Pat Heywood, the veteran Scottish actress who made her film debut as Olivia Hussey’s nurse and confidant in Franco Zeffirelli’s adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, has died. She was 92.
For some, Zeffirelli’s version is the definitive movie adaptation, the one we were shown in school as our introduction to Shakespeare’s work. But for newer generations, it poses significant issues over the nudity of its young stars.
Flights of angels sing thee to thy rest, Ms. Heywood.