Diane Varsi
American actress (1938-1992) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 54
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.
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I Never Promised You a Rose GardenFilm, Sylvia1972
The PeopleFilm, Valancy Carmody1971
CannonSeries, Mrs. Long
Johnny Got His GunFilm, 1971Nurse #41970
Bloody MamaFilm, Mona Gibson1968
Killers ThreeFilm, Carol Warder
Wild in the StreetsFilm, 1968Sally LeRoy1967
RoseannaFilm, Mary Jane
Sweet Love, BitterFilm, 19671959
CompulsionFilm, Ruth Evans1958
From Hell to TexasFilm, Juanita Bradley
Ten North FrederickFilm, 1958Ann Chapin1957
Peyton PlaceFilm, Allison MacKenzie1938Born23 February 1938People around Diane
Roger Corman Directed Bloody Mama (1970)
Charles Brackett Produced From Hell to Texas (1958)
Samuel Z. Arkoff Produced Bloody Mama and Wild in the Streets
Shelley Winters Also in Bloody Mama and Wild in the Streets
Dalton Trumbo Directed Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
Henry Hathaway Directed From Hell to Texas (1958)
Richard Fleischer Directed Compulsion (1959)
Mark Robson Directed Peyton Place (1957)
Richard D. Zanuck Produced Compulsion (1959)
Norman Alden Also in Killers Three (1968)
Hank Mann Also in Peyton Place and Compulsion
Philip Dunne Directed Ten North Frederick (1958)
Peter Brocco Also in Johnny Got His Gun and Compulsion
Jerry Wald Produced Peyton Place (1957)
Anthony Page Directed I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1978)
Dayton Lummis Also in Compulsion and From Hell to Texas
Hans Abramson Directed Roseanna (1967)
Barry Shear Directed Wild in the Streets (1968)- Robert Thom Wrote Wild in the Streets and Bloody Mama
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Johnny Got His Gun 1971
Compulsion 1959
Peyton Place 1957
Bloody Mama 1970
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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.
