British actress Olivia Hussey died on Friday December 27 at the age of 73.
She was best known for her role as teenage Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 film Romeo and Juliet.
Golden Globe winner for her role as Juliette in the film Romeo and Juliet by Franco Zeffirelli in 1968, Olivia Hussey died this Friday, December 27, at the age of 73. “Olivia was a remarkable person whose warmth, wisdom and pure kindness touched the lives of all who knew her”his family said in a statement posted on their Instagram account. “Olivia lived a life full of passion, love and dedication to the arts, spirituality and kindness to animals.”
Complaint against Paramount
Born in 1951 in Buenos Aires, Olivia Hussey was 15 when she and her partner Leonard Whiting, then 16, played the famous lovers in the Oscar-winning adaptation of William Shakespeare’s tragedy. In 2023, the two actors filed a complaint against the studio Paramount Pictures for a scene of non-consensual nudity. A US judge later dismissed the suit and ruled in favor of Paramount.
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Olivia Hussey, who won the Golden Globe for “New Star of the Year” for her performance, will later star in the horror film Black Christmas in 1974 and in the adaptation of Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie in 1978, among other projects. “Olivia leaves behind a loving family: her children, Alex, Max and India, her husband of 35 years, David Glen Eisley, and her grandson, Greyson, and a legacy of love that will forever be cherished in our hearts ”emphasize those close to him.
