Oldest professional actor to play Juliet
- Who
- Sian Phillips
- What
- 76 year(s)
- Where
- Not Applicable
- When
- 2010
Juliet is aged just 13 in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet when she meets and falls in love with Romeo. Traditionally, Juliet is played by an actress who is older than 13 but in 2010, the 76-year-old Sian Phillips became the oldest actress to ever play the star-crossed teenager when she was cast in a production for the Bristol Old Vic in Bristol, UK.
The Bristol production saw the young lovers' story enacted in an old people's home.