Nina Foch

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Nina Foch (born Nina Consuelo Maud Fock, 1924-2008) was a Dutch American actress.

Foch, who signed a 19-year-old photograph at age 19, became a regular in Columbia Pictures' horror pictures and films noir before establishing herself as a leading lady in the mid-1950s to 1950s, often playing cool, aloof sophisticates.

Her career spanned six decades, with over 50 feature films and more than 100 television appearances. She is perhaps best known for her appearances in An American in Paris (1951), which earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress; Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments (1956); and Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus (1960). From 1951 to 2007, Foch was also active in television.

In 1968, Foch portrayed the perpetrator in Peter Falk's "Columbo" films.

Foch taught drama at the American Film Institute and the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts, where she served as a faculty member for more than 40 years until her death in 2008.

1924–1942: Early life

Nina Foch was born in Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands, in 1924, to American actress and singer Consuelo Flowerton, and Dutch classical music conductor Dirk Fock. Her parents divorced when she was a child, and she and her mother immigrated to the United States, settling in New York City.

Her mother encouraged her artistic abilities during Foch's youth; she studied piano and loved art but was more interested in acting. After graduating from the Lincoln School, Foch attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, learning how acting under Lee Strasberg and Stella Adler was a passion.

Foch made her debut in Columbia Pictures' horror film The Return of the Vampire (1943) with Bela Lugosi, then appearing in Columbia's Cry of the Werewolf later this year. This was followed by a participation in A Song to Remember (1945), the film I Love a Mystery (1945), and a number of films noir, including Escape in the Fog (1945), in which she starred as a woman with a premonition of her kidnapping. Julia Ross, a woman who had been living in a rural home for the first year, awakens one morning to discover herself in a new location and with a new name.

Foch appeared in Johnny O'Clock (1947), The Dark Past (1948), and Johnny Allegro (1949). She appeared in John Houseman's CBS Playhouse 90 television series at this time.

Foch played the titular Mary in his Broadway debut in John Loves Mary's 1947 production. She appeared in Twelfth Night (1949) and King Lear (1950) in Stratford and Broadway.

In 1951, Foch appeared in the musical An American in Paris, which was named Best Picture Oscar that year. Foch appeared in Scaramouche (1952) as Marie Antoinette. In 1955, she returned to theater, appearing in Measure for Measure Off-Broadway's Off-Broadway production The Taming of the Shrew and The Taming of the Shrew. Foch appeared in Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments (1956) as Bithiah, the pharaoh's daughter, adopts the infant Moses in the bulrushes, adopts him as her son and joins the Hebrews in their exodus from Egypt. The Maryland State Council of the American Jewish Congress gave Foch a special award in 1957 for her role in The Ten Commandments.

For her work as a secretary in the boardroom drama Executive Suite (1954), starring William Holden, Fredric March, and Barbara Stanwyck, Foch received a nomination for Best Supporting Actress. As the Executive Suite was commissioned in 1959, Foch married actor James Lipton, the first husband of her first marriage; their union lasted five years before ending in divorce in 1959. She married television journalist Dennis de Brito, with whom she gave birth to one son, Dirk, in the same year.

In Spartacus (1960), starring Kirk Douglas and Laurence Olivier, she played a woman who chooses gladiators to die in the ring simply for her amusement. In 1961, she appeared in The Americans, an NBC series about family divisions during the American Civil War. She appeared on NBC game show Your First Impression in 1963. In 1964, she appeared in "Maggie, Queen of the Jungle," Craig Stevens' short-lived CBS drama series "Mr. Broadway." Foch divorced her second husband, De Brito, in 1964. In the Outer Limits episode "The Borderland," Eva Frazier was the next cast member. She appeared in an episode of Gunsmoke as the widowed matriarch of a lawless town and appeared in a video game called Combat! The Casket" is the episode titled "The Casket." In 1967, Foch married Michael Dewell, her third husband.

Foch began teaching "Directing the Actor" classes at the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts (USC), as well as at the American Film Institute, beginning in the 1960s.

She was then cast as the first murder survivor of the Columbo mystery film starring Peter Falk, who appeared in the pilot film, Prescription: Murder (1968), with Gene Barry as her husband, a homicidal psychiatrist. She appeared on ABC's That Girl in the fifth season of That Script and NBC's The Brian Keith Show in the early 1970s. She appeared in the film Mahogany, starring Diana Ross, and then supporting roles in Jennifer and the Walt Disney supernatural television film Child of Glass, which were both released in 1978). Foch was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for her guest appearance on the Lou Grant series "Hollywood" in 1980.

