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, who dazzled moviegoers as the female star of Franco Zeffirelli's 1969 fabled adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, died Thursday. She was 73. Hussey died "at home surrounded by her loved ...

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 ...

Olivia Hussey Eisley, the actress who shot to fame as one of the star-crossed lovers in Franco Zeffirelli’s controversial Romeo and Juliet in 1968, died peacefully today at home surrounded by ...

Olivia Hussey, the star of Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 adaptation of “Romeo and Juliet” and the 1974 holiday slasher “Black Christmas,” died peacefully at home on Friday, her family announced.

Olivia Hussey, known for her role in Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 film "Romeo and Juliet," passed away at 73. She and co-star Leonard Whiting had recently sued the studio over a controversial nude scene.

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.

LONDON — Olivia Hussey, the actor who starred as a teenage Juliet in the 1968 film "Romeo ... Hussey was 15 when director Franco Zeffirelli cast her in his adaptation of the William Shakespeare ...

Olivia Hussey Eisley, the British-Argentine actor who shot to fame as a teenager starring as Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 adaptation of “Romeo and Juliet” and went on to star in the ...

LONDON — 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 Shakespeare tragedy ...

“Romeo and Juliet” movie director Franco Zeffirelli, left, and actors Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting are seen after the Parisian premiere of the film in Paris on Sept. 25, 1968. Hussey died ...