Olivia Hussey

Olivia Hussey
Hussey c. 1978
Born	Olivia Osuna (1951-04-17)17 April 1951 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died	27 December 2024(2024-12-27) (aged 73) Los Angeles, California, US
Resting place	Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, California, U.S.
Alma mater	Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1964–2018
Spouses	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
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Olivia Hussey (née Osuna; 17 April 1951 – 27 December 2024) was a British actress. Her awards included a Golden Globe Award and a David di Donatello Award. The daughter of Argentine tango singer Osvaldo Ribó, Hussey was born in Buenos Aires but spent most of her early life in her mother's native England. She aspired to become an actress at a young age and studied drama for five years at Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London.

Hussey began acting professionally as an adolescent. She appeared in a 1966 London production of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, opposite Vanessa Redgrave; this led to her being scouted for the role of Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet. Hussey received widespread acclaim and international recognition for her performance. In 1974, she appeared as the lead character Jess Bradford in the cult slasher film Black Christmas. Hussey reunited with Zeffirelli in the miniseries Jesus of Nazareth (1977) as Mary and appeared as Rosalie Otterbourne 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 dystopian action film Turkey Shoot (1982). In 1990 she appeared in two horror productions, Stephen King's It and Psycho IV: The Beginning, in which she portrayed Norman Bates' mother. She also worked as a voice actress, providing voice roles in Star Wars video games including Star Wars: Rogue Squadron (1998), Star Wars: Force Commander (2000), and Star Wars: The Old Republic (2011).