Foch appeared in War and Remembrance (1988), an American collaborator in WWII Paris who employs Jane Seymour's character as a librarian, and she argues that the correct place for her and her uncle would be in the appropriately named "Paradise Ghetto." Frannie Halcyon appeared in the television version of Tales of the City (1993). Foch divorced Michael Dewell, her third husband, the same year. Alien Nation: Dark Horizon (1994), a well-known television role, was as the Overseer Commander (or "Kleezantzun") in the first of Alien Nation's television series, Alien Nation: Dark Horizon (1994).

Foch appeared on television series Just Shoot Me, Bull, Dharma & Greg, and NCIS, with the former depicting Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard's elderly mother. She appeared in two films, Pumpkin (2002), and How to Deal (2003), both independent drama films.

During this time, Foch continued to work as an instructor at USC and later became a freelance script-breakdown consultant for several Hollywood directors.

1943–1950: Early films and theater

After signing a deal with Columbia Pictures at the age of 19, Foch made her debut film debut in Bela Lugosi's The Return of the Vampire (1943), later appearing in Columbia's Cry of the Werewolf. This was followed by a performance in A Song to Remember (1945), the drama I Love a Mystery (1945), and a number of films noir, including Escape in the Fog (1945), in which she appeared as a woman with a premonition of her kidnapping. Julia Ross, a woman who had been working as a caretaker in a rural setting for a year, awakened one morning to discover herself in a new location and with a different name.

Foch appeared in Johnny O'Clock (1947), The Undercover Man (1948), and Johnny Allegro (1949). She appeared in John Houseman's CBS Playhouse 90 television series at this time.

Foch played the titular Mary in the 1947 production of John Loves Mary on Broadway. She appeared in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night (1949) and King Lear (1950).

In 1951, Foch appeared in the film An American in Paris, which was named Best Picture Oscar that year. Foch also appeared in Scaramouche (1952) as Marie Antoinette. She returned to theater in 1955 after appearing in Measure for Measure Off-Broadway production Measure for Measure and The Taming of the Shrew. Foch appears in Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments (1956) as Bithiah, the pharaoh's daughter who discovers the infant Moses in the bulrushes, adopts him as her son and joins him and the Hebrews in Egypt's exodus from Egypt. The Maryland State Council of the American Jewish Congress gave Foch a special award in 1957 for her work in The Ten Commandments.

Foch was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as a secretary in the boardroom drama Executive Suite (1954), starring William Holden, Fredric March, and Barbara Stanwyck. When Foch married her first husband, actor James Lipton, five years ago, their marriage lasted five years before settling in divorce in 1959. She married television journalist Dennis de Brito in the same year as her first child, Dirk, was born.

She played an explorer who chooses gladiators to fight to death in the ring simply for her entertainment in Spartacus (1960), starring Kirk Douglas and Laurence Olivier. In 1961, she appeared in The Americans, an NBC series about American Civil War family divisions. In 1963, she appeared on the NBC game show Your First Impression. She appeared in "Maggie, Queen of the Jungle" in Craig Stevens' short-lived CBS drama series Mr. Broadway in 1964. Foch divorced De Brito, her second husband, in 1964. In the Outer Limits episode "The Borderland," Eva Frazier was next cast as Eva Frazier. She appeared in a episode of Gunsmoke as the widowed matriarch of a lawless town and appeared in an episode on Combat! The Casket" episode is a fictionalization. In 1967, Foch married Michael Dewell, her third husband, in 1967.

Foch began teaching "Directing the Actor" classes at the University of Southern California (USC), as well as at the American Film Institute in the 1960s.

She was then cast as the first murder survivor of the Columbo mystery series starring Peter Falk, portrayed by Gene Barry in the pilot film, Prescription: Murder (1968), as a homicidal psychiatrist. In the early 1970s, she appeared on ABC's That Girl and NBC's The Brian Keith Show. She appeared in the film Mahogany (1975), starring Diana Ross, and then supporting roles in the horror film Jennifer and the Walt Disney supernatural television film Child of Glass (both released in 1978). In 1980, Foch was nominated for the Outstanding Support Actress award for her guest appearance on "Hollywood" by Lou Grant.

Foch appeared in War and Remembrance (1988) as the Comtesse de Chambrun, an American collaborator in WWII Paris who uses Jane Seymour's character as a librarian, and she and her uncle will visit the inaptly named "Paradise Ghetto." Frannie Halcyon appeared in the television miniseries Tales of the City (1993). Michael Dewell, Foch's third husband, divorced her in the same year. In the first of Alien Nation television films, Overseer Commander (or "Kleezantzun"), he had another prominent television role, Alien Nation: Dark Horizon (1994).

Foch appeared on television series Just Shoot Me, Bull, Dharma & Greg, and NCIS, the latter portraying Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard's elderly mother. She appeared in minor roles in the independent drama film Pumpkin (2002) and the romantic comedy film How to Deal (2003).

During this period, Foch continued to work as an instructor at the University of California, as well as as an independent script-breakdown consultant for several Hollywood directors.

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