Olivia Hussey
Olivia Hussey | |
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Olivia Hussey, c. 1975 | |
Born | Olivia Osuna (1951-04-17) 17 April 1951 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Residence | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Citizenship | British |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1965–present |
Spouse(s) | Dean Paul Martin (m. 1971; div. 1978) Akira Fuse (m. 1980; div. 1989) David Glen Eisley (m. 1991) |
Children | 3, including India Eisley |
Website | oliviahussey.com |
Olivia Hussey (born Olivia Osuna; 17 April 1951) is an Argentine-British actress. After appearing in theatre in London, Hussey was chosen to play the role of Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 film version of Romeo and Juliet. She won a Golden Globe and the David di Donatello Award for her performance, and gained international recognition.
In 1974, she appeared as the lead character, Jess Bradford, in the horror film Black Christmas.[1] 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). She appeared in several international productions throughout the 1980s, including the Japanese production Virus (1980), and the Australian horror film Turkey Shoot (1982). She appeared in two made-for-television horror productions: Psycho IV: The Beginning and Stephen King's It, both first screened in 1990.
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.
Contents
1 Early life
2 Career
2.1 1968–69: Romeo and Juliet and career beginnings
2.2 1970–2000: Black Christmas and continued acting
2.3 Post-2000 and voice work
3 Personal life
4 Filmography
4.1 Film
4.2 Television
4.3 Video games
5 Awards and nominations
6 Notes
7 References
8 External links
Early life
Hussey was born Olivia Osuna in Buenos Aires, Argentina,[2] the first child of Andrés Osuna, an Argentine opera singer, and Joy Hussey, a secretary originally from England.[3] Her parents divorced when she was two years old, and at age seven Hussey moved with her mother and younger brother to London, where she spent the remainder of her early life.[3] Her parents were Catholic and she was raised Roman Catholic.[4]
In London, she attended the Italia Conti Academy drama school for five years.[5] At age 13, she began acting professionally on the stage.[3]
Career
1968–69: Romeo and Juliet and career beginnings
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.[6] During the run of this play, Italian film director Franco Zeffirelli first spotted her because of her beauty and theatrical skill. At 15,[7] 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.[8] 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).[9] 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.[10]
1970–2000: Black Christmas and continued acting
In 1971, she appeared in the British drama All the Right Noises, followed by the crime film The Summertime Killer (1972),[9] and the musical Lost Horizon (1973), opposite Liv Ullmann, John Gielgud, and Sally Kellerman.[11] 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. She played Mary, the mother of Jesus, in the 1977 television production of Jesus of Nazareth (her second work for director Zeffirelli).[12] In 1978 she played Rosalie Otterbourne in Death on the Nile with Peter Ustinov,[2] and appeared in The Cat and the Canary (1979).[13] She also starred as Marit in the Japanese film Virus (1980),[14] 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).[15]
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.[16] 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),[17][18] and in the miniseries It, an adaptation of the Stephen King novel.[19]
Post-2000 and voice work
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.[2] 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.[20] 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).[21]
Hussey has also worked as a voice actress, 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 the DC animated universe, as Talia al Ghul. She voiced the character of Kasan Moor in the PC/Nintendo 64 game, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron (1998)[22] and was also in the massively multiplayer online role-playing game Star Wars: The Old Republic (2011) as Jedi Master Yuon Par.[23] She also lent her voice to Star Wars: Force Commander in 2000.
Personal life
She quit acting for two years following the success of Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet due to an ongoing struggle with agoraphobia.[3]
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.[24] 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.[25]
In 1980 Hussey married Japanese singer Akira Fuse in two ceremonies, one at home in Los Angeles and a second, an Indian wedding, in Miami. She gave birth to her son Max in 1983. She divorced Fuse in 1989.
In 1991 Hussey married American rock musician David Glen Eisley, a son of the late actor Anthony Eisley. In October 1993 she gave birth to her daughter, India Eisley. India, also an actress, played her first major role in the American teen drama The Secret Life of the American Teenager in 2008.
Her memoir, The Girl on the Balcony: Olivia Hussey Finds Life After Romeo and Juliet, was released on July 31, 2018.
