A cause of death was not given.
As we grieve this immense loss, we also celebrate Olivias enduring impact on our lives and the industry.
You have never been frightened of fighting to fix everything wrong in this world.
Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey in 1968’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’.Credit: Bettmann Archive
Rest now, my beautiful Juliet.
No injustices can hurt you now.
And the world will remember your beauty inside and out forever."
Olivia Hussey in 2018.Rodin Eckenroth/Getty
Osvaldo Ribo) and legal secretary Joy Hussey.
The actress grew up in London, where she attended the Italia Conti Academy to study drama.
That suitwas also thrown outin October.
Olivia Hussey in ‘Black Christmas’.Everett Collection
Hussey’s best-known performance as an adult came in 1974 with Bob Clark’s classic holiday horror flickBlack Christmas.
The chilling serial-killer thriller helped establish the tropes of the slasher subgenre, precedingHalloweenby four years.
In the 1980s, Hussey appeared in the dystopian sci-fi filmsVirusandTurkey Shootand acted oppositeBurt LancasterinThe Jeweller’s Shop.
She also appeared in the comedyThe Man With Bogart’s Faceand the TV remake ofIvanhoe.
