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Nina Foch

Acting

Born April 20, 1924 · Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

Died December 5, 2008

Also known as Нина Фош · Nina Consuela Maud Fock · نینا فوخ

Biography

Nina Foch (born Nina Consuelo Maud Fock; April 20, 1924 – December 5, 2008) was a Dutch American actress. After signing a contract with Columbia Pictures at age 19, Foch became a regular in the studio's horror pictures and films noir before establishing herself as a leading lady in the mid-1940s through the 1950s, often playing roles as cool, aloof sophisticates. Her career spanned six decades, consisting of over 50 feature films and over 100 television appearances.

Awards & recognition

  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actress · 1955 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

Theatre 62: Rebecca

1962as Mrs. Danvers

The Closer

2005as Doris Donnelly

The Outer Limits

1963as Eva Fraser

The Ten Commandments

1956as Bithiah

Combat!

as Madame Carmaux

NCIS

2003as Victoria Mallard

Tales of the City

1993as Frannie Halcyon

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

1974as Madame Trevi

The Wild Wild West

1965

Murder, She Wrote

1984as Katie Emhardt

Spartacus

1960as Helena Glabrus

Bonanza

1959as Clarissa Cartwright

McCloud

1970as Sgt. V.J. Dameron

Hawaii Five-O

1968as Marian Scott

Rawhide

1959as Madrina Wilcox

L.A. Law

1986as Marcia Schwartz

Hunter

1984as Gloria Morrell

Executive Suite

1954as Erica Martin

Barnaby Jones

1973as Eleanor DeRoche

McMillan & Wife

1971as Marietta Galway

Scaramouche

1952as Marie Antoinette

An American in Paris

1951as Milo Roberts

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950as Sophie Teale

Ten Little Indians

1959as Vera Claythorne

Route 66

1960

Gunsmoke

1955as Agatha Corey

My Name Is Julia Ross

1945as Julia Ross

Lux Video Theatre

as Terry

Just Shoot Me!

1997as Catherine DuChamp

You're Never Too Young

1955as Gretchen Brendan

Letter to Loretta

as Joan Rogers

The Virginian

1962as Frances Graham

Illegal

1955as Ellen Miles

A Song to Remember

1945as Constantia

Tales of Tomorrow

Cash McCall

1960as Maude Kennard

Johnny O'Clock

1947as Harriet Hobson

Skin Deep

1989as Alex's Mother

That Girl

1966

A Thousand and One Nights

1945as Harem Girl

The Return of the Vampire

1943as Nicki Saunders

The Dark Past

1948as Betty

Lights Out

The 20th Century Fox Hour

as Susan Harland

Mahogany

1975as Miss Evans

Pumpkin

2002as Betsy Collander

Hush

1998as Alice Baring

Naked City

1958as Maude Hutchinson

St. Benny the Dip

1951as Linda Kovacs

Sliver

1993as Mrs. McEvoy