Olivia Hussey: The most beautiful Juliet on screen and a tragic love story

More than five decades have passed since the film Romeo and Juliet was made by director Franco Zeffirelli and released in 1968, actress Olivia Hussey is still praised as the most beautiful "Juliet" on screen.

Olivia Hussey conquers viewers with her big, innocent, deep blue eyes, charming red lips and long, silky black hair, creating an image of Juliet that has fascinated for decades.

Crisis right after a successful role

After stepping out of the movie "Romeo and Juliet", Olivia Hussey - a British-Argentine beauty - immediately became a star in the filmmaking world. Olivia was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Later, when her parents broke up, Olivia followed her mother to live in London (UK). From a young age, Olivia was interested in acting and soon attended acting schools.

At the age of 13, Olivia began acting on the professional theater stage. She attracted the attention of director Franco Zeffirelli, after he had the opportunity to see her act in a play.

The reason why director Zeffirelli chose Olivia to play Juliet is because she has enough maturity in acting, has had certain experiences in life, and has the youthful beauty of a young woman.

After becoming known as Juliet, Olivia feels a lot of pressure from the sudden fame... that comes her way. She began to gain unusual weight and had to take some medications to help her lose weight. Fame came so quickly and so unexpectedly that the young woman suffered both physical and mental disorders.

In her autobiography "The Girl on the Balcony", actress Olivia Hussey shared about this miserable period. Because of the pressure, Olivia gained weight. She tried to lose weight but was constantly reminded by the cooperating parties about her weight problem. This used to make Olivia feel very miserable.

Besides, great fame came so soon that Olivia began to become conceited. In her autobiography, the actress herself admitted that since she became known as Juliet, she began to no longer listen to advice. Olivia considers herself mature enough to live and work independently.

However, later reality showed that in acting, Olivia did not have the wisdom, she refused many film projects that could have helped elevate her career. In the end, Olivia will always be remembered for her famous role at the beginning of her career - the role of Juliet.

Olivia missed a lot of opportunities after becoming famous. She herself didn't know how to build relationships in the filmmaking world, so opportunities kept slipping away and gradually no longer came to her.

A few years after becoming famous, Olivia was also diagnosed with agoraphobia. She began to feel afraid of crowds, of large spaces and big events. This syndrome is also an obstacle to Olivia's career development.

Tragic love story and breakups

At the age of 17, Olivia had her first committed relationship. Her boyfriend is actor Christopher Jones, who is 10 years older than her. Later, in her autobiography, Olivia admitted that this relationship brought about the darkest moments of her life.

When dating Olivia, actor Christopher was having a lot of psychological instability. Olivia had to endure bad things from Christopher. The unstable relationship ended after a year of companionship, Olivia decided to move from England to Hollywood (USA) to expand her career.

In Hollywood, Olivia stayed at Christopher's friend's house. Soon after, Christopher also went to Hollywood and stayed at this friend's house. At first, Christopher and Olivia agreed that their relationship was over, so the two would not meet privately, and Christopher could not approach Olivia even though they were living in the same house.

In Hollywood, Olivia is fascinated by flashy fun, she doesn't really care about building an acting career here, but is just excited about the fun. Not only that, Olivia started using stimulants and was often not in a sober state.

The saddest incident happened to Olivia one evening when Christopher - her ex-boyfriend who lived in the same house - went crazy due to mental instability. He snuck into Olivia's room and had "marital sex" with her.

After that, Olivia decided to go to the doctor and learned that she was... pregnant. The actress decided to quit. At this time, Christopher again begged her to keep the child, but Olivia insisted that if he approached her privately again, she would reveal everything to the media. From then on, Olivia never saw Christopher again.

Since Olivia appeared in Hollywood, male singer - actor Dino Martin has always pursued her. He was there to support her a lot, especially when Olivia encountered a tragic incident with Christopher. Olivia was very touched and decided to seriously engage with Dino. For Olivia, those were the brightest and happiest days of her life.

Olivia and Dino entered marriage in 1971, when they were both in their 20s. From this marriage, Olivia had a son, but it was while Olivia was pregnant that Dino had an affair. Finally, the two chose to break up in 1978, after 7 years of being together.

The breakdown of her first marriage caused Olivia to collapse and begin to suffer from an anxiety disorder. Until today, when she is in her 70s, Olivia says the psychological consequences she encountered after her first marriage broke up still reappear in her life.

After a 2-year period of depression, Olivia met and remarried Japanese singer Akira Fuse, and the actress had another son. This marriage lasted 9 years.

2 years after divorcing her second husband, Olivia entered her third marriage with singer David Glen Eisley and has been together since 1991 until now. From this marriage, she had another daughter.

In 2008, Olivia was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer and underwent mastectomy. But a decade later, the cancer cells reappeared. This time, she was treated with chemotherapy and radiotherapy, with quite optimistic results as the tumor shrank. Over the years, Ms. Olivia's health has remained stable.

Ms. Olivia has not acted since 2015. In 2021, Ms. Olivia revealed to the Daily Mail news (UK) that currently, her assets are not much.

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