Olivia Hussey Eisley Dies: ‘Romeo And Juliet’ Actress Was 73
Olivia Hussey Eisley, the starlet who shot to popularity as one of the star-crossed enthusiasts in Franco Zeffirelli's questionable Romeo and Juliet in 1968, passed away quietly today in your home surrounded by her liked ones, according to a post on her Instagram page. She was 73.
Hussey's credits likewise consist of Death on the Nile opposite Peter Ustinov; Psycho IV: The Beginning in which she played Norma Bates and the 1990 miniseries adjustment of Stephen King's It
She worked once again with Zeffirelli when she played Mary, the mom of Jesus, in the 1977 tv film Jesus of Nazareth
In 2022, Hussey and Whiting took legal action against Paramount Pictures, declaring that Zeffirelli broke their approval on Romeo and Juliet by recording them naked without their un...