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Diane Varsi (1938–1992)


This lovely, long-haired, fresh-faced and most promising product of the late 1950s was born Diane Marie Antonia Varsi in San Mateo, California, on February 23, 1938, the elder of two daughters of Russell Varsi, a florist, and wife Beatrice DeMerchant. A troubling childhood led to her dropping out of high school... See full bio »

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1972 The People (TV movie)
Valancy Carmody
 
1971 Cannon (TV series)
Mrs. Long
Country Blues (1971) … Mrs. Long
 
1971 Johnny Got His Gun
Fourth Nurse
 
1969 My Friend Tony (TV series)
Iris
Computer Murder (1969) … Iris
 
1968 Killers Three
Carol Warder
 
1968 Wild in the Streets
Sally LeRoy
 
1967 Roseanna
Mary Jane Peterson
 
1967 Sweet Love, Bitter
Della
 
1966 Dr. Kildare (TV series)
Nurse Claire Hanson
Travel a Crooked Road (1966) … Nurse Claire Hanson
A Sometimes Distant Spring (1966) … Nurse Claire Hanson
 
1959 Compulsion
Ruth Evans
 
1959 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Lurene Dawson
The Ding-A-Ling Girl (1959) … Lurene Dawson
 
1958 From Hell to Texas
Juanita Bradley
 
1958 Ten North Frederick
Ann Chapin
 

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Diane taught acting classes. See more »
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On August 29, 1958, Varsi won an uncontested divorce from her husband at the time, John Dickson, after testifying that Dickson criticized her until she had a nervous breakdown and had to be hospitalized. The following March, she boarded a plane along with their son for a retreat in Vermont, having announced shortly before that she was quitting films forever... See more »

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