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1965 | The Battle of the Villa Fiorita | Donna | |
1965 | Cup Fever | Jinny | |
1968 | Romeo and Juliet | Juliet | Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer David di Donatello for Best Actress Nominated— Laurel Award |
1971 | All the Right Noises | Val | |
1971 | H-Bomb | Erica | |
1972 | The Summertime Killer | Tania Scarlotti | |
1973 | Lost Horizon | Maria | |
1974 | Black Christmas | Jess Bradford | |
1978 | Death on the Nile | Rosalie Otterbourne | |
1978 | The Pirate | Leila | Television film |
1979 | The Cat and the Canary | Cicily Young | |
1979 | The Thirteenth Day: The Story of Esther | Esther | Television film |
1980 | Virus | Marit | |
1980 | The Man with Bogart's Face | Elsa | |
1982 | Turkey Shoot | Chris Walters | |
1982 | Ivanhoe | Rebecca | Television film |
1985 | The Corsican Brothers | Annamarie de Guidice | Television film |
1987 | Distortions | Amy Marks | |
1989 | The Jeweller's Shop | Thérèse | |
1990 | Undeclared War | Rebecca Eche | |
1990 | Psycho IV: The Beginning | Norma Bates | Television film |
1993 | Quest of the Delta Knights | The Mannerjay | |
1994 | Save Me | Gail | |
1995 | Ice Cream Man | Nurse Wharton | |
1995 | Bad English I: Tales of a Son of a Brit | ||
1996 | The Dark Mist | Voice of the Ancients (Voice) | |
1996 | Dead Man's Island | Rosie, the housemaid | Television film |
1998 | The Gardener | Mrs. Carter | |
1998 | Shame, Shame, Shame | Therapist | |
2000 | Bloody Proof | Laura | |
2001 | Island Prey | Catherine Gaits | |
2003 | Mother Teresa of Calcutta | Mother Teresa | Television film |
2005 | Headspace | Dr. Karen Murphy | |
2006 | Seven Days of Grace | Jewel | |
2007 | Tortilla Heaven | Petra | |
2008 | Three Priests | Rachel | |
2008 | I Am Somebody: No Chance in Hell | Mrs. Duncan | |
2015 | Social Suicide | Julia's Mother |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1964 | Drama 60–67 | Mrs. Ken's daughter | Episode: "Studio '64 – The Crunch" |
1977 | Jesus of Nazareth | Mary, mother of Jesus | Miniseries |
1978 | The Bastard | Alicia | Miniseries |
1984 | The Last Days of Pompeii | Ione | Miniseries |
1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Kitty Trumbull | Episode: "Sing a Song of Murder" |
1990 | It | Audra Phillips Denbrough | Miniseries |
1994 | Lonesome Dove: The Series | Olivia Jessup | Episodes: "Where the Heart Is" "Law and Order" "Firebrand" |
1997 | Boy Meets World | Aunt Prudence Curtis | Episode: "A Long Walk To Pittsburgh (Part 2)" |
1998 | Pinky and the Brain | Queen (Voice) | "The Megalomaniacal Adventures of Brainie the Poo", "Melancholy Brain" |
1999 | Superman: The Animated Series | Talia (Voice) | Episode: "The Demon Reborn" |
2000 | Batman Beyond | "Talia" (Voice) | Episode: "Out of the Past" |
Video games
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1998 | Star Wars: Rogue Squadron | Kasan Moor | |
2000 | Star Wars: Force Commander | AT-AA Driver, Abridon Refugee 2 | |
2011 | Star Wars: The Old Republic | Jedi Master Yuon Par |
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
Notes
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References
Daileader, Celia R. (8 October 2001). "Nude Shakespeare in film and nineties popular feminism". In Alexander, Catherine M.S.; Stanley Wells. Shakespeare and Sexuality. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-80475-2.
Mayo, Mike (2013). The Horror Show Guide: The Ultimate Frightfest of Movies (2 ed.). Visible Ink Press. ISBN 978-1-578-59420-7.
Redgrave, Vanessa (1991). Vanessa Redgrave: An Autobiography. Random House. ISBN 978-0-679-40216-9.
External links
- Official website
Olivia Hussey on IMDb
Olivia Hussey at AllMovie
Olivia Hussey at the British Film Institute