Olivia Hussey, teenage star of Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet who struggled with sudden fame
Olivia Hussey, who has died aged 73, found fame as a teenager when she was cast as Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli’s film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet in 1968, but although acclaimed a stunning screen presence she never caught the wave that might have swept her to Hollywood stardom.
‘Olivia Hussey was scrummy, like a really big cream cake’: The scandalous making of Romeo and Juliet
However, by far her most famous role was her appearance as Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 film of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet: a critically and commercially successful picture which ...
LONDON (AP) — Olivia Hussey, the actor who starred as a teenage Juliet in the 1968 film ... Hussey was 15 when director Franco Zeffirelli cast her in his adaptation of the William Shakespeare ...
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