This is an ORIGINAL 7 x 9” Black & White ABC Press PHOTOGRAPH with Press info still attached to the photo, featuring OLIVIA HUSSEY and TED WASS in the 1979 television movie,The Thirteenth Day: The Story of EstherDirector:Leo PennWritten by Robert Bruce & Norman Hudis Aired as a one-hour special on ABC-TV, this drama told the Old Testament story of a young queen who had to defend both herself and her people after a power-mad advisor convinces her husband that she must die. The story had Jewish girl Esther (Olivia Hussey) marrying King Ahasuerus (Tony Musante), whose minister Haman (Harris Yulin) tried to kill him. The plot was thwarted by a Jew. To get revenge, Haman convinces the king that the Jews are a threat to his throne, although neither man knows that beautiful young Esther is also Jewish. Since the king's order to kill her people cannot be reversed, the queen has to find a way to save her people and at the same time reveal to the king the true nature of the treacherous Haman. A well-done television drama, the program's familiar plot line had been used before for the features QUEEN ESTHER and ESTHER AND THE KING. The entire cast included: Olivia Hussey... EstherTony Musante... King AhasuerusHarris Yulin... HamanNehemiah Persoff... MordecaiElizabeth Shepherd... HegaiErica Yohn... SuraKario Salem... DalphonTom Troupe... TereshTed Wass... SimonIt’s a nice Photo of the two leads. Great shape if you like OLIVIA HUSSEY great ORIGINAL Press Photo!MORE INFO ON OLIVIA HUSSEY: Olivia Hussey (born April 17, 1951) is an Anglo-Argentine actress best known for her Golden Globe-winning role as Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 film version of Romeo and Juliet.She was born Olivia Osuna in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the daughter of Joy Alma Hussey, an English legal secretary, and Andreas Osuna (aka Isvaldo Ribo), an Argentine opera and tango singer who divorced when she was two. Raised as a Catholic, when she was seven years old, Hussey and her younger brother went with their mother to live in London, England, where she attended the Italia Conti Academy drama school for five years. Assuming her mother's maiden name as her stage name, Hussey appeared on the London stage as Jenny in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie opposite Vanessa Redgrave. It was during the run of this play that Italian film director Franco Zeffirelli first spotted her. Chosen out of 500 actresses, she appeared in her first starring (and star making) role, as Juliet in Zeffirelli's 1968 film version of Romeo and Juliet opposite Leonard Whiting's Romeo. In 1969, she won a David di Donatello award for Best Actress. Hussey did a brief nude scene in the film, notable for the fact that she was only fifteen years of age when filming occurred. Hussey was, in fact, unable to attend the premiere of the film as she was deemed too young to watch it due to censorship laws at that time.Hussey has appeared in over 40 films. Notable roles include Jessica Bradford in the 1974 Canadian horror movie Black Christmas, Mary, the mother of Jesus in the 1977 Zeffirelli TV production of Jesus of Nazareth, and as Rosalie Otterbourne in Death on the Nile (1978) with Peter Ustinov. One of her other memorable performances was as "Rebecca of York" in the 1982 TV remake of Ivanhoe. In 2003, Hussey played the lead in a film adaptation on the life of Mother Teresa, for which she was presented with a CAMIE award (for Character & Morality in Entertainment) on May 12, 2007 in Hollywood.Hussey is known for her natural beauty, reportedly wearing little or no makeup in her roles.Hussey has also been lauded by many for her unique voice. Her current husband suggested she try out for voice work in animation. She has a handful of notable credits and was nominated for "Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Female Performer in an Animated Television Production" at the Annie Awards for her work in Batman Beyond. She has also lent her voice to video games such asStar Wars: Force Commander (2000) (VG) as AT-AA Driver/Abridon Refugee 2. Star Wars: Rogue Squadron (1998) (VG) as Kasan Moor Hussey was married first to actor Dean Paul Martin (son of the famous Rat Pack singer/actor, Dean Martin) in 1971 (he reportedly fell in love with her after seeing Romeo and Juliet, and sought her out). They had a son, Alexander Dean Martin (later an actor), in 1973, before divorcing in 1978. Dean Paul Martin met an untimely death in 1987 when his National Guard F-4 Phantom fighter jet crashed in California's San Bernardino Mountains during a snowstorm. Fourteen-year-old Alexander had watched his father take off on the ill-fated flight.In 1980 Hussey married Japanese musician Akira Fuse (a rock star in his native Japan), and had one son, Max (born 1983). Divorced from Fuse in 1989, she married American musician David Glen Eisley in 1991. In October 1993, she gave birth to a daughter, India Eisley, now an actress who plays a series regular on the ABC Family teen drama The Secret Life of the American Teenager.She has suffered from agoraphobia, which she decided to treat with meditation rather than medication. MORE INFO ON TED WASS: Ted Wass (born October 27, 1952, Lakewood, Ohio) is an American actor and director. Goodman School of Drama graduate Wass made his Broadway bow in the 1976 production Grease.He is best-known for his roles as "Danny Dallas" on the series Soap and as the father "Nick Russo" on the NBC sitcom Blossom.His first wife was actress Janet Margolin, who died in 1993, aged 50, from ovarian cancer; they had two children. His second wife is producer Nina Wass.Winning buyder agrees in advance to pay an additional $5.75 U.S.A. Priority Mail postage (Foreign orders will require additional postage) and to remit full payment within 10 days after notification from the seller. PLEASE ALLOW 10 to 14 DAYS DELIVERY. California residents must add - state sales taxes. Be sure to click on "View Seller's Other products" for more great items like this! Powered by eCRATER . List your items fast and easy and manage your active items.