Olivia Hussey, star of the 1968 film ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ dies at 73 from NPR The Associated Press

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

Hussey was 15 when director Franco Zeffirelli cast her in his adaptation of the Shakespeare tragedy. The film won two Oscars and Hussey won a Golden Globe for best new actress for her part as Juliet.

(Image credit: Eustache Cardenas)

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