List of Nina Foch performances
Nina Foch (April 20, 1924 – December 5, 2008) was an American actress whose career spanned over six decades. She began her career appearing in B movies for Columbia Pictures at age 19, and subsequently starred in several Broadway productions in the late 1940s and 1950s. She went on to gain widespread attention for her role as Milo Roberts in An American in Paris (1951), and gained critical notice for her role in the drama Executive Suite (1954), for which she won a National Board of Review Award and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Other notable roles included as Bithiah in Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments (1956), and as Helena Glabrus in Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus (1960). Beginning in the 1960s, Foch shifted her focus to teaching, and began instructing at the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts, but continued to appear in numerous television series and occasional films, such as Mahogany (1975), The Great Houdini (1976), and the horror film Jennifer (1978).
Foch's later film credits include the thriller Hush, the independent comedy-drama Pumpkin (2002), and the romantic comedy How to Deal (2003). Foch made her final screen appearance in a 2007 episode of the television series The Closer, before her death in December 2008, aged 84.
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | Wagon Wheels West | Jan Colburn | Short film | |
| 1943 | The Return of the Vampire | Nicki Saunders | ||
| 1944 | Nine Girls | Alice Blake | ||
| 1944 | She's a Soldier Too | Tessie Legruda | ||
| 1944 | Shadows in the Night | Lois Garland | ||
| 1944 | Cry of the Werewolf | Celeste | ||
| 1944 | Strange Affair | Frieda Brenner | ||
| 1944 | She's a Sweetheart | Jeanne | ||
| 1945 | A Song to Remember | Constantia | ||
| 1945 | I Love a Mystery | Ellen Monk | ||
| 1945 | Escape in the Fog | Eileen Carr | ||
| 1945 | Boston Blackie's Rendezvous | Sally Brown | ||
| 1945 | A Thousand and One Nights | Harem Girl | Uncredited | |
| 1945 | My Name Is Julia Ross | Julia Ross | ||
| 1945 | Prison Ship | Anne Graham | ||
| 1947 | Johnny O'Clock | Harriet Hobson | ||
| 1947 | The Guilt of Janet Ames | Susie Pearson | ||
| 1948 | The Dark Past | Betty | ||
| 1949 | The Undercover Man | Judith Warren | ||
| 1949 | Johnny Allegro | Glenda Chapman | ||
| 1951 | St. Benny the Dip | Linda Kovacs | ||
| 1951 | An American in Paris | Milo Roberts | ||
| 1952 | Young Man With Ideas | Joyce Laramie | ||
| 1952 | Scaramouche | Marie Antoinette | ||
| 1953 | Sombrero | Elena Cantu | ||
| 1953 | Fast Company | Mercedes Bellway | ||
| 1954 | Executive Suite | Erica Martin | National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress Special Jury Prize (Venice Film Festival) Nominated - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress |
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| 1954 | Four Guns to the Border | Maggie Flannery | ||
| 1955 | You're Never Too Young | Gretchen Brendan | Martin and Lewis comedy | |
| 1955 | Illegal | Ellen Miles | ||
| 1956 | The Ten Commandments | Bithiah | ||
| 1956 | Three Brave Men | Lt. Mary Jane McCoy | ||
| 1959 | Ten Little Indians | Vera Claythorne | Television film | |
| 1960 | Cash McCall | Maude Kennard | ||
| 1960 | Spartacus | Helena Glabrus | ||
| 1968 | Columbo: Prescription: Murder | Carol Flemming | Television film | |
| 1969 | Gidget Grows Up | Bibi Crosby | Television film | |
| 1971 | Such Good Friends | Julie's mother | ||
| 1972 | The Scarecrow | Goodie Rickby | Television film | |
