We'll Always Have Verona

 

Olivia Hussey 1951-2024

What light through yonder window breaks?

Vital Viewing (Globe/Grindhouse Edition)

1960s screen teen ingenue Olivia Hussey was born on this day in 1951. In the following video, she reflects on her unusual adolescence:

Now let's take a little trip to Verona, courtesy of filmmaker Franco Zeffirelli:

The above is still Hussey's best known role, one that made her a star back in '68, whether that was her goal or not. But perhaps Billy Shakespeare is too highfalutin for you. Maybe you'd like a holiday film instead. We'll jump ahead six years:

Not much call there for iambic pentameter, huh?