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Nina Foch was a Dutch-born American actress and director who later became an instructor in both subjects. Her career spanned six decades, consisting of over 50 feature films and over 100 television appearances. She was the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, and a National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress. Foch established herself as a dramatic actress in the late 1940s, often playing cool, aloof sophisticates.
Birth Name
Nina Consuelo Maud Fock
Born
Sunday, 20 April 1924
Died
Friday, 05 December 2008
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Nina Foch Course for Filmmakers and Actors | Self | 2010 |
| The 81st Annual Academy Awards | Self - In Memoriam | 2009 |
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Nicki Saunders | 2007 |
| Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That | Eileen Carr | 2005 |
| The Closer | Doris Donnelly | 2005 |
| Back When We Were Grownups | Mrs. Holmes | 2004 |
| NCIS | Mrs. Victoria Mallard | 2003 |
| How to Deal | Grandma Halley | 2003 |
| Pumpkin | Betsy Collander | 2002 |
| State of Grace | Aunt Elizabeth | 2001 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Nina Foch Course for Filmmakers and Actors | Self | 2010 |
| The 81st Annual Academy Awards | Self - In Memoriam | 2009 |
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Nicki Saunders | 2007 |
| Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That | Eileen Carr | 2005 |
| The Closer | Doris Donnelly | 2005 |
| Back When We Were Grownups | Mrs. Holmes | 2004 |
| NCIS | Mrs. Victoria Mallard | 2003 |
| How to Deal | Grandma Halley | 2003 |
| Pumpkin | Betsy Collander | 2002 |
| State of Grace | Aunt Elizabeth | 2001 |
| The Many Faces of Dracula | Self | 2000 |
| Family Blessings | Peg Miller | 1998 |
| Classified X | Self | 1998 |
| Universal Horror | interview / Self / Self - Interviewee | 1998 |
| Shadow of Doubt | Sylvia Saxon | 1998 |
| Hush | Alice Baring | 1998 |
| Dharma & Greg | Beatrice | 1997 |
| 'Til There Was You | Sophia Monroe | 1997 |
| Just Shoot Me! | Catherine DuChamp | 1997 |
| 100 Years of Horror | Self - Actress / Self - Co-Star 'Return of the Vampire' / Self | 1996 |
| It's My Party | Brandon's Mother | 1996 |
| 100 Years of Horror: The Count and Company | Self | 1996 |
| Alien Nation: Dark Horizon | Burak | 1994 |
| Tales of the City | Frannie Halcyon | 1993 |
| Missing Persons | Bernice Ginsberg | 1993 |
| Sliver | Evelyn McEvoy / Mrs. McEvoy | 1993 |
| Morning Glory | Miss Beasly | 1993 |
| In the Arms of a Killer | Mrs. Venible | 1992 |
| Reasonable Doubts | Carmela Kaufman | 1991 |
| Skin Deep | Alex's Mother | 1989 |
| War and Remembrance | Comtesse de Chambrun | 1988 |
| Outback Bound | Samantha's mother | 1988 |
| Dear John | Mrs. Lacey | 1988 |
| Dixie Lanes | Hazel Laidlaw | 1988 |
| Biography | Self | 1987 |
| L.A. Law | Marcia Schwartz | 1986 |
| American Masters | Self | 1986 |
| Nomads | Real Estate Agent | 1986 |
| Shadow Chasers | Dr. Juliana Moorhouse | 1985 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Rebecca Kinkaid / Katie Emhardt | 1984 |
| Hunter | Gloria Morrell | 1984 |
| The New Mike Hammer | Mildred Hofsteder | 1984 |
| Rich and Famous | Literary Party Guest | 1981 |
| Trapper John, M.D. | Julie Luden | 1979 |
| Ebony, Ivory and Jade | Dr. Adela Teba | 1979 |