| 1973 | Female Artillery | Amelia Craig | Television film | |
| 1973 | Salty | Mrs. Penninger | ||
| 1975 | Mahogany | Miss Evans | ||
| 1976 | The Great Houdini | Rev. Le Veyne | Television film | |
| 1978 | Jennifer | Mrs. Calley | ||
| 1978 | Child of Glass | Lavinia Culp | Television film | |
| 1979 | Ebony, Ivory and Jade | Dr. Adela Teba | Television film | |
| 1981 | Rich and Famous | Literary party guest | ||
| 1986 | Nomads | Real estate agent | ||
| 1988 | Dixie Lanes | Hazel Laidlaw | ||
| 1988 | Outback Bound | Samantha's Mother | Television film | |
| 1989 | Skin Deep | Alex's Mother | ||
| 1992 | In the Arms of a Killer | Mrs. Venible | Television film | |
| 1992 | The Sands of Time | Ellen Scot | Television film | |
| 1993 | Sliver | Evelyn McEvoy | ||
| 1993 | Morning Glory | Miss Beasly | ||
| 1994 | Alien Nation: Dark Horizon | Burak | Television film | |
| 1996 | It's My Party | Mrs. Theis | ||
| 1997 | 'Til There Was You | Sophia Monroe | ||
| 1998 | Hush | Alice Baring | ||
| 1998 | Family Blessings | Peg Miller | Television film | |
| 1998 | Shadow of a Doubt | Sylvia Saxon | ||
| 2002 | Pumpkin | Betsy Collander | ||
| 2003 | How to Deal | Grandma Halley | ||
| 2004 | Back When We Were Grownups | Mrs. Holmes | Television film |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse | Elizabeth | Episode: "Three Cornered Moon" |
| The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre | Wife | Episodes: "Temporarily Purple", "Half an Hour" | |
| 1949-1954 | Suspense | ||
| 1950-1952 | Lux Video Theatre | Episodes: "The Key", "The Magnolia Touch", "Dames Are Poison", "Mine to Have" | |
| 1951 | Two Girls Named Smith | ||
| The Nash Airflyte Theatre | Episode: "The Case of the Calico Dog" | ||
| Faith Baldwin Romance Theatre | Episode: "The Bride from Broadway" | ||
| Cameo Theatre | Episode: "Betrayal" | ||
| Somerset Maugham TV Theatre | Episode: "In Hiding" | ||
| 1951-52 | Lights Out | Episodes: "Blood Relation", "The House of Dust" | |
| Pulitzer Prize Playhouse | Episodes: "The Jungle", "The Skin of Our Teeth", "The Buccaneer", "Icebound" | ||
| 1952 | Chesterfield Presents | Episode: "A Moment of Memory" | |
| Schlitz Playhouse | Episode: "World So Wide" | ||
| Tales of Tomorrow | Episode: "Bound Together" | ||
| 1952-1958 | Studio One in Hollywood | Eight episodes | |
| 1953 | Hollywood Opening Night | Episode: "Legal Affair" | |
| Armstrong Circle Theatre | Episodes: "Ski Story", "Only This Night" | ||
| The Philip Morris Playhouse | Episode: "Room 203" | ||
| 1954 | Justice | Episode: "Ride with Terror" | |
| Danger | Episodes: "See No Evil", "Hand Me Down" | ||
| Producers' Showcase | Kaye Thorndyke | Episode: "State of the Union" | |
| 1954-1960 | The United States Steel Hour | Julia Walton / Grace Barlow | Four episodes |
| 1955 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Sophia Teale | Episode: "Roberta" |
| 1955-1957 | Climax! | Caroline Emmet / Emily Rone | Episodes: "Deadly Climate", "Night of Execution" |
| 1955-1959 | The Loretta Young Show | Joan Rogers / Mrs. Graff | Episodes: "The Red Dress", "Reunion" |
| 1956 | The 20th Century-Fox Hour | Susan Harland / Joan Byrnes | Episodes: "One Life", "Yacht on the High Sea" |
| Playwrights '56 | Belle Thurmond / Mrs. Scott | Episodes: "The Undiscovered Country", "The Answer" | |
| 1956-1958 | Playhouse 90 | Three episodes | |
| 1957 | The Alcoa Hour | Brita | Episode: "A Double Life" |
| Kraft Theatre | Episodes: "Nothing Personal", "A Night of Rain" | ||
| Wagon Train | Clara Beauhaump | Episode: "The Clara Beauchamp Story" | |
| 1958 | Matinee Theatre | Beatrice | Episodes: "Much Ado About Nothing, Pt. 1", "Much Ado About Nothing, Pt.2" |
