Shakespeare's love tragedy "Romeo and Juliet" has been featured on the screen 12 times since its publication in 1595. Among them, the version directed by Frank Jeffery in 1968 has been regarded as a model since its publication. Olivia Hersey, who plays Juliet in the film, is also called the most beautiful Juliet by fans.
A look in her eyes is breathtakingly beautiful.
Olivia Hersey was born in Argentina in 1951. Her mother is a British legal secretary, and her father is an Argentine tango singer. Her parents divorced when she was two years old. The family has a strong Catholic atmosphere, so Olivia has been a devout Catholic since she was a child.
At the age of 7, Hersey immigrated to the UK with his mother and younger brother and settled in London.
She studied at Italia Conti Academy for five years. At the age of 13, she emerged on the London stage and played a young girl named Jenny in a play called "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie".
It was in this stage play that Hersey's amazingly beautiful acting talent attracted the attention of Italian director Franco Zeffirelli. In 1968, Hersey and Leonard Whiting (Leonard Whiting) co-starred
In "Romeo and Juliet" directed by Franco Zeffirelli, the role of Juliet was not only the first star role in her acting career, but also won her the 1969 David di Donatello Award "Best Actress" and the gold medal. Ball Award "Most Promising Actress" Award
The girly Hessie is so beautiful that she has a halo.
Juliet, played by her, is innocent, elegant, and mysterious. She has the beauty of both the East and the West and is willing to break through all the shackles of ethics.
In fact, Hessie was not Juliet's first choice at the beginning.
The actress selected by the director Franco Zeffirelli cut her hair without authorization before the filming started, completely destroying her image as a role in the director’s mind, and re-casting the role again. He changed his mind to ask for a beautiful teenage girl. The ultimate achievement Olivia Hessie.
Or it is Hessie who made Juliet. Before the film was released, the theme of Romeo and Juliet, the American version in 1936 and the British version in 1954, were both excellent works, but the actors could not be remembered. live.
Until Juliet played by Hessie, it shocked the world once it was released. The girl with black hair and blue eyes, her romantic and agile eyes are like stars in the sky, bold and unrestrained for love, facing the sorrow that obstructs righteousness, this It's exactly like Juliet in Shakespeare's works.
People affectionately call her the Argentine rose, and the girl Hessi is indeed as shy as a red rose.
Hersie's profile is particularly beautiful, so the director used a lot of shots to depict Hersie's profile.
Hessie has a moving melancholy, which is exactly what he said, "Girlish feelings are always poetry."
Hersey was holy and beautiful in prayer.
Outside of the role, Olivia is plump, heroic, and has a wild beauty.
"A rich acting career"
In her acting career, Olivia Hersey has starred in more than 40 movies, most of which are horror movies in the later period.
In addition to "Romeo and Juliet", which the audience is more familiar with, there is another movie that is familiar to the audience is the 1978 version of "Tragedy on the Nile", in which Hessey starred in the sweet and quiet Miss Rosalie Otterbourne.
Another influential movie is the 1974 version of the Canadian horror film "Black Christmas", in which Hersey played the heroine Jessica Bradford. This film later became a classic in the history of horror movies.
Most of the other films in which Hessey starred have received mediocre response. There are
1971
Love well
All the Right Noises
1973
Lost horizon
Lost Horizon
1977
TV series
Jesus of Nazareth
Jesus of Nazareth
Is her second collaboration with Franco Zeffirelli
In this short series that later caused widespread controversy
She played the role of Mary, the mother of Jesus
1982
New heroes
Ivanhoe (TV)
Play the beautiful and moving Rebecca
Perhaps people can only accept the appearance of Hersie playing Juliet, and the impression of her will always remain with the girl who dares to love and hate and is full of thoughts in "Romeo and Juliet".
"A round and round love life"
After experiencing the peak of her career, what is waiting for Hessie is not a peaceful fairy tale love. She has been married three times. The first husband is Hollywood star Dean Martin. The two got married in 1971 and divorced in 1978. Have a son.
The second husband is Japanese music superstar Fu Shiming. He has been married for nine years and they have a son. The third husband is the composer David Eisley, and they have a daughter named India Eisley. The picture below shows Olivia with her youngest son, third husband and daughter.
Olivia and her daughter over sixty years old.
Many fans who like Hessie will regret why such a generation of beauties later became unknown in the film industry. In 2008, Hessie wrote a biography "The Girl on the Balcony" (The Girl on the Balcony), in the biography she bravely disclosed Many unknown, dark and painful pasts.
Not long after the movie "Romeo and Juliet" was released, Hersey was at the peak of her career, but was raped by Jones while interacting with an actor named Christopher Jones. This incident hurt her so much that she Hersey was in pain for a long time, unable to extricate herself.
Hessie, now 68, said in an interview with "PEOPLE" magazine: "Everyone will have some unbearable past, but I am very happy that I have let go now."
Shakespeare once said, woman, your name is the weak.
Not every woman is looking forward to a red-hot life, and being able to have a peaceful and reassuring life is what most women want.
In my heart, she will always be the fifteen-year-old girl Juliet with clear eyes and dedicated to love.
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