Diane Varsi

Biography

​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.

Known For

Johnny Got His Gun

as Nurse #4

Johnny Got His Gun

as Fourth Nurse

Compulsion

as Ruth Evans

Bloody Mama

as Mona Gibson

Peyton Place

as Allison MacKenzie

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

as Sylvia

Cannon

as Mrs. Long

From Hell to Texas

as Juanita Bradley

Wild in the Streets

as Sally LeRoy

Ten North Frederick

as Ann Chapin