Full Name | Nina Foch |
Net Worth | $14 Million |
Date Of Birth | April 20, 1924 |
Died | December 5, 2008, Los Angeles, California, United States |
Death Cause | Complications from myelodysplastic syndrome |
Place Of Birth | Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands |
Height | 1.75 m |
Occupation | Actress, drama teacher |
Profession | Actor, Teacher |
Education | American Academy of Dramatic Arts |
Spouse | Michael Dewell, Dennis de Brito, James Lipton |
Children | Dirk de Brito |
Parents | Consuelo Flowerton, Dirk Fock |
Nicknames | Nina Foch, Foch, Nina |
IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm0001225 |
Awards | Grand Jury Prize |
Nominations | Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series |
Movies | The Ten Commandments, An American in Paris, Spartacus, Executive Suite, The Return of the Vampire, My Name Is Julia Ross, A Song to Remember, Sliver, The Dark Past, Scaramouche, Hush, Cry of the Werewolf, You're Never Too Young, The Undercover Man, Cash McCall, Escape in the Fog, Such Good Friends, ... |
TV Shows | NCIS, Shadow Chasers, Bull, Two Girls Named Smith, Just Shoot Me, Bull, Tales of the City (UK) |
Star Sign | Taurus |
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1 | Was left-handed. |
2 | Although she played Charlton Heston's adoptive mother, Yul Brynner's aunt and Cedric Hardwicke's sister in The Ten Commandments (1956), she was a year younger than Heston, four years younger than Brynner and 31 years younger than Hardwicke. |
3 | Nina and her husband James Lipton became lifelong friends with Diana Ross after co-starring with her in Mahogany (1975). |
4 | Had a son, Dr. Dirk De Brito (born 1960), with 'Dennis De Brito'. |
5 | Her parents divorced when she was a toddler. |
6 | Fell ill while teaching "Directing the Actor," a popular course at USC's School of Cinematic Arts, where she taught for 40 years. She died a day later at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center of complications from long-term myelodysplasia, a blood disorder. |
7 | Her father, Dirk Fock, was born in Batavia, Java (where her grandfather was governor general of the Dutch East Indies) on June 18, 1886. He died in Locarno, Switzerland on May 24, 1973. He studied, composed and conducted orchestral music in Europe, but made his American Debut as conductor with a specially assembled orchestra at Carnegie Hall in N.Y. on April 12, 1920; also conducted orchestral groups elsewhere in the U.S., and in Vienna. |
8 | Played the first person whose murder was investigated by the TV detective Lt. Columbo; killed in the pilot episode/TV movie Prescription: Murder (1968). |
9 | Ex-daughter-in-law of Lawrence Lipton. |
10 | In Italy, most of her films were dubbed by Rosetta Calavetta, but was also dubbed by Lidia Simoneschi (in My Name Is Julia Ross (1945)); Rina Morelli (in The Ten Commandments (1956)) and Giovanna Scotto. |
11 | Last name "Foch" rhymes with "Gosh". |
12 | Daughter of Dirk Fock, conductor of the Amsterdams Concertgebouworkest, and actress and singer Consuelo Flowerton. |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Magician | 1974 | TV Series | Irene Denore |
Salty | 1973 | | Mrs. Penninger |
Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law | 1973 | TV Series | Sylvia Mitchell |
The Wide World of Mystery | 1973 | TV Series | Nellie |
The Brian Keith Show | 1973 | TV Series | Mrs. Peterson |