| Pursuit | Mrs. Claire Holden | Episode: "Ticket to Tangier" | |
| 1959 | The Thin Man | Episode: "Lady Frankenstein" | |
| Rawhide | Madrina Wilcox | Episode: "Incident of the Judas Trap" | |
| 1960 | The Play of the Week | Andromache | Episode: "Tiger at the Gates" |
| Moment of Fear | Sally Mellanby | Episode: "The Golden Deed" | |
| 1961 | The Americans | Rose Greenbow | Episode: "The Rebellious Rose" |
| Shirley Temple's Storybook | Merwitch | Episode: "The Little Mermaid" | |
| Checkmate | Anne Elliot | Episode: "State of Shock" | |
| 1961-1964 | Route 66 | Samantha / Autumn Ely / Lillian Aldrich | Four episodes |
| 1962 | Bus Stop | Kitty Blaine | Episode: "Cry to Heaven" |
| The Dick Powell Theatre | Ginny Thatcher | Episode: "The Seeds of April" | |
| Theatre '62 | Mrs. Danvers | Episode: "Rebecca" | |
| Naked City | Kitty Lamson / Maude Hutchinson | Episodes: "The Sweetly Smiling Face of Truth", "The Fingers of Henri Tourelle" | |
| 1963 | The Virginian | Frances Graham | Episode: "Vengeance is the Spur" |
| Sam Benedict | Nora Hildon | Episode: "Of Rusted Cannons and Fallen Sparrows" | |
| Arrest and Trial | Ellen Burnham | Episode: "My Name is Martin Burnham" | |
| Kraft Suspense Theatre | Sarah Middleton | Episode: "The End of the World, Baby" | |
| The Greatest Show on Earth | Angelica Cellini | Episode: "Leaves in the Wind" | |
| The Outer Limits | Eva Fraser | Episode: "The Borderland" | |
| 1964 | Burke's Law | Anjanette Delacroix | Episode: "Who Killed 1/2 of Glory Lee?" |
| Mr. Broadway | Maggie | Episode: "Maggie, Queen of the Jungle" | |
| 1965 | Dr. Kildare | Georgia Pettigrew | Episode: "My Name is Lisa, and I Am Lost" |
| Combat! | Madame Carmaux | Episode: "The Casket" | |
| 1966 | A Man Called Shenandoah | Marlee Cole | Episode: "Marlee" |
| The Long, Hot Summer | Carlotta | Episode: "Carlotta, Come Home" | |
| 1967 | I Spy | Gerta | Episode: "Child Out of Time" |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Vera Stannard / Dee | Episodes: "A Time to Love", "And Baby Makes Five" | |
| Bonanza | Clarissa Cartwright | Episode: "Clarissa" | |
| 1968-1970 | The Name of the Game | Mrs. Fredericks / Angela Morgan | Three episodes |
| 1968-1973 | The Mod Squad | Mrs. Dykstra / Virginia Westphal | Episodes: "Don't Kill My Child", "Love" |
| 1969 | The Wild Wild West | Duchess Sophia | Episode: "The Night of the Cossacks" |
| Gunsmoke | Agatha Corey | Episode: "Coreyville" | |
| 1970 | Paris 7000 | Episode: "No Place to Hide" | |
| The F.B.I. | Terry Simms | Episode: "The Dealer" | |
| To Rome with Love | Diana Masterson | Episode: "Beautiful People" | |
| McCloud | Police Sergeant F.J. Dameron | Episode: "Walk in the Dark" | |
| 1971 | That Girl | Frances Nelson | Episode: "That Script" |
| Men at Law | Episode: "Marathon" | ||
| 1973 | Hawaii Five-O | Marian Scott | Episode: "Little Girl Blue" |
| The Brian Keith Show | Mrs. Peterson | Episode: "Sean's Midas Touch" | |
| The Wide World of Mystery | Nellie | Episode: "A Little Bit Like Murder" | |
| Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law | Sylvia Mitchell | Episode: "A Lesson in Loving" | |
| 1973-1976 | Barnaby Jones | Myra Westmore / Eleanor DeRoche | Episodes: "The Stalking Horse", "Divorce - Murderer's Style" |
| 1974 | The Magician | Irene Denore | Episode: "The Illusion of the Stainless Steel Lady" |
| The ABC Afternoon Playbreak | Ceil | Episode: "Oh Baby, Baby, Baby" | |
| 1975 | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Madame Trevi | Episode: "The Trevi Collection" |
