Olivia Hussey, best known for her role as Juliet in the 1968 film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, has passed away at the age of 73.
Olivia Hussey, the actress who starred as a teenage Juliet in the 1968 film “Romeo and Juliet”, has died, her family announced on social media on Saturday. She was 73. Hussey died on Friday, “peacefully, at home, surrounded by her loved ones,” according to a statement posted on her Instagram account.
Hussey was 15 years old when director Franco Zeffirelli cast her in his adaptation of William Shakespeare's tragedy after seeing her on stage in the play “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie”, which also starred Vanessa Redgrave. “Romeo and Juliet” won two Oscars, and Hussey received a Golden Globe Award for Best New Actress for her role as Juliet, co-starring with British actor Leonard Whiting, who was 16 at the time. Decades later, Hussey and Whiting filed a lawsuit against Paramount Pictures alleging sexual abuse, sexual harassment and fraud for nude scenes in the film. They alleged that they were initially told they would wear flesh-colored underwear in a bedroom scene, but on the day of filming Zeffirelli told them they would only wear body makeup and that the camera would be positioned in a way that would not show their nudity. They alleged that they were filmed nude without their knowledge. The case was dismissed by a Los Angeles County judge in 2023, who determined that their portrayal could not be considered child pornography and that the couple filed their claim too late. Whiting was one of the people who paid tribute to Hussey on Saturday. “Rest now my beautiful Juliet, no injustice can hurt you anymore. And the world will remember forever your inner and outer beauty,” he wrote. Hussey was born on April 17, 1951, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and moved to London as a child. She studied at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Art
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