Hawaii Five-O | 1973 | TV Series | Marian Scott |
Mod Squad | 1968-1973 | TV Series | Mrs. Dykstra / Virginia Westphal |
Female Artillery | 1973 | TV Movie | Amelia Craig |
The Scarecrow | 1972 | TV Movie | Goody Rickby |
Such Good Friends | 1971 | | Julie's Mother |
Men at Law | 1971 | TV Series | |
That Girl | 1971 | TV Series | Frances Nelson |
The Name of the Game | 1968-1970 | TV Series | Mrs. Fredericks / Angela Morgan |
McCloud | 1970 | TV Series | Sgt. V.J. Dameron |
To Rome with Love | 1970 | TV Series | Diana Masterson |
The F.B.I. | 1970 | TV Series | Terry Simms |
Paris 7000 | 1970 | TV Series | |
Gidget Grows Up | 1969 | TV Movie | Bibi Crosby |
Gunsmoke | 1969 | TV Series | Agatha Corey |
The Wild Wild West | 1969 | TV Series | Duchess Sophia |
Penelope Beware! | 1968 | TV Movie | Lucretia |
Prescription: Murder | 1968 | TV Movie | Carol Flemming |
Bonanza | 1967 | TV Series | Clarissa Cartwright |
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | 1966-1967 | TV Series | Vera Stannard / Dee |
I Spy | 1967 | TV Series | Gerta |
The Long, Hot Summer | 1966 | TV Series | Carlotta |
A Man Called Shenandoah | 1966 | TV Series | Marlee Cole |
Combat! | 1965 | TV Series | Madame Carmaux |
Dr. Kildare | 1965 | TV Series | Georgia Pettigrew |
Mr. Broadway | 1964 | TV Series | Maggie |
Valentine's Day | 1964 | TV Series | Miss Landers |
Burke's Law | 1964 | TV Series | Anjanette Delacroix |
Route 66 | 1961-1964 | TV Series | Samantha / Autumn Ely / Lillian Aldrich |
The Outer Limits | 1963 | TV Series | Eva Fraser |
The Greatest Show on Earth | 1963 | TV Series | Angelica Cellini |
Kraft Suspense Theatre | 1963 | TV Series | Sarah Middleton |
Arrest and Trial | 1963 | TV Series | Ellen Burnham |
Sam Benedict | 1963 | TV Series | Nora Hildon |
The Virginian | 1963 | TV Series | Frances Graham |
Naked City | 1961-1962 | TV Series | Kitty Lamson / Maude Hutchinson |
Theatre '62 | 1962 | TV Series | Mrs. Danvers |
General Electric Theater | 1953-1962 | TV Series | Mrs. Davenheim / Ellen Townsend |
The Dick Powell Theatre | 1962 | TV Series | Ginny Thatcher |
Bus Stop | 1962 | TV Series | Kitty Blaine |
Checkmate | 1961 | TV Series | Anne Elliot |
Shirley Temple's Storybook | 1961 | TV Series | Merwitch |
The Americans | 1961 | TV Series | Rose Greenbow |
The United States Steel Hour | 1954-1960 | TV Series | Julia Walton / Grace Barlow |
Spartacus | 1960 | | Helena Glabrus |
Moment of Fear | 1960 | TV Series | Sally Mellanby |
Play of the Week | 1960 | TV Series | Andromache |
Cash McCall | 1960 | | Maude Kennard |
The Loretta Young Show | 1955-1959 | TV Series | Joan Rogers / Mrs. Graff |
Rawhide | 1959 | TV Series | Madrina Wilcox |
The Thin Man | 1959 | TV Series | Beatrice Dane |
Ten Little Indians | 1959 | TV Movie | Vera Claythorne |
Playhouse 90 | 1956-1958 | TV Series | Wanda Newton / Mrs. Dorothy Kelly / Libby Hanneman |
Pursuit | 1958 | TV Series | Mrs. Claire Holden |
Studio One in Hollywood | 1952-1958 | TV Series | Anthony's wife / Belinda Cattson / Fran Dundee / ... |
Matinee Theatre | 1958 | TV Series | Beatrice |
Wagon Train | 1957 | TV Series | Clara Beauchamp |
Climax! | 1955-1957 | TV Series | Caroline Emmet / Emily Rone |
Kraft Theatre | 1957 | TV Series | |
The Alcoa Hour | 1957 | TV Series | Brita |
Three Brave Men | 1956 | | Lt. Mary Jane McCoy |
The Ten Commandments | 1956 | | Bithiah |
Playwrights '56 | 1955-1956 | TV Series | Belle Thurmond / Mrs. Scott |
