Diane Varsi: Diane Varsi. Actress: Peyton Place. 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, toiling instead in a number of nowhere jobs -- waitress, dress shop model, fruit...
Known For: Peyton Place (Allison MacKenzie), Ten North Frederick (Ann Chapin), Compulsion (Ruth Evans), Wild in the Streets (Sally LeRoy)