| Jennifer | Mrs. Calley | 1978 |
| Lou Grant | Mrs. Polk | 1977 |
| The Paul Ryan Show | Self | 1977 |
| The Great Houdini | Reverend Le Veyne | 1976 |
| Mahogany | Miss Evans | 1975 |
| Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Madame Trevi | 1974 |
| Bicentennial Minutes | Self - Narrator | 1974 |
| The Magician | Irene Denore | 1973 |
| Barnaby Jones | Eleanor DeRoche / Myra Westmore | 1973 |
| Female Artillery | Amelia Craig | 1973 |
| The Wide World of Mystery | Nellie | 1973 |
| Salty | Mrs. Penninger | 1973 |
| The ABC Afternoon Playbreak | Ceil | 1972 |
| The Little People | Mrs. Peterson | 1972 |
| The Scarecrow | Goody Rickby | 1972 |
| Such Good Friends | Julie's Mother | 1971 |
| McMillan & Wife | Marietta Galway | 1971 |
| Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law | Sylvia Mitchell | 1971 |
| Men at Law | Barbara Masters | 1970 |
| McCloud | Sgt. V.J. Dameron | 1970 |
| Paris 7000 | Emma Torrance | 1970 |
| Gidget Grows Up | Bibi Crosby | 1969 |
| To Rome with Love | Diana Masterson | 1969 |
| The Ed Nelson Show | Self | 1969 |
| Allen Ludden's Gallery | Self | 1969 |
| Mod Squad | Virginia Westphal / Mrs. Dykstra | 1968 |
| The Name of the Game | Mrs. Fredericks / Angela Morgan | 1968 |
| Hawaii Five-O | Marian Scott | 1968 |
| Prescription: Murder | Carol Flemming | 1968 |
| The Joey Bishop Show | Self | 1967 |
| That Girl | Frances Nelson | 1966 |
| The Wild Wild West | Duchess Sophia | 1965 |
| The F.B.I. | Terry Simms | 1965 |
| The Long, Hot Summer | Carlotta | 1965 |
| I Spy | Gerta | 1965 |
| A Man Called Shenandoah | Marlee Cole | 1965 |
| Gypsy | Self / Self - actress | 1965 |
| Oh My Word | Self | 1965 |
| ABC's Nightlife | Self | 1964 |
| That Regis Philbin Show | Self | 1964 |
| Mr. Broadway | Maggie | 1964 |
| Valentine's Day | Miss Landers | 1964 |
| Kraft Suspense Theatre | Sarah Middleton | 1963 |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Vera Stannard / Dee | 1963 |
| Burke's Law | Anjanette Delacroix | 1963 |
| The Greatest Show on Earth | Angelica Cellini | 1963 |
| The Outer Limits | Eva Fraser | 1963 |
| Arrest and Trial | Ellen Burnham | 1963 |
| You Don't Say | Self | 1963 |
| Combat! | Madame Carmaux | 1962 |
| The Virginian | Frances Graham | 1962 |
| Sam Benedict | Nora Hildon | 1962 |
| Theatre '62 | Mrs. Danvers | 1961 |
| Bus Stop | Kitty Blaine | 1961 |
| Dr. Kildare | Georgia Pettigrew | 1961 |
| The Dick Powell Theatre | Ginny Thatcher | 1961 |
| The Americans | Rose Greenbow | 1961 |
| Spartacus | Helena Glabrus | 1960 |
| Route 66 | Samantha / Lillian Aldrich / Autumn Ely | 1960 |
| Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
| Checkmate | Anne Elliot | 1960 |
| Moment of Fear | Sally Mellanby | 1960 |
| Cash McCall | Maude Kennard | 1960 |
| Play of the Week | Andromache | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Clarissa Cartwright | 1959 |
| About Faces | Self | 1959 |
| Ten Little Indians | Vera Claythorne | 1959 |
| Rawhide | Madrina Wilcox | 1959 |
| Pursuit | Mrs. Claire Holden | 1958 |
| Naked City | Kitty Lamson / Maude Hutchinson | 1958 |
| Keep Talking | Self | 1958 |
| Shirley Temple's Storybook | Merwitch | 1958 |
| The Thin Man | Beatrice Dane | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Clara Beauchamp | 1957 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar | Herself | 1957 |
