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Diane Varsi (Diane Marie Antonia Varsi) was born on 23 February, 1938 in San Mateo, California, USA, is an Actress. Discover Diane Varsi's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is She in this year and how She spends money? Also learn how She earned most of Diane Varsi networth?
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Diane Marie Antonia Varsi |
Occupation |
actress |
Age |
54 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Pisces |
Born |
23 February 1938 |
Birthday |
23 February |
Birthplace |
San Mateo, California, USA |
Date of death |
19 November, 1992 |
Died Place |
Hollywood, California, USA |
Nationality |
United States |
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She is a member of famous Actress with the age 54 years old group.
Diane Varsi Height, Weight & Measurements
At 54 years old, Diane Varsi height not available right now. We will update Diane Varsi's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Who Is Diane Varsi's Husband?
Her husband is Howard Russell Parker (1966 - 1970), Michael Hausman (21 May 1961 - 1965) ( divorced) ( 1 child), James Dickson (23 November 1956 - 29 August 1958) ( divorced) ( 1 child), ??? Dutra (1953 - 1954) ( annulled)
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Howard Russell Parker (1966 - 1970), Michael Hausman (21 May 1961 - 1965) ( divorced) ( 1 child), James Dickson (23 November 1956 - 29 August 1958) ( divorced) ( 1 child), ??? Dutra (1953 - 1954) ( annulled) |
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Diane Varsi Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Diane Varsi worth at the age of 54 years old? Diane Varsi’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actress. She is from United States. We have estimated
Diane Varsi's net worth
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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After turning in a small role as an overweight mental patient in the excellent film I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977), Diane again dropped out of sight--this time for good. Little was heard although it was said she had returned to her poetry and took up photography.
She also played roles that spoke to her, such as the nurse in the anti-war film Johnny Got His Gun (1971) and her part in the TV-movie The People (1972), about peaceful aliens invading the earth. A sprinkling of other TV assignments also came her way. The writing was on the wall, however, for Diane. The dust had settled on what was the remnants of a once glorious career.
In 1969, she was featured with Robert De Niro and Bruce Dern in Roger Corman's Bloody Mama (1970) with Diane playing a hooker and a deranged Shelley Winters reenacting murderous Ma Barker.
In 1968 Diane Varsi began an association with American International Pictures and filmed the cult flick Wild in the Streets (1968) with the equally rebellious Christopher Jones playing a drugged-out politico.
She also co-starred in a third-rate Bonnie and Clyde tale called Killers Three (1968).
Former co-star Don Murray helped her get a role in his low-budget film entitled Sweet Love, Bitter (1967), and a role in a Swedish film entitled Roseanna (1967), but it all led to nowhere.
Still barred from working at any studio by Fox, her contract finally expired in late 1964, and she became available again. The work was hardly in the same caliber as her earlier feats.
In March of 1959, Diane abandoned Hollywood, divorcing her husband in the process, and moved with her son to Vermont, away from the limelight. Returning to her Bohemian lifestyle of poetry and solitude, she was still recognized. Within a couple of years Diane moved back to California. Marrying producer named Michael Hausman, she had with him a second child, daughter Willo, who later had a minor acting career under the name Willo Hausman.
After Peyton Place, Diane appeared in three more high-profile Twentieth Century-Fox productions -- From Hell to Texas (1958), a western directed by Henry Hathaway and co-starring Don Murray; Ten North Frederick (1958), featuring her as Gary Cooper daughter; and the lead female role in Compulsion (1959) based on the Leopold-Loeb murder case. All of these placed Diane in the top ranks of young new actresses, but she found it harder and harder to cope with the pressures of the studio system. She eventually suffered a nervous collapse. Unable to readjust to the pressures, she started to habitually turn down roles in important movie scripts. Eventually Fox suspended her.
Through her contact with actor Corey, Diane was given the chance to audition for director Mark Robson for a part in the film version of the best-selling novel Peyton Place (1957). Despite the studio's objections, she was chosen by Robson over hundreds of others, despite her lack of experience, and made an auspicious debut in the coveted role of Allison MacKenzie. A critical hit as well as a box-office smash, Diane was nominated for an Academy Award ("Supporting Actress") along with fellow Peyton performers Lana Turner, Arthur Kennedy, Hope Lange and Russ Tamblyn, not to mention director Robson. Included in its nine nominations total was a "Best Picture" nod. She also shared a Golden Globe for "Most Promising Newcomer" with actresses Sandra Dee and Carolyn Jones. Despite the movie's shut-out at the Academy Awards ceremony, Diane was deemed a new and exciting star while columnist Louella Parsons went on to call her "Hollywood's Female Brando. " A rebel and non-conformist by nature who had a difficult time with celebrity, she was compared to the late James Dean in her tendency to withdraw and avoid publicity.
An intended spiritual sojourn in the mid-1950s from San Francisco to Mexico ended when she got as far as Los Angeles. A sensitive soul, Diane settled there and became interested in the fine arts, including folk singing, dancing, acting, writing poetry and music. She enrolled in actor Jeff Corey's acting classes and debuted in a community theater production of "Gigi. " After a brief marriage that was annulled, Diane met and married producer James Dickson, who became her manager. A son Shawn Michael was born.
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 picker, candle dipper, etc.