She was born Hussey in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1951 before moving to London at the age of seven and studying at the Italia Conti Academy acting school.

She was 15 when Romeo and Juliet director Franco Zeffirelli was discovered on stage. She stars alongside Vanessa Redgrave in the play “Di Prime of Miss Jean Brodie”.

Zeffirelli feels he is still young enough to play the role of Juliet because he intends it to be the definitive cinematic version of the Shakespeare play.

E cast Hussey and 16-year-old Leonard Whiting as Romeo to Di Feem.

Di feem bin dey was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film and Best Director. Hussey missed out on an Oscar nomination himself for a strong year, while Barbra Streisand won the top prize for Funny Girl.

But for this year’s Golden Globes, Hussey won the award for best new star.

Decades later, she and Whiting are suing Paramount Pictures, accusing Zeffirelli – we’re dying for 2019 – of encouraging them to do nude scenes despite assuring them that they don’t have to act nude.

Two of them are seeking more than $500m (£417m) in damages and also allege they have suffered because they have had no experience or income since their release.

In 1977, Hussey played the role of the Virgin Mary with Zeffirelli in the film Jesus of Nazareth. A year later, she appeared in Death on the Nile, based on the novel by Agatha Christie.

Her roles in the early slasher films Black Christmas (1974) and the television film Psycho IV: Di Beginning earned her recognition as a scream queen. She later plays Norman Bates’ mother in the story.

In her later years, she also begins working as a voice actress and appears good at video games.

But she will have one last reunion with her former Romeo – as she and Whiting show together for the 2015 British film “Social Suicide,” based on “Romeo and Juliet” and set for the social media era.