Age of olivia newton john during grease

The celebrity world has been mourning the death of Australian singer and actress Olivia Newton-John , best known for playing Sandy in classic musical Grease, alongside John Travolta. The Danny Zuko actor led the tributes for his late co-star as everyone from Kylie Minogue to Nicole Kidman and Mariah Carey shared their memories of the Xanadu singer and sent their best wishes to her family.

Grease was of course released in and is one of the best-loved screen musicals of all time — but just how old was Dame Olivia Newton-John when she starred alongside John Travolta as the wholesome Sandy?

Grease cast ages then and now

Olivia Newton-John was born on September 26, — meaning she was 73 when she died on August 8, Despite playing a high school student in Grease, she actually turned 29 during the filming of the movie in The role of Sandy was also changed to accommodate Newton-John — who was born in the UK but grew up in Australia after her family emigrated there when she was a child — by making the character Australian instead of American as she had been in the stage production.

She has a daughter, Chloe Rose Lattanzi , from her marriage to Matt — with the pair recently sharing a photoshoot together after Chloe — who is also a singer and actress. Chloe, 36, took to Instagram on Tuesday where she shared some touching photographs of her and her mother throughout the years, including one of her mother holding her as a baby while the pair were at the beach.

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