Nina Foch

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Nina Foch (born April 20, 1924 as Nina Consuelo Maud Fock in Leiden , South Holland , † December 5, 2008 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American film and theater actress of Dutch origin.

biography

Nina Foch was the daughter of the Dutch composer Dirk Foch (1886-1973) and the singer and actress Consuelo Flowerton (1901-1965), who was known in the USA during the First World War . Nina grew up in Manhattan , although she was born in Holland . She had the citizenships of the Netherlands and the USA .

Before her career in film and theater, Foch tried her hand at both a pianist and an amateur painter. However, she soon realized that acting was her real passion. She studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and signed her first contract with Columbia Pictures in 1943 . She made her film debut in the 18-minute western Wagon Wheels West . In the same year she was seen in The Return of the Vampire .

Foch first enjoyed success in film and television and only later in her career in the theater. In 1947 she made her debut on Broadway . Her best-known role there was that of Cordelia in the 1950 production of King Lear .

Her film career was, with a few exceptions, limited to TV series and B-movies . Her best-known films include An American in Paris from 1951, the 1956 Bible film The Ten Commandments and the period film Spartacus, made four years later . In 1955, Nina Foch was nominated for the Academy Award in the Best Supporting Actress category for her role in The Intriguers .

Even in old age, Foch still acted in front of the camera. So she worked in 2005/2006, now 82 years old, in two episodes of Navy CIS .

She had her first work behind the camera in 1959 as assistant director to George Stevens on The Diary of Anne Frank . In 1996 she directed the only time; in collaboration with Deborah Raffin she filmed the drama Family Blessings . From the 1960s, Foch also worked as an acting teacher at USC and the American Film Institute .

She was married three times. Her first marriage to the film actor James Lipton lasted from 1954 to 1959. From her second marriage (1959–1963) with Dennis Brito comes a son who is now a general practitioner. She was married to actor Michael Dewell from 1967 to 1993. She last lived in Beverly Hills, California .

Nina Foch's filmmaking was honored with two stars on the Walk of Fame .

Filmography (selection)

Feature films

TV Shows

Awards

Web links

Commons : Nina Foch  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Los Angeles Times : Nina Foch, actress and influential coach and teacher, dies at 84, December 6, 2008
  2. ↑ Entry at filmreference.com
personal data
SURNAME Foch, Nina
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fock, Nina Consuelo Maud (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film and theater actress of Dutch origin
DATE OF BIRTH April 20, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Leiden (city) , South Holland , Netherlands
DATE OF DEATH December 5, 2008
Place of death Los Angeles , California , United States