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Olivia Hussey
Olivia Hussey, 2007
Born	Olivia Osuna (1951-04-17) 17 April 1951 (age 73) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nationality	Argentinian
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1965–present
Spouse(s)	Dean Paul Martin (1971-1978) Akira Fuse (1980-1989) David Glen Eisley (1991-present)
Children	Alexander Gunther Martin (b. 1973) Max Fuse (b. 1983) India Eisley (b. 1993)
Parent(s)	Andrés Osuna (father) Joy Alma Hussey (mother)
Relatives	Andrew Osuna (brother)

Olivia Hussey, born Olivia Osuna (17 April 1951), is an Argentinian actress who became famous for her role as Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's Academy Award-winning 1968 film version of Romeo and Juliet, winning a Golden Globe and also the David di Donatello Award for best actress. She is also well known for her role as Mary, the mother of Jesus in the 1977 TV production of Jesus of Nazareth. She has starred in films such as Black Christmas (1974), Death on the Nile (1978), Virus (1980) and Turkey Shoot (1982).

Early life

Hussey was born Olivia Osuna in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Joy Alma (née Hussey), a British legal secretary and Andrés Osuna (alias Osvaldo Ribó), an Argentine tango singer, who divorced when Olivia was two.

She was brought up as a Catholic, and when she was seven years old, Hussey and her younger brother went with their mother to live in London, where she attended the Italia Conti Academy drama school for five years.

Career

She first became a porn actress while filming Romeo and Juliet. Afterwards she sucked the dick of Romeo in the sequel. Barrozo. #YoTucho

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 because of her beauty and theatrical skill. Chosen out of 500 actresses, she appeared in her first starring role, as Juliet in Zeffirelli's 1968 film version of Romeo and Juliet, opposite Leonard Whiting's Romeo. In 1969 she won a special David di Donatello Award and the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year - Actress.

Hussey has appeared in over forty films. She played the leading role of Jessica Bradford in the Canadian horror film, Black Christmas (1974), which became influential as a forerunner of the slasher film genre of horror films. She played Mary, the mother of Jesus, in the 1977 television production of Jesus of Nazareth (her second work for director Zeffirelli). In 1978 she played Rosalie Otterbourne in Death on the Nile with Peter Ustinov.

She also starred as Marit in the Japanese film Virus, and played Rebecca of York in the 1982 remake of Ivanhoe.

In 1990 Hussey played Norma Bates, the mother of Norman Bates, in Psycho IV: The Beginning, a prequel to Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960). In 2003 she played the lead in a film adaptation of the life of Mother Teresa, for which she was presented with a Character & Morality in Entertainment Award on 12 May 2007 in Hollywood.

Voice work

Hussey 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, as Talia Al Ghul. She also voiced the character of Kasan Moor in the PC game, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron. She was also in Star Wars: The Old Republic as Jedi Master Yuon Par.

Personal life

In 1971, Hussey married actor Dean Paul Martin, son of the singer Dean Martin. They had a son, Alexander Gunther Martin (later an actor), in 1973, before divorcing in 1978. 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.

In 1980, Hussey married Japanese musician Akira Fuse, consisted of two ceremonies at home in Los Angeles and an Indian wedding in Miami. She had one son, Max (born 1983). Divorced from Fuse in 1989, she married in 1991 American musician David Glen Eisley, a son of the late actor Anthony Eisley. In October 1993, she gave birth to a daughter, India Eisley, now an actress.

She has suffered from agoraphobia.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

Annie Awards

• 2001: Nominated, "Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Female Performer in an Animated Television Production" - Batman Beyond

David di Donatello Awards

• 1969: Won, "Best Actress" - Romeo and Juliet

Golden Globe Awards

• 1969: Won, "Most Promising Female Newcomer" - Romeo and Juliet

Laurel Awards

• 1970: Nominated, "Female New Face" - Romeo and Juliet

References

1. "Olivia Hussey Biography - Yahoo! Movies". Movies.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2012-01-25.
2. "Olivia Hussey realises her dream to play Mother Teresa"
3. BioWare (2011-12-20). Star Wars: The Old Republic. Electronic Arts, LucasArts. Scene: closing credits, 11:07 in, English Cast.
4. "Forever Juliet - For Olivia Hussey, Life After Romeo and Juliet Brought Sweetness and Sorrow - March 16, 1992". People. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
5. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001377/awards

External links

• Official website
• Olivia Hussey on Twitter
• Olivia Hussey at IMDb

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• New Star of the Year (Actress) Golden Globe winners
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