Olivia Hussey, who starred as a teenage Juliet within the 1968’s movie “Romeo and Juliet,” has died, in accordance with a press release posted on her official Instagram account. She was 73.
“It’s with profound unhappiness that we announce the passing of Olivia Hussey Eisley, who went peacefully at house surrounded by her family members on December twenty seventh,” the assertion learn. “Olivia was a exceptional particular person whose heat, knowledge, and pure kindness touched the lives of all who knew her.”
Hussey was born in Buenos Aires on April 17, 1951, and was 15 when she and Leonard Whiting starred within the 1968 Oscar-winning adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “Romeo & Juliet.”
Later in her profession, Hussey additionally starred within the 1974 horror movie “Black Christmas” and the 1978 Agatha Christie adaptation of “Dying on the Nile.”

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Hussey is survived by her youngsters, Alex, Max and India, her grandson, Greyson, and her husband of 35 years, David Glen Eisley, the assertion learn.
“As we grieve this immense loss, we additionally rejoice Olivia’s enduring impression on our lives and the business,” the assertion learn. “We thanks in your ideas and prayers throughout this tough time and ask for privateness as we mourn the lack of a really particular soul.”
In 2023, Hussey and Leonard Whitingfiled a lawsuit in opposition to Paramount Photos for greater than $500 million over a nude scene within the “Romeo & Juliet” movie shot once they have been teenagers. Within the go well with, each alleged sexual abuse, sexual harassment and fraud. The lawsuit was dismissed months later.