Obituary. “Romeo and Juliet” star Olivia Hussey dies at 73

British actress Olivia Hussey, winner of a Golden Globe for her role as teenage Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 film “Romeo and Juliet,” died Friday at the age of 73, her family announced.

“Olivia was a remarkable person whose warmth, wisdom and pure kindness touched the lives of all who knew her,” her family said in a statement posted on their Instagram account.

“Death on the Nile”, another adaptation of his prize list

Born 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.

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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.

Olivia Hussey, who received the Golden Globe for “New Star of the Year” for her performance, would later star in the 1974 horror film “Black Christmas” and the adaptation of “Death on the Nile.” . by Agatha Christie in 1978, among other projects.