The 20th Century-Fox Hour | 1956 | TV Series | Susan Harland / Joan Byrnes |
Illegal | 1955 | | Ellen Miles |
You're Never Too Young | 1955 | | Gretchen Brendan |
The Colgate Comedy Hour | 1955 | TV Series | Sophie Teale |
Producers' Showcase | 1954 | TV Series | Kay Thorndyke |
Four Guns to the Border | 1954 | | Maggie Flannery |
Danger | 1953-1954 | TV Series | |
Suspense | 1949-1954 | TV Series | |
Justice | 1954 | TV Series | |
Executive Suite | 1954 | | Erica Martin |
The Philip Morris Playhouse | 1953 | TV Series | |
Fast Company | 1953 | | Mercedes Bellway |
Sombrero | 1953 | | Elena Cantu |
Armstrong Circle Theatre | 1950-1953 | TV Series | |
Hollywood Opening Night | 1953 | TV Series | |
Lux Video Theatre | 1950-1952 | TV Series | Jane Conway / Terry / Jessica / ... |
The Gulf Playhouse | 1952 | TV Series | |
Scaramouche | 1952 | | Marie Antoinette |
Young Man with Ideas | 1952 | | Joyce Laramie |
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse | 1951-1952 | TV Series | Sabrina / Jane Crosby |
Tales of Tomorrow | 1952 | TV Series | |
Schlitz Playhouse | 1952 | TV Series | |
Chesterfield Presents | 1952 | TV Series | |
Lights Out | 1951-1952 | TV Series | |
An American in Paris | 1951 | | Milo Roberts |
St. Benny the Dip | 1951 | | Linda Kovacs |
Somerset Maugham TV Theatre | 1951 | TV Series | |
Cameo Theatre | 1951 | TV Series | |
Faith Baldwin Romance Theatre | 1951 | TV Series | |
Nash Airflyte Theatre | 1951 | TV Series | |
Two Girls Named Smith | 1951 | TV Series | |
The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre | 1949 | TV Series | Wife |
The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse | 1949 | TV Series | Elizabeth |
Johnny Allegro | 1949 | | Glenda Chapman |
The Undercover Man | 1949 | | Judith Warren |
The Dark Past | 1948 | | Betty |
Johnny O'Clock | 1947 | | Harriet Hobson |
The Guilt of Janet Ames | 1947 | | Susie Pearson |
Prison Ship | 1945 | | Anne Graham |
My Name Is Julia Ross | 1945 | | Julia Ross |
A Thousand and One Nights | 1945 | | Harem Girl (uncredited) |
Boston Blackie's Rendezvous | 1945 | | Sally Brown |
Escape in the Fog | 1945 | | Eileen Carr |
I Love a Mystery | 1945 | | Ellen Monk |
A Song to Remember | 1945 | | Constantia |
She's a Sweetheart | 1944 | | Jeanne |
Strange Affair | 1944 | | Frieda Brenner |
Cry of the Werewolf | 1944 | | Celeste |
Shadows in the Night | 1944 | | Lois Garland |
She's a Soldier Too | 1944 | | Tessie Legruda |
Nine Girls | 1944 | | Alice Blake |
The Return of the Vampire | 1943 | | Nicki Saunders |
Wagon Wheels West | 1943 | Short | Jan Colburn |
The Closer | 2007 | TV Series | Doris Donnelly |
NCIS | 2005-2006 | TV Series | Mrs. Victoria Mallard |
Back When We Were Grownups | 2004 | TV Movie | Mrs. Holmes |
How to Deal | 2003 | | Grandma Halley |
Pumpkin | 2002 | | Betsy Collander |
Just Shoot Me! | 2000 | TV Series | Catherine DuChamp |
Bull | 2000 | TV Series | Madeline |
Dharma & Greg | 1999 | TV Series | Beatrice |
Family Blessings | 1998 | TV Movie | Peg Miller |
Shadow of Doubt | 1998 | | Sylvia Saxon |
Hush | 1998 | | Alice Baring |
'Til There Was You | 1997 | | Sophia Monroe |
It's My Party | 1996 | | Brandon's Mother |
Alien Nation: Dark Horizon | 1994 | TV Movie | Burak |
Murder, She Wrote | 1991-1994 | TV Series | Rebecca Kinkaid / Katie Emhardt |
Missing Persons | 1994 | TV Series | Bernice |
Gloria Vane | 1993 | TV Movie | Luli |
Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City | 1993 | TV Mini-Series | Frannie Halcyon |
Morning Glory | 1993 | | Miss Beasly |
Sliver | 1993 | | Evelyn McEvoy |
The Sands of Time | 1992 | TV Movie | Ellen Scott |
Reasonable Doubts | 1992 | TV Series | Carmela Kaufman |
In the Arms of a Killer | 1992 | TV Movie | Mrs. Venible |
Dear John | 1990-1991 | TV Series | Mrs. Lacey |
Hunter | 1990 | TV Series | Gloria Morrell |
L.A. Law | 1990 | TV Series | Lawyer Camille Carlton |
Room for Romance | 1990 | TV Series | |
Skin Deep | 1989 | | Alex's Mother |
War and Remembrance | 1988 | TV Mini-Series | Comtesse de Chambrun |
Outback Bound | 1988 | TV Movie | Samantha's mother |
Dixie Lanes | 1988 | | Hazel Laidlaw |
The New Mike Hammer | 1986 | TV Series | Mildred Hofsteder |
Comedy Factory | 1986 | TV Series | Hannah Kingsley |
Nomads | 1986 | | Real Estate Agent |
Shadow Chasers | 1985-1986 | TV Series | Dr. Juliana Moorhouse |
Trapper John, M.D. | 1984 | TV Series | Julie Luden |
Rich and Famous | 1981 | | Literary Party Guest |
Lou Grant | 1979 | TV Series | Mrs. Polk |
Ebony, Ivory and Jade | 1979 | TV Movie | Dr. Adela Teba |
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color | 1978 | TV Series | Aunt Lavinia Culp |
Jennifer | 1978 | | Mrs. Calley |
McMillan & Wife | 1977 | TV Series | Marietta Galway |
The Great Houdini | 1976 | TV Movie | Rev. Le Veyne |
Barnaby Jones | 1973-1976 | TV Series | Myra Westmore / Eleanor DeRoche |
Mahogany | 1975 | | Miss Evans |
Kolchak: The Night Stalker | 1975 | TV Series | Madame Trevi |
The ABC Afternoon Playbreak | 1974 | TV Series | Ceil |
Salty | 1974 | TV Series | |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Nina Foch Course for Filmmakers and Actors | 2010 | Video documentary | Herself |
Biography | 2002 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
American Masters | 2002 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
Universal Horror | 1998 | TV Movie documentary | Herself / interview |
100 Years of Horror: The Count and Company | 1996 | Video documentary | Herself |
100 Years of Horror: The Double Demons | 1996 | Video documentary | Herself |
100 Years of Horror | 1996 | TV Series documentary | Herself - Co-Star 'Return of the Vampire' / Herself / Herself - Actress |
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady | 1982 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
Franklin & Jefferson Proposal Film | 1973 | Documentary short | Narrator (voice) |
The Virginia Graham Show | 1972 | TV Series | Herself |
Girl Talk | 1970 | TV Series | Herself |
Allen Ludden's Gallery | 1969 | TV Series | Herself |
The Joey Bishop Show | 1968 | TV Series | Herself |
Gypsy | 1967 | TV Series | Herself |
That Regis Philbin Show | 1965 | TV Series | Herself |
Your First Impression | 1963 | TV Series | Herself |
Stump the Stars | 1963 | TV Series | Herself - Guest Panelist |
Here's Hollywood | 1961 | TV Series | Herself |
The Juke Box Jury | 1958-1959 | TV Series | Herself |
The Jack Paar Tonight Show | 1959 | TV Series | Herself |
The 27th Annual Academy Awards | 1955 | TV Special | Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role & Co-Presenter: Costume Design Awards |
Your Show of Shows | 1951-1953 | TV Series | Herself - Guest Performer |
Texaco Star Theatre | 1952 | TV Series | Herself - Actress |
That Reminds Me | 1952 | TV Series | Herself |
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