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.

Foch in Escape in the Fog (1945)

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
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
1949The Philco-Goodyear Television PlayhouseElizabethEpisode: "Three Cornered Moon"
The Chevrolet Tele-TheatreWifeEpisodes: "Temporarily Purple", "Half an Hour"
1949-1954Suspense
1950-1952Lux Video TheatreEpisodes: "The Key", "The Magnolia Touch", "Dames Are Poison", "Mine to Have"
1951Two Girls Named Smith
The Nash Airflyte TheatreEpisode: "The Case of the Calico Dog"
Faith Baldwin Romance TheatreEpisode: "The Bride from Broadway"
Cameo TheatreEpisode: "Betrayal"
Somerset Maugham TV TheatreEpisode: "In Hiding"
1951-52Lights OutEpisodes: "Blood Relation", "The House of Dust"
Pulitzer Prize PlayhouseEpisodes: "The Jungle", "The Skin of Our Teeth", "The Buccaneer", "Icebound"
1952Chesterfield PresentsEpisode: "A Moment of Memory"
Schlitz PlayhouseEpisode: "World So Wide"
Tales of TomorrowEpisode: "Bound Together"
1952-1958Studio One in HollywoodEight episodes
1953Hollywood Opening NightEpisode: "Legal Affair"
Armstrong Circle TheatreEpisodes: "Ski Story", "Only This Night"
The Philip Morris PlayhouseEpisode: "Room 203"
1954JusticeEpisode: "Ride with Terror"
DangerEpisodes: "See No Evil", "Hand Me Down"
Producers' ShowcaseKaye ThorndykeEpisode: "State of the Union"
1954-1960The United States Steel HourJulia Walton / Grace BarlowFour episodes
1955The Colgate Comedy HourSophia TealeEpisode: "Roberta"
1955-1957Climax!Caroline Emmet / Emily RoneEpisodes: "Deadly Climate", "Night of Execution"
1955-1959The Loretta Young ShowJoan Rogers / Mrs. GraffEpisodes: "The Red Dress", "Reunion"
1956The 20th Century-Fox HourSusan Harland / Joan ByrnesEpisodes: "One Life", "Yacht on the High Sea"
Playwrights '56Belle Thurmond / Mrs. ScottEpisodes: "The Undiscovered Country", "The Answer"
1956-1958Playhouse 90Three episodes
1957The Alcoa HourBritaEpisode: "A Double Life"
Kraft TheatreEpisodes: "Nothing Personal", "A Night of Rain"
Wagon TrainClara BeauhaumpEpisode: "The Clara Beauchamp Story"
1958Matinee TheatreBeatriceEpisodes: "Much Ado About Nothing, Pt. 1", "Much Ado About Nothing, Pt.2"
PursuitMrs. Claire HoldenEpisode: "Ticket to Tangier"
1959The Thin ManEpisode: "Lady Frankenstein"
RawhideMadrina WilcoxEpisode: "Incident of the Judas Trap"
1960The Play of the WeekAndromacheEpisode: "Tiger at the Gates"
Moment of FearSally MellanbyEpisode: "The Golden Deed"
1961The AmericansRose GreenbowEpisode: "The Rebellious Rose"
Shirley Temple's StorybookMerwitchEpisode: "The Little Mermaid"
CheckmateAnne ElliotEpisode: "State of Shock"
1961-1964Route 66Samantha / Autumn Ely / Lillian AldrichFour episodes
1962Bus StopKitty BlaineEpisode: "Cry to Heaven"
The Dick Powell TheatreGinny ThatcherEpisode: "The Seeds of April"
Theatre '62Mrs. DanversEpisode: "Rebecca"
Naked CityKitty Lamson / Maude HutchinsonEpisodes: "The Sweetly Smiling Face of Truth", "The Fingers of Henri Tourelle"
1963The VirginianFrances GrahamEpisode: "Vengeance is the Spur"
Sam BenedictNora HildonEpisode: "Of Rusted Cannons and Fallen Sparrows"
Arrest and TrialEllen BurnhamEpisode: "My Name is Martin Burnham"
Kraft Suspense TheatreSarah MiddletonEpisode: "The End of the World, Baby"
The Greatest Show on EarthAngelica CelliniEpisode: "Leaves in the Wind"
The Outer LimitsEva FraserEpisode: "The Borderland"
1964Burke's LawAnjanette DelacroixEpisode: "Who Killed 1/2 of Glory Lee?"
Mr. BroadwayMaggieEpisode: "Maggie, Queen of the Jungle"
1965Dr. KildareGeorgia PettigrewEpisode: "My Name is Lisa, and I Am Lost"
Combat!Madame CarmauxEpisode: "The Casket"
1966A Man Called ShenandoahMarlee ColeEpisode: "Marlee"
The Long, Hot SummerCarlottaEpisode: "Carlotta, Come Home"
