Agreed, SuperBaes. In Romeo and Juliet, she was the most beautiful woman I'd ever seen.
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crazyhellboy — 19 years ago(March 22, 2007 11:31 AM)
You're right about 'stunning'. Last December I went with a friend to a revival theater to see the original Black Christmas. Little did we know that she was there in person! She spoke before and after the film
She is radiant in person. Remember that she is almost 60 years old and has that glow that actresses 1/3 her age don't even have. Also when people came up to her for autographs, she thanked THEM for coming to the screening. Now that's class. True beauty inside and out. Today's actresses could take a lesson from her.
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richievee — 13 years ago(June 20, 2012 02:19 PM)
Anyone who is an Olivia Hussey fan should see screenwriter/director Gerry O'Hara's "All the Right Noises," which was her very next movie after "Romeo and Juliet." Filmed in 1969, ATRN captures Olivia's beauty when it was every bit as fresh as in R&J, so this is a must see. Besides, the story line of ATRN is rather intriguing: a 32-year-old man falling in love with a 15-year-old girl. Now, THAT is a premise that would never make it past the screen police in today's world!
One other thing: the BFI release of "All the Right Noises" includes as a bonus the full, uncut, 16-minute interview that Bernard Braden made (in October 1967) with the talented stars of "Romeo and Juliet," Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey. Both of them are incredibly cute to see and hear, and it is quite obvious that there was a very hot affection between them at the time! -
TooPrettyInPink — 10 years ago(January 13, 2016 07:08 AM)
I agree with that. Most women tend to look their best mid- to late-20's (or even early 30's), when they've matured into confident adults but are still retaining some of their youthful, girly glow, resulting in the best possible balance of having lost their awkwardness/baby fat but not showing tiredness. Jennifer Aniston, Lucy Liu, Kate Hudson, Angelina Jolie, Naomi Watts, Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Emily Blunt, Penelope Cruz, Anne Hathaway, Keira Knightley, Nicole Kidman, Katherine Heigl, Rachel McAdams, Natalie Dormer, Sandra Bullock, Eva Longoria, Halle Berry, Jessica Alba, Jennifer Lopez, Evangeline Lilly, Amanda Seyfried, and many more are all good examples. (I call these people rom-com actresses, because most Hollywood stars who starred in rom-coms last decade were within that age range and at their healthiest, strongest, and most confident.)
Other women tend to get better with age (think Monica Bellucci, who had an adult-looking face from a young age, or Salma Hayek), and still others peak in their mid-teens because they have that perfect prettiness and delicate bone structure that's also bitchy and hot, but it doesn't translate as well into adulthood (eg. Vanessa Hudgens, Natalie Portman, Mischa Barton, Hilary Duff, Brooke Shields, Lucy Hale, the Olsen twins, Kirsten Dunst, Selena Gomez, Emma Roberts, Mena Suvari, Victoria Justice, and I guess Olivia Hussey).
Also, some are insanely hot for a short period of time in their early 20's but not as much before or after, because they had too much baby fat before and aged quickly after (Scarlett Johansson, Emilia Clarke, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Julia Roberts, Britney Spears, Kelly Clarkson). Very few women, like Diane Lane or Julie Andrews, remain absolutely beautiful their whole lives with no adjustment stages, it's kind of unfair. -
goldenairdawg — 18 years ago(August 12, 2007 06:20 PM)
a beauty she truly is!
there are many annoying teenage girls there (i'm a teenager myself but not one of those) who keep saying that the squeaky girl from highschool musical reminds them of olivia hussey just because leonard whiting "looks like" zac efron. all i can do whenever i read such things is roll my eyes because the girl looks NOTHING like oliva hussey, and zac efron resembles leonard by only a tiny bit since zac looks."girlier" than leonard (i slowly realized that the more i watch romeo and juliet). i dont think there is a girl out there who looks like her, her beauty is so unique.