Olivia Hussey
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| Born | April 17, 1951 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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| Spouse(s) | David Glen Eisley (1991-present) Akira Fuse (1980-1989) Dean Paul Martin (1971-1978) |
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Olivia Hussey (born April 17, 1951) is an Anglo-Argentine actress best known for her Golden Globe-winning role as Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 film version of Romeo and Juliet.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
She was born Olivia Osuna in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the daughter of Joy Alma Hussey, an English legal secretary, and Andreas Osuna (aka Isvaldo Ribo), an Argentine opera and tango singer[1][2] who divorced when she was two. Raised a Catholic,[3] when she was seven years old, Hussey and her younger brother went with their mother to live in England, where she attended the Italia Conti Academy drama school for five years.
[edit] Career
Assuming her mother's maiden name as her stage name, Hussey appeared on the London stage as Jenny in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie opposite Vanessa Redgrave. It was during the run of this play that Italian film director Franco Zeffirelli first spotted her. Chosen out of 500 actresses, she appeared in her first starring (and star making) role, as Juliet in Zeffirelli's 1968 film version of Romeo and Juliet opposite Leonard Whiting's Romeo. In 1969, she won a David di Donatello award for Best Actress.
Hussey has appeared in over 40 films. Notable roles include Jessica Bradford in the 1974 Canadian horror movie Black Christmas, Mary, the mother of Jesus in the 1977 Zeffirelli TV production of Jesus of Nazareth, and as Rosalie Otterbourne in Death on the Nile (1978) with Peter Ustinov. One of her other memorable performances was as "Rebecca of York" in the 1982 TV remake of Ivanhoe. In 2003, Hussey played the lead in a film adaptation on the life of Mother Teresa, for which she was presented with a CAMIE award (for Character & Morality in Entertainment) on May 12, 2007 in Hollywood.
Hussey is known for her natural beauty, reportedly wearing little or no makeup in her roles.
[edit] Voice work
Hussey has also been lauded by many for her unique voice. Her current husband suggested she try out for voice work in animation. She has a handful of notable credits and was nominated for "Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Female Performer in an Animated Television Production" at the Annie Awards for her work in Batman Beyond. She has also lent her voice to video games such as
- Star Wars: Force Commander (2000) (VG) as AT-AA Driver/Abridon Refugee 2.
- Star Wars: Rogue Squadron (1998) (VG) as Kasan Moor
[edit] Personal life
Hussey was married first to actor Dean Paul Martin (son of the famous Rat Pack singer/actor, Dean Martin) in 1971 (he reportedly fell in love with her after seeing Romeo and Juliet, and sought her out). They had a son, Alexander Dean Martin (later an actor), in 1973, before divorcing in 1978. Martin met an untimely death in 1987 when his National Guard F-4 Phantom fighter jet crashed in California's San Bernardino Mountains during a snowstorm. Fourteen-year-old Alexander had watched his father take off on the ill-fated flight.
In 1980 Hussey married Japanese musician Akira Fuse (a rock star in his native Japan), and had one son, Max (born 1983), who nearly drowned in 1985 in a backyard swimming pool (Hussey called 911 in time). Divorced from Fuse in 1989, she married American musician David Glen Eisley in 1991 and in October 1993 gave birth to a daughter, India Eisley, now an actress who has just been signed on as a series lead/regular on "The Secret Life of the American Teenager", which will be airing this year on ABC Family.
[edit] Filmography
| Film | |||
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| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
| 1965 | The Battle of the Villa Fiorita | Donna | |
| Cup Fever | Jinny- child | ||
| 1968 | Romeo and Juliet | Juliet Capulet | |
| 1969 | All the Right Noises | Val | |
| 1971 | H-Bomb | ||
| 1972 | Summertime Killer | Tania Scarlotti | |
| 1973 | Lost Horizon | Maria | |
| 1974 | Black Christmas | Jessica Bradford | |
| 1978 | Death on the Nile | Rosalie Otterbourne | |
| 1979 | The Cat and the Canary | Cicily Young | |
| 1980 | Virus | Marit | |
| The Man with Bogart's Face | Elsa | ||
| 1982 | Turkey Shoot | Chris Walters | |
| 1987 | Distortions | Amy Marks | |
| 1989 | The Jeweller's Shop | Thérèse | |
| 1990 | Undeclared War | Rebecca Eche | |
| 1993 | Save Me | Gail | |
| 1995 | Ice Cream Man | Nurse Wharton | |
| Bad English I: Tales of a Son of a Brit | |||
| 1996 | The Dark Mist | Voice of the Ancients | Voice Role |
| 1998 | The Gardener | Mrs. Carter | |
| Shame, Shame, Shame | Therapist | ||
| 2000 | Bloody Proof | Laura | |
| 2001 | Island Prey | Catherine Gaits | |
| 2005 | Headspace | Dr. Karen Murphy | |
| 2006 | Seven Days of Grace | Jewel | |
| 2007 | Tortilla Heaven | Petra | |
| 2008 | Chinaman's Chance | Mrs. Duncan | |
| Three Priests | Rachel | ||
| Harvest Moon | |||
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1964 | Drama 60-67 | Mrs. Ken's daughter | Episode: Studio '64 - The Crunch |
| 1977 | Jesus of Nazareth | Mary, the mother of Jesus | NBC Miniseries |
| 1978 | The Bastard | Alicia | NBC TV-Movie |
| The Pirate | Leila | CBS TV-Movie | |
| 1979 | The Thirteenth Day: The Story of Esther | Esther | ABC TV-Movie |
| 1982 | Ivanhoe | Rebecca | CBS TV-Movie |
| 1984 | The Last Days of Pompeii | Ione | ABC Miniseries |
| 1985 | The Corsican Brothers | Annamarie de Guidice | CBS TV-Movie |
| Murder, She Wrote | Kitty Trumbull | Episode: Sing a Song of Murder | |
| 1990 | Psycho IV: The Beginning | Norma Bates | NBC TV-Movie |
| It | Audra Phillips Denbrough | ABC TV-Movie | |
| 1994 | Lonesome Dove: The Series | Olivia Jessup | Episode: Where the Heart Is Episode: Law and Order Episode: Firebrand |
| 1996 | Dead Man's Island | Rosie, the housemaid | TV-Movie |
| 1997 | Boy Meets World | Aunt Prudence Curtis | Episode: A Long Walk To Pittsburgh (Part 2) |
| 1998 | Pinky and the Brain | Queen | Voice Role Episode: The Megalomaniacal Adventures of Brainie the Poo Episode: Melancholy Brain |
| 1999 | Superman: The Animated Series | Talia al Ghul | Voice Role Episode: The Demon Reborn |
| 2000 | Batman Beyond | Talia al Ghul | Voice Role Episode: Out of the Past |
| 2003 | Mother Teresa | Mother Teresa | TV-Movie |
[edit] Awards & Nominations
- 2001: Nominated, "Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Female Performer in an Animated Television Production" - Batman Beyond
- 1969: Won
- 1969: Won, "Most Promising Female Newcomer" - Romeo and Juliet
Laurel Awards
- 1970: Nominated, "Female New Face" - Romeo and Juliet