| 1977 | McMillan (formally McMillan and Wife) | Marietta Galway | Episode: "Phillip's Game" |
| 1979 | Lou Grant | Mrs. Polk | Episode: "Hollywood" |
| 1985-1986 | Shadow Chasers | Dr. Juliana Moorhouse | Three episodes |
| 1986 | Trapper John, M.D. | Julie Luden | Episode: "Play Your Hunch" |
| Comedy Factory | Hannah Kingsley | Episode: "Chameleon" | |
| The New Mike Hammer | Mildred Hoftsteder | Episode: "The Golden Lady" | |
| 1988 | War and Remembrance | Comtesse de Chambrun | Mini-series |
| 1990 | Room for Romance | Episode: "A Midsummer Night's Reality" | |
| L.A. Law | Marcia Schwartz | Episode: "Smoke Gets in Your Thighs" | |
| Hunter | Gloria Morrell | Episode: "Acapulco Holiday" | |
| Dear John | Mrs. Lacey | Episode: "Homeward Bound" | |
| 1991-1994 | Murder, She Wrote | Rebecca Kinkaid / Katie Emhardt | Episodes: "Death in Hawaii", "Tainted Lady" |
| 1992 | Reasonable Doubts | Carmela Kaufman | Episodes: "Lifelines, Pt. 1", "Lifelines, Pt. 2" |
| 1993 | Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City | Frannie Halcyon | Five episodes |
| 1994 | Missing Persons | Bernice | Episode: "If You Could Pick Your Own Parents..." |
| 1999 | Dharma & Greg | Beatrice | Episode: "Death & Violins" |
| 2000 | Bull | Madeleine | Eight episodes |
| Just Shoot Me! | Catherine DuChamp | Episode: "Dial 'N' for Murder" | |
| 2005-2006 | NCIS | Mrs. Victoria Mallard | Episodes: "Untouchable", "The Meat Puzzle" |
| 2007 | The Closer | Doris Donnelly | Episode: "The Round File", (final appearance) |
Stage credits
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | John Loves Mary | Mary McKinley | Music Box Theatre | [1] |
| 1949 | Twelfth Night | Olivia | Empire Theatre | [2] |
| 1950 | A Phoenix Too Frequent | Dynamene | Fulton Theatre | [2] |
| 1950 | King Lear | Cordelia | National Theatre | [2] |
| 1955 | Measure for Measure | Isabella | Phoenix Theatre American Shakespeare Theatre at Stratford |
[3] |
| 1955 | The Taming of the Shrew | Katharine | Phoenix Theatre American Shakespeare Theatre at Stratford |
[3] |
| 1960 | A Second String | Jane | Eugene O'Neill Theatre | [2] |
| 1967 | Ways and Means | — | Director ANTA Theatre |
[2] |
Radio appearances
| Year | Program | Episode | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America | "The Nurse Who Forgot Fear" | [4] |
| 1952 | Philip Morris Playhouse | "The Room Beyond" | [4] |
| 1952 | Theatre Guild on the Air | The Unguarded Hour | [5] |
| 1953 | Theatre Guild on the Air | Cass Timberlane | [6] |
| 1953 | Broadway Playhouse | Plan for Escape | [7] |
References
- ^ Simonson, Robert (December 8, 2008). "Nina Foch, Cultured Blonde of Stage and Screen, Dies at 84". Playbill. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e "Nina Foch". Playbill. Archived from the original on March 4, 2020.
- ^ a b Cooper, Roberta Krensky. The American Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford 1955-1985. p. 36. ISBN 978-0918016881.
- ^ a b Kirby, Walter (April 6, 1952). "Better Radio Programs for the Week". The Decatur Daily Review. p. 52. Retrieved May 16, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Kirby, Walter (December 28, 1952). "Better Radio Programs for the Week". The Decatur Daily Review. p. 36. Retrieved June 5, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Kirby, Walter (February 15, 1953). "Better Radio Programs for the Week". The Decatur Daily Review. p. 42. Retrieved June 21, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Kirby, Walter (March 1, 1953). "Better Radio Programs for the Week". The Decatur Daily Review. p. 46. Retrieved June 23, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.