Actor
Diane Varsi
Born February 23, 1938 in San Mateo, California, USADied November 19, 199212 films
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Diane Marie Antonia Varsi (February 23, 1938 – November 19, 1992) was an American film actress best known for her performances in Peyton Place – her film debut, and for which she was nominated for an Academy Award – and the cult film Wild in the Streets. She left Hollywood in order to pursue personal and artistic aims, notably at Bennington College in Vermont, where she studied poetry with poet and translator Ben Belitt, among others.
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First watchJohnny Got His Gun19717.5as Nurse #4A young American soldier, rendered in pseudocoma from an artillery shell from WWI, recalls his life leading up to that point.View filmEssential films
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12 films as actor- 1977I Never Promised You a Rose GardenSylvia
- 1972The PeopleValancy Carmody
- 1971Johnny Got His GunNurse #4
- 1970Bloody MamaMona Gibson
- 1968Killers ThreeCarol Warder
- 1968Wild in the StreetsSally LeRoy
- 1967RoseannaMary Jane
- 1967Sweet Love, Bitter
- 1959CompulsionRuth Evans
- 1958Ten North FrederickAnn Chapin
- 1958From Hell to TexasJuanita Bradley
- 1957Peyton PlaceAllison MacKenzie