Diane Varsi

Diane Varsi

Born: February 23, 1938
Died: November 19, 1992
in San Mateo, California, USA
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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.

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Movies for Diane Varsi...

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Title: I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Character: Sylvia
Released: July 14, 1977
Type: Movie
A disturbed and institutionalized 16-year-old girl struggles between fantasy and reality.
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The People
Title: The People
Character: Valancy Carmody
Released: January 22, 1972
Type: Movie
A young woman is assigned to teach school in a secluded valley whose inhabitants appear stern, secretive and anti-pleasure. Following two children who disappear to play in the woods, she finds that this is actually a community of extraterrestrials with mild paranormal powers who are attempting to repress and deny their heritage for fear of arousing prejudice and hatred in their human neighbors. Based on a series of novels by the late Zenna Henderson.
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Title: Cannon
Character: Mrs. Long
Released: September 14, 1971
Type: TV
Cannon is a CBS detective television series produced by Quinn Martin which aired from March 26, 1971 to March 3, 1976. The primary protagonist is the title character, private detective Frank Cannon, played by William Conrad. He also appeared on two episodes of Barnaby Jones. Cannon is the first Quinn Martin-produced series to be aired on a network other than ABC. A "revival" television film, The Return of Frank Cannon, was aired on November 1, 1980. In total, there were 124 episodes.
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Johnny Got His Gun
Title: Johnny Got His Gun
Character: Nurse #4
Released: August 4, 1971
Type: Movie
A young American soldier, rendered in pseudocoma from an artillery shell from WWI, recalls his life leading up to that point.
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Bloody Mama
Title: Bloody Mama
Character: Mona Gibson
Released: March 24, 1970
Type: Movie
Sexually abused as a young girl, Kate "Ma" Barker grows into a violent and powerful woman by the 1930s. She lovingly dominates her grown sons and grooms them into a pack of tough crooks. The boys include the cruel Herman, who still shares a bed with Ma; Fred, an ex-con who fell in love with a fellow prisoner; and Lloyd, who gets high on whatever's handy. Together they form a deadly, bizarre family of Depression-era bandits.
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Killers Three
Title: Killers Three
Character: Carol Warder
Released: November 1, 1968
Type: Movie
America's DJ Dick Clark and Robert Walker Jr. star as two country boys who decide to rob a pile of cash from a bootlegger, assisted by the man's restless wife (Diane Varsi). But the heist doesn't go as planned and takes a tragic turn. The trio of would-be thieves then takes off for California, but with the police already on their tail, it's clear that a trail of blood and death is going to follow them all the way there.
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Wild in the Streets
Title: Wild in the Streets
Character: Sally LeRoy
Released: May 29, 1968
Type: Movie
Musician Max Frost lends his backing to a Senate candidate who wants to give 18-year-olds the right to vote, but he takes things a step further than expected. Inspired by their hero's words, Max's fans pressure their leaders into extending the vote to citizens as young as 15. Max and his followers capitalize on their might by bringing new issues to the fore, but, drunk on power, they soon take generational warfare to terrible extremes.
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Roseanna
Title: Roseanna
Character: Mary Jane
Released: August 14, 1967
Type: Movie
A young American girl is found dead in Gota Kanal, Swedens largest channel. Since there are hardly any clues or evidence at all it seems as if the murder cant be solved. Martin Beck and his men are assigned to the case. Soon they find a likely suspect and together with a police woman they begin a cat and mouse game to catch him.
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Sweet Love, Bitter
Title: Sweet Love, Bitter
Released: January 30, 1967
Type: Movie
A loose fictitious of Charlie Parker's last years and a portrait of the jazz scene in 1960's New York.
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Compulsion
Title: Compulsion
Character: Ruth Evans
Released: April 1, 1959
Type: Movie
Two close friends kidnap and murder a young boy and are defended in court by a renowned attorney who makes an impassioned plea against capital punishment.
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Ten North Frederick
Title: Ten North Frederick
Character: Ann Chapin
Released: May 22, 1958
Type: Movie
A wealthy, aging businessman with political ambitions conducts an adulturous affair with his daughter's roommate.
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From Hell to Texas
Title: From Hell to Texas
Character: Juanita Bradley
Released: April 29, 1958
Type: Movie
The naive cowboy Tod Lohman accidentally kills the son of the powerful land baron Hunter Boyd. Tod runs for his life, pursued by the dead man's vengeful brothers. Tod shelters on the ranch of Amos Bradley and he falls in love with his daughter Juanita. However, Tod is concerned that he'll eventually have to leave when his pursuers catch up with him.
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Peyton Place
Title: Peyton Place
Character: Allison MacKenzie
Released: December 13, 1957
Type: Movie
In the outwardly respectable New England community of Peyton Place, shopkeeper Constance McKenzie tries to make up for a past indiscretion -- which resulted in her illegitimate daughter Allison -- by adopting a chaste, prudish attitude towards all things sexual. In spite of herself, Constance can't help but be attracted to handsome new teacher Michael Rossi. Meanwhile, the restless Allison, who'd like to be as footloose and fancy-free as the town's "fast girl" Betty Anderson, falls sincerely in love with mixed-up mama's boy Norman Page.