Olivia Hussey was born Olivia Osuna in Buenos Aires, Argentina. At 15, she was chosen to play the role of Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli’s film version of Romeo and Juliet. In 1974, she appeared as the lead character, Jess Bradford, in the cult slasher film Black Christmas.
About Olivia Hussey in brief
Olivia Hussey was born Olivia Osuna in Buenos Aires, Argentina. At 15, she was chosen to play the role of Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli’s film version of Romeo and Juliet. Hussey won a Golden Globe and the David di Donatello Award for her performance. In 1974, she appeared as the lead character, Jess Bradford, in the cult slasher film Black Christmas. 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. She has also appeared in several international productions throughout the 1980s, including the Japanese production Virus, and the Australian horror film Turkey Shoot.
She also starred as Marit in the Japanese film Virus and played Rebecca of Ivanhoe in the 1982 film Ivanhoe. In 1990, she played Norma Bates, the mother of Norman Bates, in a prequel to Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho, The Beginning: The Beginning. In the same year, she had a lead role in the Australian film remake of The Liberian Girl, starring Michael Jackson, Olivia Newton-John, and Lou Ferrigno. In 2002, she starred in Mother Teresa of Calcutta, a biographical film about Mother Teresa, which she presented with a Morality & Character Award.
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