It’s great because she hasn’t really changed, and to me she’s as lovely as ever.”. British actors Leonard Whiting, as Romeo, and Olivia Hussey as Juliet, in 'Romeo And Juliet', directed by Franco Zeffirelli, 1968. She appeared in two made-for-television horror productions: Psycho IV: The Beginning and Stephen King's It, both first screened in 1990. [12] Prior to her role in Romeo and Juliet, she had appeared in minor roles in two films: The Battle of the Villa Fiorita and Cup Fever (both 1965), and an episode of the television series Drama 61–67 (1964). Actors Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey, stars of the new Zeffirelli film 'Romeo and Juliet', chatting on a park bench, London, March 6th 1968. She was raised Roman Catholic. Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting. Castro Theatre, 429 Castro St., S.F. Leonard Whiting is an English actor who is best known for his role as Romeo in the 1968 Zeffirelli film version of Romeo and Juliet opposite Olivia Hussey’s Juliet, a role which earned him the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor. 'Romeo and Juliet’ with Leonard Whiting in person: Gala event and interview. It’s rather like having an accent from the Bronx or Brooklyn if you’re talking about New York. Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting 1969 ( Interview ) 21,988+ views. [22] In 1990, Hussey appeared in two horror projects, playing Norma Bates, the mother of Norman Bates, in Psycho IV: The Beginning, a prequel to Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960),[23][24] and in the miniseries It, an adaptation of the Stephen King novel. This was set up by his father to get him noticed. [5] She stated in an interview that it had been her dream and wish to portray the role of Mother Teresa of Calcutta since she finished her role as the Virgin Mary in Jesus of Nazareth. Read about The Balcony Scene (Act II, Scene 2) from Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey's Romeo & Juliet and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. olivia hussey was so beautiful that dino martin saw her in this movie & took a flight to meet ms. hussey & they married. [16], In 1971, she appeared in the British drama All the Right Noises, followed by the crime film The Summertime Killer (1972),[13] and the musical Lost Horizon (1973), opposite Liv Ullmann, John Gielgud, and Sally Kellerman. She gave birth to their son Max in 1983 and divorced Fuse in 1989. He only sang one song ("Summertime") which he had rehearsed as a one-off song with the group Teal Lewis and the Fourtunes, who provided the evening entertainment. E-mail: ajohnson@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @BRfilmsAllen. [9] During the run of this play, Italian film director Franco Zeffirelli noticed her because "she was the only choice mature enough with experience and natural beauty to play Juliet while still looking 14. But he realizes — and is very proud — that he will always be remembered for one special film that has captured hearts in each succeeding generation. [1][2][3][4] She reunited with Zeffirelli in the miniseries Jesus of Nazareth (1977), as Mary, mother of Jesus, and appeared in John Guillermin's Agatha Christie adaptation Death on the Nile (1978). “When I saw the beautiful, lovely Olivia Hussey for the first time, I thought, 'This is not going to need so much acting,’” says Leonard Whiting, the man who played Romeo in Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 classic. Hussey and her co-star Leonard Whiting met the queen during the Royal Film Performance at the Odeon in Leicester Square in 1968 'Years later, I would be diagnosed with a … Whiting was later spotted by a theatrical agent at the Connaught Rooms Holborn, where he was performing at a Jewish wedding at the age of 12. ROMEO AND JULIET: Leonard Whiting Olivia Hussey (1968) One of my favorite romantic films is the 1968 version of Romeo and Juliet. (Consider that George Cukor’s 1936 version starred a 43-year-old Leslie Howard and a 34-year-old Norma Shearer.). 'Romeo and Juliet': Spending Valentine's Day with Romeo, Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey in “Romeo and Juliet.”. It's time to learn Excel. And, of course, it’s always nice to see my Juliet.”, Part of the timeless appeal of Zeffirelli’s version of “Romeo and Juliet” — apart from the direction, the colorful Italian locations and Nino Rota’s fabulous score — is that Whiting, then 17, and Hussey, 15, were the first teenagers to play what are, in fact, teenage roles. olivia hussey deserved more good roles than she ever got. In London, she attended the Italia Conti Academy drama school for five years.At age thirteen, she began acting professionally in the… [6] Her parents divorced when she was 2 years old. [6], 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. At the age of seven, Hussey moved with her mother and younger brother to London, where she spent the remainder of her early life. [21], In 1987, Hussey appeared in a clip for the Michael Jackson video Liberian Girl, among others, who also included Steven Spielberg, John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Whoopi Goldberg, Lou Ferrigno, and Billy Dee Williams. “It had taken me less than a minute to talk my way out of it” Hussey stated. At age 16, Hussey stripped down for a love scene depicting her wedding night alongside her co-star Leonard Whiting [Romeo], who was also 16 … Hussey's daughter, actress India Eisley, played their fictional daughter Julia Coulson, in the project.[27]. The fetching teenagers Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting spoke Shakespeare's words as if it were their everyday language and played their roles just as naturally. Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting. Hussey's memoir, The Girl on the Balcony: Olivia Hussey Finds Life After Romeo and Juliet, was released on 31 July 2018. That was at the Old Vic,” Whiting recalls. They had a son, Alexander Gunther Martin (who became an actor), in 1973, before divorcing in 1978. In 1980, Hussey married the Japanese singer Akira Fuse, in two ceremonies: one at home in Los Angeles, and a second, an Indian wedding, in Miami. In October 1993, she gave birth to their daughter, India Eisley. During the run of this play, Italian film director Franco Zeffirelli noticed her because "she was the only choice mature enough with experience and natural beauty to play Juliet while still looking 14." Actors Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey, stars of the Franco Zeffeirelli film 'Romeo and Juliet', attending the premiere of the film at the Odeon in Leicester Square, London, March 5th 1968. Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting in Romeo and Juliet (1968) (415) 621-6120. www.castrotheatre.com. Whiting had some success as a child singer, winning a Butlin's Talent Contest hosted in the holiday camp's packed out Gaiety Theatre. For the first time the characters were played by actors who were still in their teens, and the production is beautiful and lavish. Actors Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey, stars of the new Zeffirelli film 'Romeo and Juliet', chatting on a park bench, London, March 6th 1968. (He plans to visit museums and art galleries during his visit to San Francisco.). Today, it is considered one of the best film adaptations of a Shakespeare play, and one of the most romantic films ever made. if you need more pictures (details) feel free to ask. “Two or three times (a year) in general. “I played the Artful Dodger in 'Oliver’ for about a year and a half. [17] In 1974, she played the leading role of Jess Bradford in the Canadian horror film, Black Christmas (1974), which became influential as a forerunner of the slasher film genre of horror films. Hussey grew up a child actor in Argentina before moving to England, and Whiting had extensive theatrical training. [15] In her 2018 memoir Hussey stated that she had “mumbled something about being interested in Anne of the Thousand Days” but added that she “couldn’t see herself with Wayne”. [19] She also starred as Marit in the Japanese film Virus (1980),[20] and played Rebecca of York in the 1982 remake of Ivanhoe (1982); the same year, she had a lead role in the Australian horror film Turkey Shoot (1982). G. Allen Johnson is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. In 1991, Hussey married the American rock musician David Glen Eisley, a son of actor Anthony Eisley. 2.9K likes. “One girl sent me an e-mail and said I looked like Zac Efron,” Whiting laughs. After hearing … In 1974, she appeared as the lead character, Jess Bradford, in the cult slasher film Black Christmas. I think we had a tremendous spark and a compassionate feeling toward each other right from the beginning.”. “I was the youngest member of the National Theater, and I was working with Laurence Olivier as a singer in a play called 'Love for Love,’ which is an old restoration comedy. 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14. Still, he had never done Shakespeare. She won a Golden Globe and the David di Donatello Award for her performance, and gained international recognition. In addition to screen acting, Hussey has worked as a voice actress, providing voice roles in multiple Star Wars video games, including Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, Star Wars: Force Commander, and Star Wars: The Old Republic. Not many people know that neither was paid more than twelve hundred dollars and neither got any residuals, which is atrocious and the production company could not now get away with such a fraud. “We see each other at least every year,” Whiting says. [6] Chatting by phone from his home in London, Whiting said his friendship with Hussey did not end once filming was complete. My reaction at the time was that it was the most moving and beautiful film I'd ever seen, capturing the idealistic love of … This role, along with her subsequent horror films, earned her the title of scream queen. [25], Hussey played the lead in Mother Teresa of Calcutta (2003), a biographical film about Mother Teresa, for which she was presented with a Character & Morality in Entertainment Award on 12 May 2007 in Hollywood. Hussey quit acting for two years following the success of Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet, due to an ongoing struggle with agoraphobia. "[10] At 15,[11] she was chosen out of 500 actresses to star as Juliet in Zeffirelli's film version of Romeo and Juliet (1968), opposite Leonard Whiting's Romeo. To add to the rave reviews on the perfect casting of the teenage Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting, the authentic, colorful costumes, the top-notch supporting cast, the deft camera work, I would like to observe something I haven't seen anyone else say: the cuts that Zefirelli's writers made to the original Shakespeare text exemplify expert screenwriting. Surprisingly, this was the first time they had ever done a post-screening Q&A together. Hussey’s daughter, India Eisley, plays Julia in the film, and Hussey and Whiting are her parents. 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. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images [30] Dean Paul Martin died in 1987, when his National Guard F-4 Phantom jet fighter crashed in California's San Bernardino Mountains during a snowstorm.