Early Life
Varsi was born in San Mateo, California, a suburb of San Francisco. There she unsuccessfully tried to become a model and a restaurant hostess. While in high school, she was called an "oddball" by her classmates. She often played truant from school to visit San Francisco and was therefore labeled a "rebel". She dropped out of school in her junior year at age 15, failing in all studies and saying: "I was bored. I didn't like the social sides - the cliques." Around the same time, she married an 18-year-old man. Their marriage was annulled before her son, Shawn, was born.
She joined the San Francisco ballet in the 1950s and initially planned on becoming a folk singer. She later hitchhiked to Los Angeles with a friend.
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