Line #7 Creator/OliviaHussey


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3	Olivia Hussey (born Olivia Osuna; April 17, 1951 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine-English actress.
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5	She is best known for her roles as Juliet in the 1968 version of ''Film/{{Romeo and Juliet\|1968}}'', Jess in the 1974 version of ''Film/{{Black Christmas\|1974}}'', Mary the mother of Jesus in ''Series/JesusOfNazareth'', and Rebecca in the 1982 version of ''Literature/{{Ivanhoe}}'', and also played Norma Bates in ''Film/PsychoIVTheBeginning''.
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7	Actress Creator/IndiaEisley is her daughter. They appeared together in ''Headspace'' (2005) and ''Social Suicide'' (2015), with Hussey as her mother.
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10	!!Filmography
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12	[[folder:Live-Action Films]]
13	* ''Film/TheBattleOfTheVillaFiorita'' (1965) as Donna
14	* ''Film/CupFever'' (1965) as Jinny
15	* ''Film/{{Romeo And Juliet\|1968}}'' (1968) as Juliet
16	* ''Film/AllTheRightNoises'' (1971) as Val
17	* ''Film/HBomb'' (1971) as Erica
18	* ''Film/TheSummertimeKiller'' (1972) as Tania Scarlotti
19	* ''Film/LostHorizon'' (1973) as Maria
20	* ''Film/{{Black Christmas\|1974}}'' (1974) as Jess Bradford
21	* ''[[Film/DeathOnTheNile1978 Death on the Nile]]'' (1978) as Rosalie Otterbourne
22	* ''Film/ThePirate'' (1978) as Leila
23	* ''Film/TheCatAndTheCanary'' (1979) as Cicily Young
24	* ''[[Film/Virus1980 Virus]]'' (1980) as Marit
25	* ''Film/TheManWithBogartsFace'' (1980) as Elsa
26	* ''Film/TurkeyShoot'' (1982) as Chris Walters
27	* ''Film/{{Ivanhoe}}'' (1982) as Rebecca
28	* ''Film/TheCorsicanBrothers'' (1985) as Annamarie de Guidice
29	* ''Film/{{Distortions}}'' (1987) as Amy Marks
30	* ''Film/TheJewellersShop'' (1989) as Thérèse
31	* ''Film/UndeclaredWar'' (1990) as Rebecca Eche
32	* ''Film/PsychoIVTheBeginning'' (1990) as Norma Bates
33	* ''Film/QuestOfTheDeltaKnights'' (1993) as The Mannerjay
34	* ''Film/SaveMe'' (1994) as Gail
35	* ''Film/IceCreamMan'' (1995) as Nurse Wharton
36	* ''Film/DeadMansIsland'' (1996) as Rosie
37	* ''Film/TheGardener'' (1998) as Mrs. Carter
38	* ''Film/ShameShameShame'' (1998) as Therapist
39	* ''Film/BloodyProof'' (2000) as Laura
40	* ''Film/IslandPrey'' (2001) as Catherine Gaits
41	* ''Film/MotherTeresaOfCalcutta'' (2003) as Mother Teresa
42	* ''Film/{{Headspace}}'' (2005) as Dr. Karen Murphy
43	* ''Film/SevenDaysOfGrace'' (2006) as Jewel
44	* ''Film/TortillaHeaven'' (2007) as Petra
45	* ''Film/ThreePriests'' (2008) as Rachel
46	* ''Film/IAmSomebodyNoChanceInHell'' (2008) as Mrs. Duncan
47	* ''Film/SocialSuicide'' (2015) as Julia's Mother
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50	[[folder:Live-Action Series]]
51	* ''Series/Drama6167'' (1964) as Mrs. Ken's daughter
52	* ''Series/JesusOfNazareth'' (1977) as Mary, mother of Jesus
53	* ''Series/TheBastard'' (1978) as Alicia
54	* ''Series/TheLastDaysOfPompeii'' (1984) as Ione
55	* ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' (1984) as Kitty Trumbull
56	* ''[[Film/It1990 It]]'' (1990) as Audra Phillips Denbrough
57	* ''Series/LonesomeDoveTheSeries'' (1994) as Olivia Jessup
58	* ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld'' (1997) as Prudence Curtis
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61	[[folder:Voice Acting]]
62	* ''Series/TheLordProtector'' (1996) as Voice of the Ancients
63	* ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' (1998) as Queen
64	* ''[[VideoGame/RogueSquadron Star Wars: Rogue Squadron]]'' (1998) as Kasan Moor
65	* ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' (1999) as ComicBook/TaliaAlGhul
66	* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' (2000) as ComicBook/TaliaAlGhul
67	* ''VideoGame/StarWarsForceCommander'' (2000) as AT-AA Driver, Abridon Refugee 2
68	* ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' (2011) as Yuon Par
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72	!!Tropes associated with Olivia Hussey's roles:
73	* CastingGag: In ''Social Suicide'', a modern retelling of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', she played Julia's (the Juliet character) mother. Her former co-star from the [[Film/RomeoAndJuliet1968 1968 film]], Leonard Whiting, played her husband, Julia's father (her daughter Creator/IndiaEisley played Julia-the modern Juliet-herself).
74	* FinalGirl: The TropeMaker. She was the final girl in the first true SlasherFilm, ''Film/BlackChristmas1974'', and the establisher of many of the associated tropes, particularly the look.
75	* HollywoodHypeMachine: The buzz surrounding her from ''Film/RomeoAndJuliet1968'' led to her being offered roles in ''Film/AnneOfTheThousandDays'' and ''Film/TrueGrit'' but she turned them down due to teenage nerves, and took a couple of years off after ''Romeo & Juliet''. She did however star in notable projects like ''Series/JesusOfNazareth'', ''Death on the Nile'', ''Mother Teresa of Calcutta'' and ''The Bastard'' - or else {{Cult Classic}}s like ''Film/BlackChristmas1974'' or ''Film/{{IT 1990}}''. So while it's not the career it could have been, her filmography is still quite varied.
76	* MsFanservice: Hussey became famous as Juliet in 1968, briefly appearing topless, while some of her later roles had this too, well into her 50s.
77	* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: She was named by her parents after Creator/OliviaDeHavilland.
78	* PlayingAgainstType: One of her roles was the schizophrenic Norma Bates in ''{{Film/Psycho}} IV''.
79	* ProductionPosse: Franco Zeffirelli directed her in ''Film/RomeoAndJuliet1968'' and ''Series/JesusOfNazareth''. He'd planned to direct her in another film but it never materialized.
80	* WhatMightHaveBeen:
81	** She was offered the Creator/AlPacino's on-screen sister role in ''Film/{{Scarface\|1983}}''; however, production delays and her pregnancy prevented her from getting the part.
82	** She was offered the role of Alex in ''Film/FatalAttraction'', but she turned it down after she read the screenplay and came across the rabbit in the boiling pot sequence.
83	** Was Creator/FrancisFordCoppola's initial choice for the role of Apollonia Vitelli Corleone in ''Film/TheGodfather''.
84	** Was under consideration for the role of Tess [=McGill=] in ''Film/WorkingGirl'', but Creator/MelanieGriffith, who went on to be nominated for an Academy Award for her performance, was cast instead.

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