Olivia Hussey won a Golden Globe for best new actress for her part as Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 adaptation of William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet."

Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting, stars of the 1968 film version of Romeo and Juliet have remained close throughout their lives, even filing a lawsuit against Paramount Pictures. In a statement shared on Instagram and with Vulture,

Olivia Hussey Eisley, the British-Argentine actor who shot to fame as a teenager starring as Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 adaptation of “Romeo and Juliet” and went on to star in the slasher classic “Black Christmas” and the 1978 “Death on the Nile,” died Friday. She was 73. Hussey’s death was confirmed to the San …