1967I SpyGertaEpisode: "Child Out of Time"
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreVera Stannard / DeeEpisodes: "A Time to Love", "And Baby Makes Five"
BonanzaClarissa CartwrightEpisode: "Clarissa"
1968-1970The Name of the GameMrs. Fredericks / Angela MorganThree episodes
1968-1973The Mod SquadMrs. Dykstra / Virginia WestphalEpisodes: "Don't Kill My Child", "Love"
1969The Wild Wild WestDuchess SophiaEpisode: "The Night of the Cossacks"
GunsmokeAgatha CoreyEpisode: "Coreyville"
1970Paris 7000Episode: "No Place to Hide"
The F.B.I.Terry SimmsEpisode: "The Dealer"
To Rome with LoveDiana MastersonEpisode: "Beautiful People"
McCloudPolice Sergeant F.J. DameronEpisode: "Walk in the Dark"
1971That GirlFrances NelsonEpisode: "That Script"
Men at LawEpisode: "Marathon"
1973Hawaii Five-OMarian ScottEpisode: "Little Girl Blue"
The Brian Keith ShowMrs. PetersonEpisode: "Sean's Midas Touch"
The Wide World of MysteryNellieEpisode: "A Little Bit Like Murder"
Owen Marshall, Counselor at LawSylvia MitchellEpisode: "A Lesson in Loving"
1973-1976Barnaby JonesMyra Westmore / Eleanor DeRocheEpisodes: "The Stalking Horse", "Divorce - Murderer's Style"
1974The MagicianIrene DenoreEpisode: "The Illusion of the Stainless Steel Lady"
The ABC Afternoon PlaybreakCeilEpisode: "Oh Baby, Baby, Baby"
1975Kolchak: The Night StalkerMadame TreviEpisode: "The Trevi Collection"
1977McMillan (formally McMillan and Wife)Marietta GalwayEpisode: "Phillip's Game"
1979Lou GrantMrs. PolkEpisode: "Hollywood"
1985-1986Shadow ChasersDr. Juliana MoorhouseThree episodes
1986Trapper John, M.D.Julie LudenEpisode: "Play Your Hunch"
Comedy FactoryHannah KingsleyEpisode: "Chameleon"
The New Mike HammerMildred HoftstederEpisode: "The Golden Lady"
1988War and RemembranceComtesse de ChambrunMini-series
1990Room for RomanceEpisode: "A Midsummer Night's Reality"
L.A. LawMarcia SchwartzEpisode: "Smoke Gets in Your Thighs"
HunterGloria MorrellEpisode: "Acapulco Holiday"
Dear JohnMrs. LaceyEpisode: "Homeward Bound"
1991-1994Murder, She WroteRebecca Kinkaid / Katie EmhardtEpisodes: "Death in Hawaii", "Tainted Lady"
1992Reasonable DoubtsCarmela KaufmanEpisodes: "Lifelines, Pt. 1", "Lifelines, Pt. 2"
1993Armistead Maupin's Tales of the CityFrannie HalcyonFive episodes
1994Missing PersonsBerniceEpisode: "If You Could Pick Your Own Parents..."
1999Dharma & GregBeatriceEpisode: "Death & Violins"
2000BullMadeleineEight episodes
Just Shoot Me!Catherine DuChampEpisode: "Dial 'N' for Murder"
2005-2006NCISMrs. Victoria MallardEpisodes: "Untouchable", "The Meat Puzzle"
2007The CloserDoris DonnellyEpisode: "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 N/A 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

  1. Simonson, Robert (December 8, 2008). "Nina Foch, Cultured Blonde of Stage and Screen, Dies at 84". Playbill. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  2. "Nina Foch". Playbill. Archived from the original on March 4, 2020.
  3. Cooper, Roberta Krensky (1986). The American Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford 1955-1985. p. 36. ISBN 978-0918016881.
  4. Kirby, Walter (April 6, 1952). "Better Radio Programs for the Week". The Decatur Daily Review. p. 52. Retrieved May 16, 2015 via Newspapers.com.
  5. Kirby, Walter (December 28, 1952). "Better Radio Programs for the Week". The Decatur Daily Review. p. 36. Retrieved June 5, 2015 via Newspapers.com.
  6. Kirby, Walter (February 15, 1953). "Better Radio Programs for the Week". The Decatur Daily Review. p. 42. Retrieved June 21, 2015 via Newspapers.com.
  7. Kirby, Walter (March 1, 1953). "Better Radio Programs for the Week". The Decatur Daily Review. p. 46. Retrieved June 23, 2015 via Newspapers.com.
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