FILE - "Romeo and Juliette" movie director Franco Zeffirelli, left, actors Olivia Hussey, center, and Leonard Whiting are seen after the Parisian premiere of the film in Paris on Sept. 25, 1968.

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The death of actress Olivia Hussey sparks a writer's memories of seeing 'Romeo & Juliet' on the big screen as a teen in 1968.

She described playing the part of Romeo in an acting class project ... After two auditions, Ms. Hussey was cast by Zeffirelli as Juliet alongside Whiting. The two young performers were relatively ...

Image The director Franco Zeffirelli, left, with Ms. Hussey and her co-star, Leonard Whiting, at the Parisian premiere of “Romeo and Juliet.”Credit...Eustache Cardenas/Associated Press A ...

Leonard Whiting, best known for his iconic role as Romeo in Romeo and Juliet (1968), has remained a significant figure in film and television. Alongside co-star Olivia Hussey, Whiting’s ...

She dated Leonard Whiting briefly in 1967 and was involved ... how such relationships are perceived today. After doing Romeo and Juliet, she moved to Los Angeles, where she briefly dated Terry ...

Romeo and Juliet won two Oscars and Hussey won a Golden Globe for best new actress for her part as Juliet, opposite British actor Leonard Whiting, who was 16 at the time. Decades later ...