Diane Varsi

Born: 1938-02-23

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Diane Varsi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Johnny Got His Gun

as Nurse #4
Released: 1971-08-04

A young American soldier, rendered in pseudocoma from an artillery shell from WWI, recalls his...

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Compulsion

as Ruth Evans
Released: 1959-04-01

Two close friends' plan to execute a flawless crime is crushed when one of them inadvertently...

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Bloody Mama

as Mona Gibson
Released: 1970-03-24

Sexually abused as a young girl, Kate "Ma" Barker grows into a violent and powerful woman by the...

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Peyton Place

as Allison MacKenzie
Released: 1957-12-13

In the outwardly respectable New England community of Peyton Place, shopkeeper Constance...

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From Hell to Texas

as Juanita Bradley
Released: 1958-04-29

The naive cowboy Tod Lohman accidentally kills the son of the powerful land baron Hunter Boyd....

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I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

as Sylvia
Released: 1977-07-14

A disturbed and institutionalized 16-year-old girl struggles between fantasy and reality.

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Wild in the Streets

as Sally LeRoy
Released: 1968-05-29

Musician Max Frost lends his backing to a Senate candidate who wants to give 18-year-olds the...

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Killers Three

as Carol Warder
Released: 1968-11-01

America's DJ Dick Clark and Robert Walker Jr. star as two country boys who decide to rob a pile...

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The People

as Valancy Carmody
Released: 1972-01-22

A young woman is assigned to teach school in a secluded valley whose inhabitants appear stern,...

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Ten North Frederick

as Ann Chapin
Released: 1958-05-22

A wealthy, aging businessman with political ambitions conducts an adulturous affair with his...

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Sweet Love, Bitter

as uncredited
Released: 1967-01-30

A loose fictitious of Charlie Parker's last years and a portrait of the jazz scene in 1960's New...

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Roseanna

as Mary Jane
Released: 1967-08-14

A young American girl is found dead in Gota Kanal, Swedens largest channel. Since there are...

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Cannon

as Mrs. Long
First aired: 1971-09-14

Cannon is a CBS detective television series produced by Quinn Martin which aired from March 26,...

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