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,

Olivia Hussey Eisley, the actress who shot to fame as one of the title characters in Franco Zeffirelli's controversial 'Romeo and Juliet,' died peacefully today.

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”,

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.

Olivia Hussey Eisley, a British-Argentine actor who was scouted to lead Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 adaptation of “Romeo and Juliet” and went on to star in the slasher classic “Black Christmas” and the 1978 “Death on the Nile,

OIivia Hussey, who starred in Romeo and Juliet, Black Christmas, and Death on the Nile, has died. Read on for more.

Actress Olivia Hussey Eisley, known for her role in Franco Zeffirelli's 'Romeo and Juliet,' died surrounded by family members.