Born 1938 in San Mateo, California, American actress Diane Varsi made her screen debut at age 18 as Allison MacKenzie in Peyton Place (1957), receiving an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance. The following year, Varsi shared the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress with Sandra Dee and Carolyn Jones.
Varsi left Hollywood to pursue personal and artistic aims, notably at Bennington College in Vermont, where she studied poetry with poet and translator Ben Belitt. She died of respiratory failure in 1992 at the age of 54.
Take a look at these vintage photos to see the beauty of young Diane Varsi in the 1950s and 1960s.
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