Olivia Hussey, the world famend actress of stage, display, and even video video games, widely known for her portrayal of Juliet within the 1968 adaptation of “Romeo and Juliet,” handed away peacefully at her dwelling in Burbank, California on Friday, December 27 on the age of 73. Information of her dying was introduced on the actress’ official social media channels.
Born Olivia Osuna in Buenos Aires, Argentina on April 17, 1951, she was the daughter of Argentine tango singer Andrés Osuna, identified by his stage title as Osvaldo Ribó. Nevertheless, on the age of seven, she separated from her father and moved to London along with her mom and youthful brother, the place she was accepted on the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts and started her profession in efficiency. By 13, Hussey was already appearing professionally on stage utilizing her mom’s maiden title.
At 15, her profession was accelerated upon Italian filmmaker Franco Zeffirelli seeing her in a manufacturing of “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” starring Vanessa Redgrave. Noting her pure magnificence and beyond-her-years maturity, Zeffirelli forged her in his 1968 movie adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.” Hussey’s subsequent efficiency reverse Leonard Whiting would garner her worldwide esteem, incomes her a Golden Globe Award for Greatest New Actress and a David di Donatello Award from the Academia del Cinema Italiano.
Following this success, slightly than stay blocked in by the romance style, Hussey took on a wide range of roles that showcased her versatility, portraying Jesus Christ’s mom Mary within the 1977 miniseries “Jesus of Nazareth” (1977) and showing in mysteries like “Dying on the Nile” (1978) and the Angela Lansbury TV collection “Homicide, She Wrote.” Her work in horror tasks corresponding to “Black Christmas” (1974), “Psycho IV: The Starting” (1990), and Stephen King’s “It” (1990) additionally established her as one among cinema’s biggest “scream queens.”
Along with her on-screen performances, Hussey additionally lent her voice to a number of characters within the “Star Wars” online game collection, together with “Star Wars: Rogue Squadron” (1998), “Star Wars: Pressure Commander” (2000), and “Star Wars: The Outdated Republic” (2011), in addition to animated tv exhibits like “Superman: The Animated Collection” and “Batman Past.”
In 2008, Hussey was identified with breast most cancers and underwent a double mastectomy. Sadly, after practically a decade in remission, the most cancers returned in 2017, resulting in additional remedy. Her memoir, “The Woman on the Balcony: Olivia Hussey Finds Life After Romeo and Juliet,” was revealed in 2018 and affords an intimate look into this expertise, in addition to her total profession.
Hussey is survived by her husband, singer, songwriter, and actor David Glen Eisley, in addition to her three kids, together with “The Secret Reside of the American Teenager” star India Eisley, and her grandson.