Nina Foch

Nina Foch

Nascimento : 1924-04-21, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

Morte : 2008-12-05

História

Nina Foch (born Nina Consuelo Maud Fock; April 20, 1924 – December 5, 2008) was a Dutch American actress. After signing a contract with Columbia Pictures at age 19, Foch became a regular in the studio's horror pictures and films noir before establishing herself as a leading lady in the mid-1940s through the 1950s, often playing roles as cool, aloof sophisticates. Her career spanned six decades, consisting of over 50 feature films and over 100 television appearances.

Perfil

Nina Foch

Filmes

'S Wonderful: Creating An American in Paris
This recently produced behind-the-scenes documentary digs into Gershwin's original work, the genesis of the cinematic adaptation, casting, the shoot, and the eventual reception of the film.
Quando Nos Tornamos Adultos
Mrs. Holmes
A 53-year-old widow believes she's turned into the wrong person in this bittersweet tale based on Anne Tyler's best-seller. Beck's (Blythe Danner) plate is full: She runs a catering business and cares for her large family, but feels lost inside. Determined to find herself, Beck embarks on a journey, starting with her ex-beau (Peter Fonda) and ending with an unexpected soul mate. Jack Palance, Peter Riegert, Faye Dunaway and Ione Skye also star.
Meu Novo Amor
Grandma Halley
Rodeada por casais separados e colegas fúteis, a jovem Halley Martin (Mandy Moore) está desiludida com o amor. Para ela, este verdadeiro sentimento não existe. Mas parece que o destino decide mostrar-lhe que não é bem assim, já que depois de um trágico acidente, Halley conhece Macon Forrester e uma grande paixão vai aparecer entre eles.
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
Self
American Masters Series. Documentary on Gene Kelly that gives insight into his dancing, how he formed a style (first "blue collar dancer") and developed different cinematique techniques, such as brilliantly shot dancing sequences.
Pumpkin
Betsy Collander
Carolyn's sorority sisters set their sights on the Sorority of the Year award and coaching challenged athletes is their ticket to the trophy. But when the queen of formals finds herself mentoring Pumpkin, a disabled athlete, their two worlds collide.
Family Blessings
Director
Family Blessings
Peg Miller
Universal Horror
Self - Interviewee
A documentary about the era of classic monster movies that were made at Universal Studios during the 1930s and 1940s.
Segredos de um Crime
Sylvia Saxon
An attorney uncovers a political conspiracy in the brutal killing of a wealthy young woman.
Segredo de Sangue
Alice Baring
Em Nova York Helen (Gwyneth Paltrow), uma jovem mulher que vive com Jackson (Johnathon Schaech), seu namorado, descobre que está grávida. Assim decidem se casar e, como ele é dono de Kilronan, uma bela propriedade rural que precisa de melhoramentos, se mudam para lá, planejando trabalhar na propriedade e ter o filho lá. Mas Martha Baring (Jessica Lange), a neurótica mãe dele que sempre administrou o local, se incomoda com a presença da nora e faz planos para ter o controle da situação, seguindo ao pé da letra a regra que diz que os fins justificam os meios.
Til There Was You
Sophia Monroe
Two strangers, whose paths are always crossing, finally meet when fate steps in. It took them twenty years to fall in love at first sight.
A Última Festa
Brandon's mother
Nick, a gay, HIV-positive architect, begins to display severe symptoms of AIDS and makes preparations to kill himself before he is unable to function normally. He arranges a party to reconnect and say goodbye to his closest friends and his confused parents. But when his ex-partner, Brandon, a television director who left Nick when he was diagnosed with HIV, shows up, what was supposed to be a celebratory event becomes much more difficult for everyone.
Alien Nation: Dark Horizon
Burak
Followup movie to the TV series about 250,000 aliens, or "newcomers" as they are known, who have by now settled alongside the humans in California. Most of the newcomers were slaves, and the slave masters are now looking for them. They send Aponso to earth to locate the slaves ready for the aliens to pick them up.
