- Her three children were born ten years apart--1973, 1983 and 1993.
- Suffered from agoraphobia, treated it with meditation instead of medication.
- Her son nearly drowned in a backyard swimming pool in 1985. The 911 emergency operator talked her and her husband through the rescue.
- In Jesus of Nazareth (1977), she played the mother of Robert Powell, who was actually seven years older than her.
- Was offered the role of Alex in Fatal Attraction (1987). When she read the screenplay and came across the rabbit in the boiling pot sequence, Hussey (who also works as an animal rights activist) was so disturbed that she quickly turned the role down.
- Was Francis Ford Coppola's initial choice for the role of Apollonia Vitelli Corleone in The Godfather (1972).
- Has one daughter with David Glen Eisley: India Eisley.
- Cut her trademark waist length black hair in the style of a 1920s flapper for her role in Death on the Nile (1978).
- Clashed with Bette Davis on the set of Death on the Nile (1978) when the cranky, older star complained about her playing "East Indian chants" on her dressing room stereo at six in the morning. They did not speak for the rest of the filming.
- Has one son with Dean Paul Martin: Alexander Martin.
- Her father, Andreas Osuna, is a tango singer. She took her mother's maiden name, Hussey. Her parents divorced at the age of two.
- Was classmates with Sharon Osbourne.
- She moved into the Charles Manson murder home five weeks after the murders took place.
- For one scene in Romeo and Juliet (1968), director Franco Zeffirelli had to get special permission to show her topless.
- She was not legally able to attend the London premiere of Romeo and Juliet (1968) because she was under 18 and the film contained a nude scene--even though she was the one who was nude.
- Her parents considered naming her Victoria after the city in eastern Argentina where her father, Osvaldo Ribó, was born in. Once her parents saw a poster of Olivia de Havilland starring in The Heiress (1949) at a local movie theater in Buenos Aires that played that movie, they decided to name her after the movie star.
- Favorite horror movie is Psycho (1960). She would later go on to play Norma Bates in Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990).
- Was on Roald Dahl's wish list for the role of The Grand High Witch in The Witches (1990). Anjelica Huston later got the role.
- Named after Olivia de Havilland.
- Has one son with Akira Fuse: Max Fuse (born 1983).
- Many of her more recent films have experienced significant delays in their releases. Tortilla Heaven (2007) was released in 2007 after completion in 2000. Seven Days of Grace (2006) was released on DVD in 2007 after it was completed in 1996. Chinaman's Chance: America's Other Slaves (2008) was completed in 2006 and released in 2008.
- Is an avid animal rights activist.
- Was under consideration for the role of Tess McGill in Working Girl (1988), but Melanie Griffith, who went on to be nominated for an Academy Award for her performance, was cast instead.
- Daughter-in-law of Anthony Eisley.
- She was chosen out of five hundred applicants to star as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet (1968).
- Over the years British actress Lynne Frederick has often been compared to Olivia. Although the two never met or had any correspondence (as Hussey confirmed via Twitter in December of 2016) there are many similarities between them. For example, both are British, have green eyes, long hair, soft facial features, and are undoubtedly among the most beautiful actress of their time. Frederick was even described as "the Olivia Hussey of her day" in one of her public obituaries (ironically, Frederick was only three years younger and born in the same generation as Hussey).
- Has a brother born in 1952.
- In December 1968 it was announced that she would star in A Wife's Vengeance.
- She was offered the Al Pacino's on-screen sister role in Scarface (1983); however, production delays and her pregnancy prevented her from getting the part.
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