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Olivia Hussey 
Olivia Hussey, 2007Born Olivia Osuna
April 17, 1951
Buenos Aires, ArgentinaOccupation Actress Years active 1965–present Spouse Dean Paul Martin (1971-1978)
Akira Fuse (1980-1989)
David Glen Eisley (1991-present)Parents Andrés Osuna (father)
Joy Alma (mother)Relatives Andrew Osuna (brother) Olivia Hussey (born 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. For this role she won the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year - Actress as well as the David di Donatello 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), and Virus (1980).
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Early life
Hussey was born Olivia Osuna in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the daughter of Joy Alma (née Hussey), a British legal secretary, and Andrés Osuna (aka Osvaldo Ribó), an Argentine tango singer[1] who divorced when Olivia was two. She was brought up Catholic,[2] 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. Her largest fear occurring to a 1969 in interview was appearing topless in Romeo and Juliet (1968).
Career
Olivia Hussey as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, 1968
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 the David di Donatello award for Best Actress and the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year - Actress.
Hussey has appeared in over 42 films. She played the leading role of Jessica Bradford in the 1974 Canadian horror film Black Christmas. The film became very influential as a forerunner of the Slasher film genre of horror films. She played Mary, the mother of Jesus in the 1977 TV 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 TV remake of Ivanhoe.
In 1990, Hussey played Norma Bates, the mother of Norman Bates in Psycho IV: The Beginning, a TV prequel to Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. 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 12 May 2007 in Hollywood.
Voice work
She 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 Guhl. She also voiced the character Kasan Moor in the PC game Star Wars: Rogue Squadron.
Personal life
Hussey was married first to actor Dean Paul Martin in 1971. They had a son, Alexander Dean Martin (later an actor), in 1973, before divorcing in 1978. Dean Paul Martin died in 1987 when his National Guard F-4 Phantom fighter jet crashed in California's San Bernardino Mountains during a snowstorm.
In 1980, Hussey married Japanese musician Akira Fuse, and had one son, Max (born 1983). Divorced from Fuse in 1989, she married American musician David Glen Eisley in 1991. In October 1993, she gave birth to a daughter, India Eisley, now an actress.
She has suffered from agoraphobia.[3]
Filmography
Film 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 The 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 Jeweler's Shop Thérèse 1990 Undeclared War Rebecca Eche 1993 Quest of the Delta Knights The Mannerjay 1994 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 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 Showtime 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: Firebrand1996 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 Brain1999 Superman: The Animated Series Talia al Ghul Voice Role
Episode: The Demon Reborn2000 Batman Beyond Talia al Ghul Voice Role
Episode: Out of the Past2003 Mother Teresa of Calcutta Mother Teresa TV-movie originally produced as Italian television miniseries 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
Golden Globe Awards
- 1969: Won, "Most Promising Female Newcomer" - Romeo and Juliet
Laurel Awards
- 1970: Nominated, "Female New Face" - Romeo and Juliet
References
- ^ Olivia Hussey Biography - Yahoo! Movies
- ^ Japan Today - Newsmakers - Olivia Hussey realizes her dream to play Mother Teresa
- ^ Olivia Hussey - People Magazine – March 16, 1992
External links
- Official website
- Olivia Hussey at the Internet Movie Database
- Olivia Hussey at AllRovi
Categories:- 1951 births
- Argentine film actors
- Argentine people of British descent
- Argentine people of English descent
- Argentine Roman Catholics
- British film actors
- British people of Argentine descent
- English Roman Catholics
- English film actors
- Latin American people of British descent
- Alumni of the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts
- Living people
- People from Buenos Aires
- Video game actors
- New Star of the Year (Actress) Golden Globe winners
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