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France Nuyen

Acting

Born July 31, 1939 · Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Also known as France Nguyễn Vân Nga

Biography

France Nuyen is a French-American actress, model, and psychological counselor. She is known to film audiences for playing romantic leads in South Pacific (1958), Satan Never Sleeps (1962), and A Girl Named Tamiko, and for playing Ying-Ying St. Clair in The Joy Luck Club (1993). She also originated the title role in the Broadway play The World of Suzie Wong, based on the novel of the same name. She is a Theatre World Award winner and Golden Globe Award nominee.

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Awards & recognition

  • Theatre World Award · 1959

Filmography33 titles

Columbo

1971as Miss Choy

Star Trek

1966as Elaan

The Outer Limits

1995as Madame Li Yu

Kung Fu

1972as Lady Chi Ching

Murder, She Wrote

1984as Emma Soon Dunbar

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

Magnum, P.I.

1980as Miss Chou

The Six Million Dollar Man

1974as Mamu

Hawaii Five-O

1968as Iso

The Joy Luck Club

1993as Ying-Ying St. Clair

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

1964as Cricket Okasada

Knots Landing

1979as Dr. Carroll

Police Story

1973

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948as Self

Charlie's Angels

1976as Leilani Sako

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

1967as Self

Gunsmoke

1955as Ching Lee

Fantasy Island

1978as Anna

I Spy

1965as Mei Lin

China Cry

1990as Mrs. Sung

Police Woman

1974as Millie

The Last Time I Saw Archie

1961as Cindy Hamilton

South Pacific

1958as Liat

A Girl Named Tamiko

1962as Tamiko

The Battle of Shaker Heights

2003as Xiou-Xiou Ling

St. Elsewhere

1982as Paulette Kiem

Battle for the Planet of the Apes

1973as Alma

Diamond Head

1962as Mai Chen

One More Train to Rob

1971as Ah Toy

The Big Game

1973as Atanga

Black Water Gold

1970as Thais

A Smile Like Yours

1997as Dr. Chin

Jealousy

1984as Beth