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Olivia Hussey was an Argentine and British actress. The daughter of Argentine singer Osvaldo Ribó and Englishwoman Alma Joy Hussey, Hussey was born in Buenos Aires and spent most of her early life in her mother's native England. She aspired to become an actress at a young age and studied drama at London's Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts.
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entertainment · British-Argentine actress (1951–2024) · actor · film actor · also Olivia Hussey, Olivia Osuna, Hussey
Born 17 April 1951 · Died 27 December 2024 · Q234293
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WSLS 10: Olivia Hussey, star of the 1968 film ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ dies at 73
Yahoo: ‘Romeo and Juliet’ star Olivia Hussey dies at 73
collider: Olivia Hussey, Star of 'Black Christmas,' Dead at 73
Deadline.com: Olivia Hussey Dies: ‘Romeo And Juliet’ Actress Was 73
WFLA News Channel 8: Olivia Hussey, star of 1968 film ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ dies at 73
IndieWire: Olivia Hussey Dead at 73: Remembering One of Cinema’s Greatest Ingénues and Final Girls
Yahoo: Olivia Hussey, ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and ‘Black Christmas’ Star, Dies at 73
Died 2024-12-27.
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Initially said they would wear flesh-coloured undergarments and be positioned in a way that would not show nudity, but that Whiting's bare buttocks and Hussey's bare breasts are nonetheless briefly shown during the scene
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A memoir, The Girl on the Balcony: Olivia Hussey Finds Life After Romeo and Juliet, was published on 31 July 2018.
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With Hussey undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatment to remove a small tumour growing between her heart and lungs
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Married American musician David Glen Eisley, the son of actor Anthony Eisley
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Hussey played Norma Bates, the mother of Norman Bates, in Psycho IV: The Beginning, a prequel to Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960), and appeared in the miniseries It, an adaptation of the Stephen King novel
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Appeared in two horror productions, Stephen King's It and Psycho IV: The Beginning, in which she portrayed Norman Bates's mother
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When the California Air National Guard F-4 Phantom jet fighter he was piloting crashed
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Hussey, along with several well-known actors, made a cameo appearance in a clip for the Michael Jackson video "Liberian Girl"
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Starred as Esther in the television film The Thirteenth Day: The Story of Esther
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Played Rosalie Otterbourne in Death on the Nile with Peter Ustinov, and appeared in The Cat and the Canary (1979)
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Hussey played the lead 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
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Appeared as the lead character Jess Bradford in the cult slasher film Black Christmas
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Hussey appeared in the British drama All the Right Noises, followed by The Summertime Killer (1972), and the musical Lost Horizon
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Hussey married Dean Paul Martin, the son of Dean Martin
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While she lived at 10050 Cielo Drive in Los Angeles after the Manson Murders
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But ended the relationship due to him being abusive towards her
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Appeared in an episode of the television series Drama, followed by minor roles in two films the following year: The Battle of the Villa Fiorita and Cup Fever
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Born 1951-04-17.
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