Olivia Hussey, most well-known for enjoying Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli’s traditional 1968 drama “Romeo and Juliet,” has died.
The actress handed away Friday at her dwelling surrounded by household, in response to a prolonged publish on her Instagram web page … however her explanation for demise was not revealed.
The unhappy IG announcement learn partially … “Olivia was a exceptional particular person whose heat, knowledge, and pure kindness touched the lives of all who knew her.”
Hussey gained a Golden Globe for her portrayal of Juliet at simply 15 years previous within the Oscar-winning movie reverse Leonard Whiting who portrayed Romeo.
Nonetheless, the movie was not with out controversy … because it depicted a nude Olivia and Leonard in a single scene, after they each had been below 18 years previous throughout filming. The actors revived a lawsuit earlier this 12 months in opposition to Paramount Footage and Criterion Collections over the distribution of the scene, but it surely was dismissed in October.
In 2008, the actress was recognized with breast most cancers and it went into remission after she had a mastectomy … then in 2018 she instructed Specific that new tumor surfaced.
Hussey is survived by her longtime husband David Glen Eisley, her three kids Alex, Max and India and grandson Greyson.
She was 73.
RIP
