He did it all for the love of William Shakespeare, and didn't accept any payment. Helpful•185 3 Olivia Hussey was put on diet pills when she was first cast as Juliet. After seeing the effects they were having on her daughter after only a few days, her mother called the studio up...
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 Oscars and Hussey won a Golden Globe for best ...
Two teenagers fall in love, but their feuding families and fate itself cause the relationship to end in tragedy. Directors Ricardo Lucía(as Ricardo Lucia)|Ramon Solanes(as Ramón Solanes) Writers Antonio Gala(adaptation)|William Shakespeare(play "Romeo and Juliet") ...
” said TCM and Filmstruck host Alicia Malone. “Olivia Hussey was 15 and Leonard Whiting was 17. They were very much close to the ages of the actual Romeo and Juliet. I think it brought the young audiences into the cinema to see Shakespeare when...
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“Romeo and Juliet” won two Oscars and Hussey won a Golden Globe for best new actress for her part as Juliet.
Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting were just teenagers when they electrified audiences in the 1968 version of “Romeo and Juliet,” directed by Franco Zeffirelli. The film was a hit and was nominated for four Academy Awards, but it also stirred controversy over a bedroom scene which included ...
(John McEnery) instinctively because Zeffirelli has picked them for their types: cocky insolence vs. sly mockery. The key supporting roles of Friar Lawrence (Milo O'Shea) and Juliet’s nurse (Pat Heywood) are also superbly cast. For once, the nurse and friar are young enough to have ...
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Olivia Hussey Eisley, star of 1968's 'Romeo and Juliet,' Stephen King's 'It' and 'Psycho IV: The Beginning,' has died. She was 73 years old. Olivia died 'peacefully' at home on Dec. 27 surrounded by her loved ones, according to a post made to her Instagr