The Wonderfulness of Her

For sure, the second "Asian" actress I remember was France Nuyen. I was older and I watched religiously the show I SPY. Spy shows were a big thing back then, and I SPY was one of my favorites. I never thought of France Nuyen as Asian at the time, just different looking, in a good way, to the actresses I was familiar with. She also had soulful eyes, sad eyes. Her presence on the show was always strangely hypnotic.

France Nuyen was in four I SPY shows, each time playing a different character. She married I SPY co-star Robert Culp in 1967, her second marriage. For him, it was marriage number three. That marriage did not last long, ending in 1970.

Of course, I know much more about her now, but in those days, it was I SPY and the woman with the soulful eyes, France Nuyen.

Photo: At the marriage license bureau...