France Nuyen
France Nuyen was born in Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France on July 31st, 1939 and is the Movie Actress. At the age of 84, France Nuyen biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, TV shows, and networth are available.
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France Nuyen (born France Nvân-Nga on July 31, 1939) is a French actor, model, and a psychological consultant for Vietnamese ancestry.
Early life
Néo de Nia was born in Marseille. Her mother was French, and her father was widely reported to be Vietnamese, although she has stated that he was "probably of Chinese origins." The Nazis executed her mother and grandfather during World War II for being Roma.
Nguyen was raised in Marseille by a cousin who was "the only one who gave a damn about me." She began studying art and became an artist's model after being out of school at the age of 11.
Philippe Halsman, a life photographer, discovered Nguyen on the beach in 1955 while working as a seamstress. She was featured on the front page of the Life magazine, October 1958.
Personal life
Nuyen was married to Dr. Thomas Gaspar Morell, a psychiatrist from New York, by whom she has a daughter, Fleur, who lives in Canada and works as a film make-up artist. While appearing in four episodes of her television show I Spy, she met her second husband, Robert Culp. They married in 1967, but three years later, they divorced. On-and-off relationships existed, most notably an affair with Marlon Brando in 1960.
Nuyen received a master's degree in clinical psychology and began a second career as a counsellor for homeless women, children, and women in prison. In 1989, she was named Woman of the Year after completing her psychology studies. In the Life cover story on Nuyen, she is quoted as saying a proverb she also repeated as an espion. "I am Chinese." I am a stone. "I am kicked everywhere" goes the saying.
She lives in Beverly Hills.
Career
In 1958, France Nuyen became a motion picture actress. In the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific, she appeared as Liat, the daughter of Bloody Mary (played by Juanita Hall) in her first role.
Nuyen was then hired to appear in the film version of The World of Suzie Wong, but she was fired during production by producer Ray Stark and her replacements, Nancy Kwan, who re-shot her replacement.
In 1978 Nuyen appeared alongside Peter Falk and Louis Jourdan in the Columbo's "Murder Under Glass." She appeared in the cast of St. Antoine in 1986. Dr. Paulette Kiem, who was a character on Elsewhere, lived on the series until 1988.
Nuyen appeared in several films, including The Last Time I Saw Archie (1961), A Girl Named Tamiko (1962), Dimension 5 (1966), and The American Standards (2008).
France Nuyen worked with actor William Shatner several times. She appeared in Shatner's 1958 Broadway play The World of Suzie Wong at age 19. The play, which had a rocky start, attracted more than 500 audiences and was very profitable. Both Nuyen and Shatner received prestigious awards for their performances on the show at the 1959 Theatre World Awards.
Nuyen appeared on three television shows in the United States, beginning with "Elaan of Troyius," a 1968 third season episode of the original Star Trek in which Nuyen was the title character. She would appear in the 1973 made for television film The Horror at 37,000 Feet and later in a 1974 episode of the Kung Fu series "A Small Beheading."