Well, I have had some wrong information on Olivia Hussey. A member of her family emailed me and gave me some corrections
She married Dean Martin's son, Dean (Dino) Paul Martin, in 1969. With her husband, she had a child, Alex Martin, in 1970. Unfortuantely, they divorced in 1971. Her second husband was Japanese singer Akira Fuse. Together they had a son named Max Fuse in 1983. Due to work trouble's, they divorced. Her third marriage was to Rock Musician David Glen Eisley, whom she is currently still with. And recently (1993), she had a daughter named India Hussey Eisley.She's a good actress, but in the Sexties it was very difficult to hold success, and for instance she prefered to be a mum than a diva. Other good movies of her: Jesus of Nazareth ( another Franco's great success. Very long but absolutely worth while) where she's played Maria, the Holy Virgin; a couple of BBC serials: The last days of Pompei and Ivanhoe - nice but too slowmotion; an US serial, from a Stephen King's novel, IT - very good and not so old.
Leonard is currently residing in London, single(??), and writes poetry, stories, and screenplays. He was in a production of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat" as Joseph back in the 80's, and he hopes to return to film one day. "Frankenstein: The True Story" can be seen off the Sci/Fi channel. This is one of his really good, really weepy performances. It breaks your heart to see that man cry. He runs almost even with Leo for crying in movies but Leo wept a grand total of 6 times in William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet compared to Leonard's 2 times in Zeffirelli's version.
According to the Tempest, Leonard Whiting is currently living in London
with his wife, his youngest daughter, and a dog named Katie. He's working
on getting financial backing for a musical play he's written, and is hard
at work on another one. He's still as handsome as ever.
Though, this information contradicts with this message I recently received: "I have a bit of an update on Leonard Whiting for you. In 1987 I read an article in People Magazine on the (then) up coming 20 year Anniversary of the film. It told about the romance that bloomed between Leonard and Olivia during the filming that lasted for quite awhile I understand. It also had a recent (well recent in 1987 anyway!) photo of Leonard. All I really remember was him standing in a tiny London flat holding a bicycle and looking just as boyishly handsome as he did in 1968." This information was given to my by Chris in North Carolina. From Laura :Several years ago I wrote Leonard Whiting and he sent a very nice letter in reply. I wrote to him in c/o of his then manager - I don't know if it is still the case but the address is: International Artists, Regent Street in London. You could find the exact street address by looking it up on an International white pages. If they get enough inquiries about him maybe he will make some personal appearances - which would be wonderful. I know many people are very curious about him and he would make a very interesting feature on a talk show or the like - "Where are they now" kind of thing. We love you Leonard!
From Danika
from Austria:I have read the Romeo an Juliet sites with great interest,
but I noticed that there is something you obviously didn't
find out about Leonard Whiting. He actually appeared on
an album by "The Alan Parsons Project" in the early eighties,
singing a song called "The Raven". The album was called "Tales of Mystery
and Imagination" and the whole thing was about some of Edgar Allan Poe's
stories. The cover is dark green with some kind of mummy
image on it. Creepy. I'm sure you'll have no trouble finding
it. I hope that you can use this bit of information, if
so, I'm glad I was able to help you.
Michael York's latest role was in Austin Powers...! Well Michael York (Tybalt R&J 1968) plays Basil Exposition. Anyone care to find me a picture?
Michael York (Tybalt) and John McEnery (Mercutio) are both 
now Sirs; after a certain age all the english actors became sirs. Sir
Michael York is one of the pilars of british cinema; seek for Bob Fosse's
Cabaret and Richard Lester's The three musketeers ( so you can prepare
yourself for "Man with the Iron Mask"..) Sir John McEnery is more
a theatrical actor, maybe you can find cammeos of him in a couple of movies:
Franco's Hamlet (he is Osric) and the american serial Anno
Domini.
Sir Robert Stephens ( The Prince) alas died last year. He was an immense actor and his death is a great loss for british theatre.
Good news about Bruce Robinson (Benvolio); now he is a good scriptwriter - Oscar nomination for The Killing Fields, a painfull, very intellectual movie - and a nice director. His best movie is Jennifer 8, a thrilling with Andy Garcia and Uma Thurman, very good, but you can search for Whitnail and I, a british blockbuster of the 80.
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