Oliver Hussy

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 Romeo and Juliet was a famous Actress.

Olivia Hussey

  Olivia Hussey, who starred as a teenage Juliet in

  the 1968 film Romeo and Juliet, has died, her

  family said on social media on Saturday. She was 73.

 Hussey died on Friday, "peacefully at home surrounded

 by her loved ones," a statement posted to her Instagram account said.

Hussey was 15 when director Franco Zeffirelli cast her in his adaptation of the William Shakespeare tragedy after spotting her onstage in the play The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, which also starred Vanessa Redgrave.

Romeo and Juliet won two Academy Awards, and Hussey won a Golden Globe for Best New Actress for her part as Juliet, opposite British actor Leonard Whiting, who was 16 at the time.

Decades later, Hussey and Whiting brought a lawsuit against Paramount Pictures alleging sexual abuse, sexual harassment, and fraud over nude scenes in the film.

• Judge throws out lawsuit over nude scene in 1968 film Romeo and Juliet

They alleged that they were initially told they would wear flesh-colored undergarments in a bedroom scene. Still, on the day of the shoot, Zeffirelli told the pair they would wear only body makeup and that the camera would be positioned in a way that would not show nudity. They alleged they were filmed in the nude without their knowledge.

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The case was dismissed in 2023 by a Los Angeles County judge, who found their depiction could not be considered child pornography and the pair filed their claim too late.

Hussey was born on April 17, 1951, in Bueno Aires and moved to London as a child. She studied at the Italia Conti Academy drama school.

She also starred as Mary, the mother of Jesus, in the 1977 television series Jesus of Nazareth, as well as the 1978 adaptation of Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile and horror movies Black Christmas and Psycho IV: The Beginning.

She is survived by her husband, David Glen Eisley, her three children and a grandson.

Eventually, Olivia Hussey is a British-Argentine actress. Her awards include a Golden Globe Award and a David di Donatello Award. The daughter of Argentine opera singer Andrés Osuna, Hussey was born in Buenos Aires but spent most of her early life in her mother's native England. She aspired to become an actress at a young age and studied drama for five years at Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London.

Furthermore, Romeo and Juliet's movie was a popular film in the five decades. But people still recall their acting body language and never forget it.