RIP Olivia Hussey 1951 – 2024

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from Wikipedia:
Olivia Hussey (née Osuna; 17 April 1951 – 27 December 2024) was a British actress. Her awards included a Golden Globe Award and a David di Donatello Award. The daughter of Argentine tango 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.

Hussey began acting professionally as an adolescent. She appeared in a 1966 London production of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, opposite Vanessa Redgrave; this led to her being scouted for the role of Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet. Hussey received widespread acclaim and international recognition for her performance. In 1974, she appeared as the lead character Jess Bradford in the cult slasher film Black Christmas. This and her roles in the horror productions Psycho IV: The Beginning and Stephen King's It (both 1990) earned her the label of scream queen.

Hussey reunited with Zeffirelli in the miniseries Jesus of Nazareth (1977) as Mary and appeared in John Guillermin's Agatha Christie adaptation Death on the Nile (1978). She appeared in several international productions throughout the 1980s, including the Japanese production Virus (1980) and the Australian dystopian action film Turkey Shoot (1982). She also worked as a voice actress, providing voice roles in Star Wars video games including Star Wars: Rogue Squadron (1998), Star Wars: Force Commander (2000), and Star Wars: The Old Republic (2011).

from The Hollywood Reporter:

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 ones," according to an announcement on her official Instagram account. "Olivia was a remarkable person whose warmth, wisdom, and pure kindness touched the lives of all who knew her."

Hussey was just 16 when she starred opposite Leonard Whiting as Romeo in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, directed and co-written by Zeffirelli. The Paramount film was nominated for the best picture Oscar and three other Academy Awards.

Hussey also worked with the Italian director with a turn as Mary in the 1977 miniseries Jesus of Nazareth and appeared in Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile (1978), directed by John Guillermin, and Black Christmas (1974), the cult slasher horror movie.

More recently, she has worked as a voice actress in Star Wars video games, including 1998's Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, 2000's Star Wars: Force Commander and 2011's Star Wars: The Old Republic.

 

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