Hussey died on Friday, “peacefully at home surrounded by her loved ones,” a statement posted to her Instagram account said.

Olivia Hussey Eisley, the actress who shot to fame as one of the title characters in Franco Zeffirelli's controversial 'Romeo and Juliet,' died peacefully today.

Olivia Hussey, the actor who starred as a teenage Juliet in the 1968 film “Romeo and Juliet,” has died, her family said on ...

She also played Mary in the 1977 miniseries 'Jesus of Nazareth' and was memorable in 'Black Christmas' and 'Death on the Nile ...

She described playing the part of Romeo in an acting class project ... After two auditions, Ms. Hussey was cast by Zeffirelli as Juliet alongside Whiting. The two young performers were relatively ...

Decades after the 1968 film, Ms. Hussey and her co-star Leonard Whiting claimed that a brief scene with nudity amounted to ...

He was was awarded the Golden Globe for New Star of the Year in 1969 for his role as one of Shakespeare's most famous young ...

Why do some Shakespearean films flop’eth, whilst others shine in pop culture like the morn’s first light? Or something to that effect: I’m not attempting iambic pentameter. After the Chronicle broke ...

“Romeo and Juliet” won two Oscars and Hussey won a Golden Globe for best new actress for her part as Juliet, opposite British actor Leonard Whiting, who was 16 at the time. Decades later ...

Olivia Hussey, who starred as a teenage Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 film "Romeo and Juliet," garnering ... 15 when she and her co-lead Leonard Whiting starred in the Oscar-winning ...