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Romeo and Juliet (Italian: Romeo e Giulietta) is a 1968 period romantic tragedy film, based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare.Directed and co-written by Franco Zeffirelli, the film stars Leonard Whiting as Romeo and Olivia Hussey as Juliet.
Leonard Whiting (born 30 June 1950) is a British semi-retired actor and singer widely known for his teenage role as Romeo in Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 film version of Romeo and Juliet, [1] a role which earned him the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor in 1969.
Romeo and Juliet is a dramatization of Brooke's translation, and Shakespeare follows the poem closely but adds detail to several major and minor characters (the Nurse and Mercutio in particular). [23] [24] [25]
Hussey became a movie star at age 15 when she was cast as the most infamous doomed lover in 1968’s "Romeo and Juliet." She nabbed the sought-after role of Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli’s film ...
Olivia Hussey, who played Juliet in the 1968 film adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet," has died. She was 73. On Dec. 27, her family announced her death in a statement they shared to Hussey's official ...
Olivia Hussey, the scene-stealing star of the 1968 film "Romeo & Juliet," died at 73 on Dec. 27. ... respectively, during the making of the film and age 72 and 73 at the filing – claim in the ...
LONDON (AP) — Olivia Hussey, the actor who starred as a teenage Juliet in the 1968 film “Romeo and Juliet,” has died, her family said on social media Saturday. She was 73. Hussey died on Friday, “peacefully at home surrounded by her loved ones,” a statement posted to her Instagram account said.
In 1968, he was cast in Franco Zeffirelli's adaptation of Romeo and Juliet as Balthasar, Romeo's manservant and trusted friend. [3] He appears at various stages in the film including galloping on horseback to tell Romeo (played by Leonard Whiting) of Juliet's "death" and accompanies Romeo back to Verona again on horseback towards the end of the ...