Nina Foch

Sunday, 20th April 1924 - Thursday, 4th December 2008

Veteran actress from Hollywood's film noir era of the '40s who became a widely respected acting coach and teacher of directors. Foch fell ill while teaching "Directing the Actor," a popular course at USC's School of Cinematic Arts, where she taught for 40 years. She also offered the class for years at the American Film Institute. Her best-remembered films include An American in Paris (1951) and The Ten Commandments (1956), followed by a long acting career on TV. She died of complications from long-term myelodysplasia, a blood disorder, in Los Angeles, California on December 5, 2008.
~Life in Legacy

	Cry of the Werewolf Celeste	1944
	Nine Girls	1944
	Return of the Vampire Niki Saunders	1944
	Shadows in the Night	1944
	She's a Soldier Too	1944
	She's a Sweetheart	1944
	Song to Remember Constantia	1945
	My Name Is Julia Ross Julia Ross	1945
	Boston Blackie's Rendezvous	1945
	Escape in the Fog	1945
	I Love a Mystery	1945
	Johnny O'Clock Harriet Hobbs	1947
	Guilt of Janet Ames Susie Pearson	1947
	Dark Past Betty	1948
	Johnny Allegro Glenda Chapman	1949
	Undercover Man Judith Warren	1949
	St. Benny the Dip	1951
	American in Paris Milo Roberts	1951
	Scaramouche Marie Antoinette	1952
	Young Man With Ideas	1952
	Sombrero Elena Cantu	1953
	Fast Company	1953
	Four Guns to the Border Maggie Flannery	1954
	Executive Suite Erica Martin	1954
	Illegal	1955
	You're Never Too Young Gretchen Brendan	1955
	Ten Commandments Bithiah	1956
	Three Brave Men	1957
	Ten Little Indians Vera Claythorne	1959
	Cash McCall Maude Kennard	1960
	Spartacus Helena Glabrus	1960
	Gidget Grows Up	1970
	Such Good Friends Mrs. Wallman	1971
	Salty	1973
	Mahogany Miss Evans	1975
	Great Houdinis	1976
	Jennifer	1978
	Child of Glass	1978
	Ebony, Ivory and Jade	1980
	Rich and Famous Literary Party Guest	1981
	Outback Bound Samantha's mother	1988
	Dixie Lanes	1988
	Skin Deep	1989
	Sands of Time	1992
	Sliver Mrs. McEvoy	1993
	Morning Glory Miss Beasly	1993
	It's My Party Brandon's mother	1996
	Shadow of Doubt Sylvia Saxon	1998

	Lux Video Theatre Mine to Have as Flo	10/30/1950
	US Steel Hour The Rise of Carthage	01/19/1954
	Loretta Young Show Reunion as Mrs. Graff	09/11/1955
	US Steel Hour Whisper of Evil as Grace Barlow	06/03/1959
	US Steel Hour The Case of Julia Walton as Julia Walton	09/09/1959
	Loretta Young Show The Red Dress as Joan Rogers	11/01/1959
	US Steel Hour A Time to Decide	11/02/1960
	Shirley Temple Theatre The Little Mermaid as Merwitch	03/05/1961
	Checkmate State of Shock as Anne Elliot	06/24/1961
	Outer Limits The Borderland as Eva Fraser	12/16/1963
	Columbo Prescription: Murder as Carol Fleming	02/20/1968
	Wild Wild West The Night of the Cossacks as Duchess Sophia	03/21/1969
	F.B.I. The Dealer as Terry Simms	02/22/1970
	McCloud Walk in the Dark as Sgt. F. J. Dameron	10/14/1970
	Name of the Game I Love You, Billy Baker: Part 1 as Mrs. Fredericks	11/20/1970
	Name of the Game I Love You, Billy Baker: Part 2 as Mrs. Fredericks	11/27/1970
	Barnaby Jones The Stalking Horse as Myra Westmore	03/18/1976
	Murder, She Wrote Tainted Lady as Katie Emhardt	05/05/1991
	Murder, She Wrote Death in Hawaii as Rebecca Kinkaid	10/16/1994
	Alien Nation Alien Nation: Dark Horizon as Burak	10/25/1994
	NCIS The Meat Puzzle as Mrs. Victoria Mallard	02/08/2005
	NCIS Untouchable as Mrs. Victoria Mallard	04/18/2006

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