Romeo and Juliet won two Oscars and Hussey won a Golden Globe for best new actress for her part as Juliet in the Shakespeare tragedy.

Olivia Hussey, who has died aged 73, found fame as a teenager when she was cast as Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli’s film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet in 1968, but although acclaimed a stunning screen presence she never caught the wave that might have swept her to Hollywood stardom.

Olivia Hussey, who played a teenage Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 Golden Globe-winning film 'Romeo and Juliet,' has died at the age of 73, her family announced. "Olivia was an extraordinary person whose warmth,

Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Romeo & Juliet actress Olivia Hussey has died at the age of 73. "It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Olivia Hussey Eisley, who went peacefully at home surrounded by her loved ones on December 27th," a message on her Instagram page said Friday.

The death of the actress Olivia Hussey at the age of 73 will inevitably be marked with tributes to her career, which included appearances in everything from the Agatha Christie adaptation Death on the Nile to an unlikely stint as a so-called “scream queen”,

Olivia Hussey, the actor who starred as a teenage Juliet in the 1968 film “Romeo and Juliet,” has died. She was 73.