’m sure we’ll get some funny reference about her breast cancer now...because even some freepers can’t let a woman die without running her thru the meat market...pathetic and,quite telling. .
My wife died from it four years ago.
My sincere condolences. :(
My youngest sister died from it, also four years ago.
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