#CapCut Olivia Hussey (née Osuna; April 17, 1951 – December 27, 2024) was a British actress. Her awards included a Golden Globe Award and a David di Donatello Award. 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. her roles in the horror productions Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990) and Stephen King's It (1990) earned her the label of scream queen. Hussey reunited with Zeffirelli in the miniseries Jesus of Nazareth (1977) as Mary. At age seven, she moved with her mother and younger brother Andrew to London. There, Hussey was accepted into the Italia Conti Academy drama school, which she attended for five years. At 13, she began acting professionally on stage, assuming her mother's maiden name as her stage name. Italian film director Franco Zeffirelli noticed her performance because "she was the only choice mature enough with experience and natural beauty to play Juliet while still looking 14." She was chosen out of 500 actresses to star in Zeffirelli's film, opposite 16-year-old Leonard Whiting's Romeo.Her performance won her a special David di Donatello Award and the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress in 1969. In an August 2018 interviewto promote the release of her autobiography Girl on the Balcony, Hussey discussed filming the controversial nude scene in Romeo and Juliet: "We shot it at the end of the film. So by that time...we've become one big family. It wasn't that big of a deal. And Leonard wasn't shy at all! In the middle of shooting I just completely forgot I didn't have clothes on."…..Hussey defended the nude scene, saying, "Nobody my age had done that before,". However, on December 30, 2022, Hussey and Leonard Whiting filed a $500 million lawsuit against Paramount Pictures for sexual exploitation, sexual harassment, and fraud, regarding the scene. In their court filing, the two actors stated that they had suffered emotional damage and mental anguish for decades. The complainants stated that director Franco Zeffirelli, who died in 2019, initially said they would wear flesh-coloured undergarments and be positioned in a way that would not show nudity, but that Whiting's bare buttocks and Hussey's bare breasts are nonetheless briefly shown during the scene, in violation of California state and federal laws against indecency and the exploitation of children. The case was dismissed in Los Angeles Superior Court on May 25, 2023. Hussey had agoraphobia, which was aggravated by the fame she achieved after Romeo and Juliet. She briefly dated Leonard Whiting in 1968. They remained friends throughout her life. Hussey also dated actor Christopher Jones in 1968 but ended the relationship due to his being abusive towards her. The following year, Jones allegedly attacked, raped, and impregnated Hussey, who underwent an abortion. 💍In 1971, Hussey married Dean Paul Martin, the son of Dean Martin. They had one son, writer and actor Alexander Gunther Martin (born 1973). They divorced in 1978 but remained friends. Martin died in 1987 when the National Guard F-4 Phantom jet fighter he was piloting crashed. 💍From 1980 to 1989, Hussey was married to Japanese singer Akira Fuse. They had one son, Maximillian Hussey Fuse (born 1983). In 1991, 💍she married American musician David Glen Eisley. They had one daughter, actress India Eisley. Hussey was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008, and underwent a double mastectomy. After being in remission for nearly a decade, the breast cancer returned in 2017, with Hussey undergoing chemotherapy. 🕊️🥀Say, Hussey died on December 27, 2024, at the age of 73, following a recurrence of her breast cancer.
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