Invasão de Privacidade
Mrs. McEvoy
Uma série de misteriosas mortes atinge um edifício de luxo em Manhattan enquanto uma nova moradora (Sharon Stone) se envolve com um dos vizinhos (William Baldwin), mas também é desejada por um outro (Tom Berenger) e gradativamente vai chegando a conclusão que um deles é o assassino.
Morning Glory
Miss Beasly
An ex-convict who is on parole is accused of murdering a loose woman in the town where he works.
The Sands of Time
Ellen Scott
Three nuns are caught up in the midst of Spanish Civil War in the 1930s.
In the Arms of a Killer
Mrs. Venible
A young detective falls in love with a witness in a murder case and suddenly becomes a suspect herself.
As Confusões de um Sedutor
Alex's Mother
Hard-drinking novelist Zach Hutton spirals out of control after his wife and mistress both leave him. Alone and crippled by a bad case of writer's block, Zach slips in and out of casual relationships and one-night stands, while his drinking becomes more and more severe. With the help of a bartender and his therapist, Zach confronts his demons — women and alcohol.
Outback Bound
Samantha's mother
A girl from Beverly Hills tries to find her fathers opal mine in the Australian outback.
Dixie Lanes
Hazel Laidlaw
A small-town Southern family may have survived World War II, but will they survive a family reunion?
Delírios Mortais
Real Estate Agent
Uma noite, em um hospital de Los Angeles, o Dr. Flax atende a um homem gravemente ferido que, aparentemente louco, sussurra palavras misteriosas e desconcertantes em francês em seu ouvido.
Ricas e Famosas
Literary Party Guest
Two literary women compete for 20 years: one writes for the critics; the other one, to get rich.
Ebony, Ivory and Jade
Dr. Adela Teba
In this prospective pilot, Mick Jade, a tennis bum-turned-Las Vegas-song-and-dance man, doubles as a private eye with two female dancers, Ebony and Ivory. The trio go undercover to protect a lady scientist from international hitmen as she heads for Washington D.C. from the near-East with her super-secret formula.
O Menino Que Falava Com Fantasmas
Aunt Lavinia Culp
Alexander Armsworth and his family move to an authentic antebellum mansion which once was owned by a river pirate. Alexander is drawn into a century-old mystery when he sees the ghost of a little girl and she asks for his help in finding the "child of glass" by reciting a riddle. He has only a day or two to solve the riddle...or be haunted for the rest of his life!
Jennifer
Mrs. Calley
Ostracized at a snooty private school because of her rural, poor background, a scholarship student is tormented to the point where her only remaining recourse is revenge, using the only method she knows: her psychic control over snakes!
The Great Houdinis
Reverend Le Veyne
A biography of the renowned escape artist Harry Houdini, examining his fascination with the occult and his promise to his wife on her deathbed that he would speak from the beyond.
Mahogany
Miss Evans
Tracy, an aspiring designer from the slums of Chicago puts herself through fashion school in the hopes of becoming one of the world's top designers. Her ambition leads her to Rome spurring a choice between the man she loves or her newfound success.
A Little Bit Like Murder
Nellie
A malevolent old house is pervaded by evil spirits who inflict harm upon the occupants. Their latest victim is a woman who is overcome with hatred for her family.
Female Artillery
Amelia Craig
An outlaw joins up with a wagon train of pioneer women and secretly hides some money there, but his old gang shows up and wants their money - and the women.
Salty
Mrs. Penninger
After their parents are killed in a hurricane, brothers Taylor and Tim Reed are taken in by the owner of a fledgling marina in the Florida Everglades, where they befriend a sea-lion named Salty and carry out a series of adventures.
The Scarecrow
Goody Rickby
Just before the Salem Witch Trials, an embittered old woman, who has learned witchcraft, teams up with the Devil, and brings a scarecrow to life as part of her diabolical revenge on the judge who was once her lover.
Amigo é Pra Essas Coisas
