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Diane Varsi

Acting

Born February 23, 1938 · San Mateo, California, USA

Died November 19, 1992

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Biography

Diane Marie Antonia Varsi was an American film actress best known for her performances in Peyton Place – her film debut, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award – and the cult film Wild in the Streets. She left Hollywood to pursue personal and artistic aims, notably at Bennington College in Vermont, where she studied poetry with poet and translator Ben Belitt.

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Awards & recognition

  • Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1958 · nominated

Filmography9 titles

Johnny Got His Gun

1971as Nurse #4

Compulsion

1959as Ruth Evans

Peyton Place

1957as Allison MacKenzie

From Hell to Texas

1958as Juanita Bradley

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

1977as Sylvia

Wild in the Streets

1968as Sally LeRoy

Bloody Mama

1970as Mona Gibson

The People

1972as Valancy Carmody

Killers Three

1968as Carol Warder