Edition |
First hardcover edition. |
Description |
xii, 323 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm |
Summary |
In 1968, Olivia Hussey became one of the most famous faces in the world, immortalized as the definitive Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet. Now the iconic girl on the balcony shares the ups and downs of her truly remarkable life and career... |
Contents |
A rough start -- White shoes -- Under a slate-gray sky -- On the boards -- The audition -- Romeo and Juliet go to the movies -- Italy -- Cinecittà Studios -- Temper, temper -- Mrs. Mayfair and a very sick girl -- One-take Hussey -- Boobs O'Mina -- Late nights -- Was there anything between Romeo and Juliet offscreen? -- Roman holiday -- Meanwhile, back on the balcony -- Actors -- Acting -- Live, to the world -- Teenage heartbreak -- Last, but not least -- The end; now comes the work -- The tour -- Boys -- So I became a movie star -- Christopher Jones -- America -- The end of the long beginning -- Love -- Vegas, Dean, and a wedding -- Homemaker -- Back to work -- Guns -- An apple and a flower -- You have to go there to come back -- My Mary and my vice -- Death on the Nile -- India -- What's my line? -- Japan with the toad -- Akira -- Long-distance love -- Up up, and away -- Let the 80s be over -- A song, a Harley, and that hair -- Reality -- Under seige -- Mother Teresa -- Cancer -- Taking a backseat -- Today. |
Subject |
Hussey, Olivia.
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Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.
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Actresses -- United States -- Biography.
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Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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Added Author |
Martin, Alexander, 1973-
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Zeffirelli, Franco, writer of foreword.
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ISBN |
9781496717078 |
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1496717074 |
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