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 ...

Her last official film credit was in 2015, where she appeared opposite Whiting in Social Suicides, which starred her daughter ...

By Mike Barnes, Carly Thomas Olivia Hussey, who dazzled moviegoers as the female lead in Franco Zeffirelli‘s noteworthy 1968 adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, died Friday at her Los Angeles home ...

Hussey and co-star Leonard Whiting join hands in a scene from Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 film Romeo and Juliet. She was 15 at the time, and he was 16. (Larry Ellis/Express/Getty Images) Hussey was ...

Olivia Hussey, who dazzled moviegoers as the female lead in Franco Zeffirelli‘s noteworthy 1968 adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, died Friday at her Los Angeles home of breast cancer. She was 73.

In a review for The Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert wrote, “I believe Franco Zeffirelli’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is the most exciting film of Shakespeare ever made.” He credited the film with ...

Olivia Hussey Eisley, celebrated for her role in Franco Zeffirelli's 'Romeo and Juliet', passed away at 73. She died ...

Olivia Hussey, who dazzled moviegoers as the female star of Franco Zeffirelli's 1969 fabled adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, ...

Olivia Hussey gained international recognition aged 15 for her role in Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet. She later tried to sue Paramount Pictures over the movie's nude scene.