'Romeo and Juliet' star Olivia Hussey dies aged 73

Olivia Hussey, whostarred as a teenage Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 film "Romeo andJuliet," garnering her a Golden Globe, died Friday at age 73, her familyannounced.

"Olivia was a remarkable person whose warmth, wisdom, and pure kindnesstouched the lives of all who knew her," her family said in a statement postedto her Instagram account.

Buenos Aires-born Hussey was 15 when she and her co-lead Leonard Whitingstarred in the Oscar-winning adaptation of William Shakespeare's tragedy.

In 2023, the two actors filed a lawsuit against the studio alleging childabuse over a controversial nude scene featuring the pair, who were minors at the time.

A judge dismissed the lawsuit later that year.

Hussey, who received a "New Star of the Year" Golden Globe for her performance, would later star in the 1974 slasher film "Black Christmas" and the 1978 adaptation of Agatha Christie's "Death on the Nile," among otherprojects.

She is survived by her husband David Eisley, their three children and a grandchild.