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Diane Varsi

Highest Rated: 100% Compulsion (1959)

Lowest Rated: 13% Bloody Mama (1970)

Birthday: Feb 23, 1938

Birthplace: San Mateo, California, USA

Talented young actress best remembered for playing Lana Turner's sensitive daughter in the fine screen adaptation of Grace Metalious' best-selling "Peyton Place" (1957). Varsi won an Oscar nomination as best supporting actress for her work, but soon grew very unhappy with Hollywood and walked out on her contract. She later resumed her career in the mid-1960s and subsequently appeared in supporting roles in mostly low-budget films.

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Highest rated movies

100% 85% Compulsion
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67% 47% Wild in the Streets
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67% 87% Johnny Got His Gun
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65% 73% Peyton Place
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40% 54% I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
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13% 41% Bloody Mama
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27% From Hell to Texas
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The People
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Killers Three
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Sweet Love, Bitter
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Diane Varsi

Diane Varsi PEYTON PLACE, Diane Varsi, 1957. TM and Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved.. PEYTON PLACE, from left: Diane Varsi, Lana Turner, 1957, TM and Copyright ©20th Century-Fox Film Corp. All Rights Reserved. PEYTON PLACE, from left: Diane Varsi, Lana Turner, 1957, TM and Copyright ©20th Century-Fox Film Corp. All Rights Reserved. COMPULSION, Martin Milner, Diane Varsi, 1959, TM and Copyright ©20th Century-Fox Film Corp. All Rights Reserved PEYTON PLACE, Russ Tamblyn, Diane Varsi, 1957. TM and Copyright © 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved.. PEYTON PLACE, Lana Turner, Diane Varsi, 1957. TM and Copyright © 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved.. PEYTON PLACE, Russ Tamblyn, Diane Varsi, 1957, TM and Copyright © 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved, PEYTON PLACE, Hope Lange, Diane Varsi, 1957. TM and Copyright © 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved.. PEYTON PLACE, Barry Coe, Diane Varsi, Russ Tamblyn, Terry Moore, 1957, TM and Copyright (c)20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. View more photos

Filmography

Movies

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40% 54% I Never Promised You a Rose Garden Sylvia (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet The People Valancy Carmody (Character) - 1972
67% 87% Johnny Got His Gun Nurse No. 4 (Character) - 1971
13% 41% Bloody Mama Mona Gibson (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet Killers Three Carol Warder (Character) - 1968
67% 47% Wild in the Streets Sally LeRoy (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sweet Love, Bitter Della (Character) - 1967
100% 85% Compulsion Ruth Evans (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet 27% From Hell to Texas Juanita Bradley (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ten North Frederick Ann Chapin (Character) - 1958
65% 73% Peyton Place Allison MacKenzie (Character) - 1957

TV

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Cannon Mrs. Long (Guest Star) 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dr. Kildare Unknown (Guest Star) 1966