| The Tex and Jinx Show | Herself | 1957 |
| Three Brave Men | Lt. Mary Jane McCoy | 1956 |
| The Ten Commandments | Bithiah | 1956 |
| Playhouse 90 | Libby Hanneman / Mrs. Dorothy Kelly / Wanda Newton | 1956 |
| Matinee Theatre | Beatrice | 1955 |
| The Alcoa Hour | Brita | 1955 |
| Illegal | Ellen Miles | 1955 |
| The 20th Century-Fox Hour | Susan Harland / Joan Byrnes | 1955 |
| Playwrights '56 | Mrs. Scott / Belle Thurmond | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Agatha Corey | 1955 |
| You're Never Too Young | Gretchen Brendan | 1955 |
| Four Guns to the Border | Maggie Flannery | 1954 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Aunt Lavinia Culp | 1954 |
| Producers' Showcase | Kay Thorndyke | 1954 |
| Climax! | Emily Rone / Caroline Emmet | 1954 |
| Executive Suite | Erica Martin | 1954 |
| The United States Steel Hour | Grace Barlow / Julia Walton | 1953 |
| The Philip Morris Playhouse | Toni Stewart | 1953 |
| The Loretta Young Show | Joan Rogers / Mrs. Graff | 1953 |
| Fast Company | Mercedes Bellway | 1953 |
| Sombrero | Elena Cantu | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Ellen Townsend / Mrs. Davenheim | 1953 |
| I've Got a Secret | Self - Panelist | 1952 |
| Scaramouche | Marie Antoinette | 1952 |
| Young Man with Ideas | Joyce Laramie | 1952 |
| Schlitz Playhouse | Dr. Olivia Lomond | 1951 |
| An American in Paris | Milo Roberts | 1951 |
| St. Benny the Dip | Linda Kovacs | 1951 |
| Tales of Tomorrow | 1951 | |
| The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story | (archive footage) | 1951 |
| Ladies Before Gentlemen | Self | 1951 |
| Pulitzer Prize Playhouse | Sabrina / Jane Crosby | 1950 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Terry / Jessica / Jane Conway / Flo | 1950 |
| The Colgate Comedy Hour | Sophie Teale | 1950 |
| The Arthur Murray Party | Self | 1950 |
| Your Show of Shows | Self - Guest Performer | 1950 |
| Johnny Allegro | Glenda Chapman | 1949 |
| The Undercover Man | Judith Warren | 1949 |
| Suspense | 1949 | |
| The Dark Past | Betty | 1948 |
| Studio One | Melissa Turner / Lee Fouche / Joyce / Fran / Carrie Brown Huddleston / Belinda Cattson / Barbara | 1948 |
| The Philco Television Playhouse | Elizabeth | 1948 |
| The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre | Wife | 1948 |
| The Milton Berle Show | Self - Actress | 1948 |
| The Guilt of Janet Ames | Susie Pearson | 1947 |
| Johnny O'Clock | Harriet Hobson | 1947 |
| My Name Is Julia Ross | Julia Ross | 1945 |
| Prison Ship | Anne Graham | 1945 |
| A Thousand and One Nights | Harem Girl | 1945 |
| Boston Blackie's Rendezvous | Sally Brown | 1945 |
| Escape in the Fog | Eileen Carr | 1945 |
| I Love a Mystery | Ellen Monk | 1945 |
| A Song to Remember | Constantia | 1945 |
| She's a Sweetheart | Jeanne | 1944 |
| Strange Affair | Frieda Brenner | 1944 |
| Cry of the Werewolf | Celeste / Princess Celeste LaTour | 1944 |
| Shadows in the Night | Lois Garland | 1944 |
| She's a Soldier Too | Tessie Legruda | 1944 |
| Nine Girls | Alice Blake | 1944 |
| The Return of the Vampire | Nicki Saunders | 1943 |
| Wagon Wheels West | Jan Colburn | 1943 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Family Blessings | 1998 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1980 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| 1955 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
