- France Nuyen
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name = France Nuyen
birthname = France Nguyen Vannga
birthdate = birth date and age|1939|07|31
location =Marseille ,Bouches-du-Rhône ,France
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occupation = actress
spouse =Robert Culp (1967-1970)
Thomas Gaspar Morell (1963-1966) 1 ChildFrance Nuyen (born
31 July 1939 ) is a French actress.Biography
Nguyen was born in
Marseille ,Bouches-du-Rhône ,Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur ,France ,Europe as France Nguyen Van-Nga. Her mother was French and her father was Vietnamese. French is Nuyen's first language and she speaks no Asian languages. During theSecond World War , her mother and grandfather were persecuted by the Nazis for being Gypsies. She was raised inMarseille by a cousin, whom she describes as "an orchid raiser who was the only person who gave a damn about me".Working as a seamstress in 1955, Nuyen was discovered by the LIFE photographer Philippe Halsman on the beach. She became a stage actress and portrayed Suzie Wong in the
theatrical production of "The World of Suzie Wong " in 1958, oppositeWilliam Shatner (with whom she later worked again in an episode of "Star Trek ", as the memorableElaan of Troyius ). She was originally cast as Suzie Wong in the film production but was replaced byNancy Kwan .Nuyen then went on to appear in
television and infilm s including "South Pacific" (1958), "Satan Never Sleeps " (1962), "A Girl Named Tamiko " (opposite Laurence Harvey) (1962), "Diamond Head" (1963), "Dimension 5 " (1966), "Battle for the Planet of the Apes " (1973), and "The Joy Luck Club" (1993). She continues to work in film and was slated to appear in the film "The American Standards " (2007).From 1963 to 1966, Nuyen was married to Dr. Thomas Gaspar Morell, a psychiatrist, with whom she has a daughter named Fleur (who is happily married and resides in
Canada ). She met her second husband,Robert Culp , while appearing on his TV show "I Spy "; they married in 1967 but divorced in 1970.In 1986, Nuyen earned a
master's degree inClinical Psychology and began a second career as apsychological counselor forabused women and children, and women inprison . She received a "Woman of the Year " award in 1989 for her psychological work.References
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