Olivia Hussey, star of the 1968 film ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ dies at 73

  • December 28, 2024
Olivia Hussey, star of the 1968 film ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ dies at 73

“Romeo and Juliette” movie director Franco Zeffirelli (left) and actors Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting are seen Sept. 25, 1968, after the Parisian premiere of the film in Paris.

LONDON — Olivia Hussey, the actor who starred as a teenage Juliet in the 1968 film “Romeo and Juliet,” has died, her family said on social media Saturday. She was 73.

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