Zeffirelli

/ dzɛffɪˈrɛlli /

noun

1. Franco (ˈfraŋko). born 1923, Italian stage and film director and designer, noted esp for his work in opera; awarded an honorary knighthood (2004)

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A decade later, the actress garnered acclaim in Franco Zeffirelli's autobiographical 1999 film Tea with Mussolini, alongside her close friends, Judi Dench and Maggie Smith.

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Zeffirelli was looking for someone who was young enough to be a convincing Juliet in what he intended to be the definitive cinematic version of the Shakespeare play.

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Decades later, she and Whiting sued Paramount Pictures alleging Zeffirelli - who died in 2019 - had encouraged them to film nude scenes despite previous assurances they would not have to.

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In 1977, Hussey had reunited with Zeffirelli for Jesus of Nazareth to play the Virgin Mary, before appearing in Death on the Nile a year later based on Agatha Christie's novel.

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Director Franco Zeffirelli described her as big in every way — big eyes, big nose, big mouth, big body — and compared her to the Statue of Liberty.

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