Real Name: Diane Marie Varsi
Was Born: February 23, 1938 - November 19, 1992. San Mateo, California United States
Bio: Diane Marie Varsi was an American film and television actor. Varsi made her screen debut as Allison MacKenzie in Peyton Place (1957), and received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance. The same year, she shared the Golden Globe Award for New Star Of The Year - Actress with Sandra Dee and Carolyn Jones. She appeared in the films Ten North Frederick (1958) and Compulsion (1959) and worked steadily until 1960. Afterwards, she left Hollywood, rejecting what she felt were negative consequences of a Hollywood film career. She later changed her mind and returned to acting in the late 1960s, but by this time she was no longer being offered major film roles. She did appear in Johnny Got His Gun in 1971, a film which Varsi described as her favourite, and a 1972 ABC-TV "Movie of the Week", titled The People...