[31]. Other information. “I felt very, very comfortable about it. [14], After the success of Romeo and Juliet, Hollywood producer, Hal B. Wallis, offered her the title role in Anne of the Thousand Days (1969), and to co-star with John Wayne in True Grit (1969). [6] Her parents were Catholic, and she was raised in that denomination. In fact, they appear briefly in a film that will come out later this year. “A very sort of working-class London accent. she is much better than most actresses of today. They remain close friends — part of each other’s lives, really. The acclaimed director provided his trademark sweeping production design, emulating the actual societal conditions in which the story takes place. [8] At 13, she began acting professionally on the stage. And they said, 'He looks perfect, but he doesn’t sound right.’ So they took me to a very famous Shakespearean actor and his wife to try and get me to say the Bard’s wonderful language properly.”, Whiting, 64, has focused on theater and music over the years — he said he was never satisfied with the quality of film scripts he received — and has, in the past few years, taken up painting. After appearing in theatre in London, Hussey was chosen to play the role of Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's film version of Romeo and Juliet (1968). [18] In 1978 she played Rosalie Otterbourne in Death on the Nile with Peter Ustinov,[5] and appeared in The Cat and the Canary (1979). Dedicado a Olivia Hussey y Leonard Whiting protagonista de Romeo and Juliet 1968 The film was successful because of the extreme youth of the two protagonists.Olivia Hussey was fifteen and Leonard Whiting seventeen. [13] In 1969, she won a special David di Donatello Award and the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year - Actress for her performance in Romeo and Juliet. Olivia Hussey, Franco Zeffirelli, and Leonard Whiting in Romeo and Juliet (1968) Celebrate springtime with a deeply discounted Columbia jacket, Save $7 on the gallon water jug I use to drink a gallon every day, Lodge’s ever-practical combo cooker is back on sale, Everything you need to know about Modibodi's period leggings. Hussey was born Olivia Osuna in Buenos Aires, Argentina,[5] the first child of Andrés Osuna [es], an Argentine opera singer, and Joy Hussey, a secretary originally from England. Despite beating out 300 others for the role of Romeo, he wasn’t out of the woods yet. In 1971, Hussey married actor Dean Paul Martin, the son of the singer Dean Martin. On Tuesday 6th December at the historic Aero Theatre in Santa Monica (Los Angeles), Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey – Franco Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet – were reunited.. I also made a Walt Disney movie ('The Legend of Young Dick Turpin’) before that, so I had quite a bit of experience in the business.”. G. Allen Johnson is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. At 15, she was chosen out of 500 actresses to star as Juliet in Zeffirelli's film version of Romeo and Juliet (1968), opposite Leonard Whiting's Romeo. Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey, who starred in the 1968 Romeo and Juliet film directed by Franco Zeffirelli, are reuniting for the first time … Watch this Leonard whiting & Olivia Hussey video, Romeo and Juliet 1968 ( Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey) , on Fanpop and browse other Leonard whiting & Olivia Hussey videos. Hussey was born Olivia Osuna in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the first child of Andreas Osuna, an Argentine opera singer, and Joy Hussey, a secretary originally from England. She claims that this “adolescent and opinionated” remark inevitably ended her professional relationship with Wallis and he immediately withdrew his offer from her. She voiced the character of Kasan Moor in the PC/Nintendo 64 game, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron (1998)[28] and was also in the massively multiplayer online role-playing game Star Wars: The Old Republic (2011) as Jedi Master Yuon Par. Images by Jared Cowan. Both actors, however, were practically grizzled veterans. “It was nice to be on a set and in a studio again,” Whiting says. 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[26] Hussey and Leonard Whiting reunited as on-screen partners in the film Social Suicide (2015), the only film that they both appeared in since Romeo and Juliet (1968). It didn’t take long for Romeo to fall for Juliet. India, also an actress, played her first major role in the American teen drama The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008). Doubtfire' director says we may someday see R-rated cut, Cost to vaccinate Calif soars as counties refuse Blue Shield deal, Olympic hopeful surfer dies after lightning strike. 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Say Hello To Yesterday, lobbycard, , form left: Jean Simmons, Leonard Whiting, 1971. “I had a Cockney accent,” Whiting says. She appeared in several international productions throughout the 1980s, including the Japanese production Virus (1980), and the Australian horror film Turkey Shoot (1982). “Social Suicide” updates “Romeo and Juliet” to the Internet age (cyberbullying is a theme). Master it with this $34 training. She played Mary, the mother of Jesus, in the 1977 television production of Jesus of Nazareth (her second work for director Zeffirelli). “All I have to do is look at her, and I want to kiss her anyway. 1 of 3 Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey in “Romeo and Juliet.” Courtesy of the Castro Theatre Show More Show Less 2 of 3 Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting as … “Romeo and Juliet” became a worldwide sensation, was nominated for Academy Awards and made Whiting and Hussey instantly famous. Olivia Hussey (born Olivia Osuna; 17 April 1951) is an English actress. 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