The Girl on the Balcony Olivia Hussey Finds Life after Romeo & Juliet

Olivia Hussey, Alexander Martin, Franco Zeffirelli, Carol Monda

eAudio - 2018

In 1968, Olivia Hussey became one of the most famous faces in the world, immortalized as the definitive Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo & Juliet. Now the iconic girl on the balcony shares the ups and downs of her truly remarkable life and career ...At only sixteen-years-old, she was an internationally celebrated overnight discovery. The part was an opportunity of a lifetime for a simple girl from Buenos Aires, Argentina. But for Olivia, admired for her beauty and innocence, and praised as a fresh and burgeoning young talent, the role of movie star was hard to play, and harder still, to live up to.In this candid memoir, Olivia Hussey tells her story-from being an "It Girl" in swinging '60s London and her enduring ...friendship with Romeo & Juliet costar Leonard Whiting, through three tumultuous marriages-including one with Dean Martin's son, Dino-motherhood, stage-four breast cancer, debilitating agoraphobia, bankruptcy, and... more