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Olivia Hussey, best known for playing Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, has died at 73.

Hussey passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by loved ones. Cast at age 15, she earned a Golden Globe for her role in the Oscar-winning film.

Later in life, she and co-star Leonard Whiting sued Paramount over alleged abuse during nude scenes, but the case was dismissed in 2023.

Born in Argentina, Hussey also starred in Jesus of Nazareth and Death on the Nile. She is survived by her family.

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        2 months ago

        Ditto same year! If I remember correctly there was a sex scene in it between the two. Our English teacher about had a heart attack diving for the VCR to hit the pause/fast forward to skip the scene when she realized what was happening on the TV.

        Good times!

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          I think we had the same teacher. In my class, the big kid blocked her out, rewound the movie, and blocked her out so we could watch.

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    2 months ago

    I had to look up the etymology of hussy because you know she had to deal with that her entire life.

    I was thinking about how horrible it would be if that term was coined because of this.

    It feels like Shakespearian tragedy to learn it’s been used since the 1500s.

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    My grade 9 teacher got in trouble for showing us this movie. I don’t know if he was aware, but us teens loved seeing boobs our age and made a big deal about it. This same teacher was teaching world religion and the movie he picked was “the gods must be crazy”, by his reactions during the movie he was as surprised as we were at the movie being a comedy. Hey it was where I learned about that movie and introduced it to my cousins, so it was a win

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    2 months ago

    Remember seeing her boobs in school back in like 2002/2003. Then I found out she was out age in the movie & the whole thing felt wrong. I think I remember us being told that in the time of the story it would have been appropriate.