Julie's Mother
Julie Messinger is an intense woman who hides her wild emotions and desires under her conventional facade. Her husband Richard checks into the hospital for a simple mole removal that goes seriously wrong.
Gidget Grows Up
Bibi Crosby
After spending the last two years in Europe as an exchange student, Gidget returns home to California only to discover that things have changed. The letters she had been writing to her beloved "Moondoggie" to try to make him jealous have had the wrong effect. Disillusioned with love, and after hearing a speech on television, she decides to make a real difference in the world by going to New York to become a youth worker at the United Nations. While there she has a proposal of marriage from an extremely wealthy Arabian sheik, but instead she falls for a handsome but older Australian diplomat.
Prescription: Murder
Carol Flemming
In Columbo's first outing, a psychiatrist uses a patient he is having an affair with to help him kill his wife, but his perfect alibi may come apart at the hands of a seemingly befuddled LAPD lieutenant.
Spartacus
Helena Glabrus
Spartacus, um homem que nasceu escravo, labuta para o Império Romano enquanto sonha com o fim da escravidão. Ele foi condenado à morte por morder um guarda em uma mina na Líbia. Mas seu destino foi mudado por um lanista (negociante e treinador de gladiadores), que o comprou para ser treinado nas artes de combate e se tornar um gladiador. Até que um dia, dois poderosos patrícios chegam de Roma, um com a esposa e o outro com a noiva. As mulheres pedem para serem entretidas com dois combates até à morte e Spartacus, é escolhido para enfrentar um gladiador negro, que vence a luta mas se recusa a matar seu opositor, atirando seu tridente contra a tribuna onde estavam os romanos. Este nobre gesto custa a vida do gladiador negro e enfurece Spartacus, de tal maneira que ele acaba liderando uma revolta de escravos, que atinge metade da Itália.
Cash McCall
Maude Kennard
Wealthy hotshot Cash McCall makes his money by purchasing unsuccessful businesses, whipping them into shape and then selling them for a huge profit. When Cash comes across Austen Plastics, a small manufacturing corporation on its last legs, he realizes it might be a gamble to buy the company. But when Cash finds out that the company's owner is the father of his old flame, Lory, he buys the business just to get a second chance at romance.
Ten Little Indians
Vera Claythorne
Ten strangers are invited to a mansion on a remote island, where they are killed one by one by a mysterious assailant. Based on the Agatha Christie novel, also known by the title And Then There Were None.
Three Brave Men
Lt. Mary Jane McCoy
A lawyer takes the case of a Navy clerk who sues after he's fired for suspected Communist beliefs.
Os Dez Mandamentos
Bithiah
A épica vida de Moisés, desde recém-nascido, quando foi colocado nas águas em um cesto e acabou sendo adotado por uma princesa egípcia, até quando descobre sua real condição e decide liderar seu povo que, escravizado pelos egípcios, anseia pela liberdade.
Trágica Fatalidade
Ellen Miles
A hugely successful DA goes into private practice after sending a man to the chair -- only to find out later he was innocent. Now the drunken attorney only seems to represent criminals and low lifes.
O Meninão
Gretchen Brendan
Um barbeiro se vê obrigado a se fingir de criança para escapar de um bandido que o persegue. Ele acaba indo parar em uma escola só de moças, onde cai nas boas graças de uma professora. Mas, gradativamente, o namorado dela vai descobrindo a verdade.
O Derradeiro Assalto
Maggie Flannery
Outlaws on the lam battle attacking Apaches.
Um Homem e Dez Destinos
Erica Martin
Avery Bullard (Raoul Freeman), o presidente da Tredway Corporation, uma conhecida fábrica de móveis, morre repentinamente. Como ele não deixou claro quem seria o seu sucessor, o conselho executivo, formado por 7 pessoas, precisa se reunir rapidamente para encontrar um sucessor, pois como Avery faleceu na tarde de sexta-feira é importante que na segunda o mercado encontre a Tredway com novo presidente, para não desvalorizar as ações da empresa. O provável sucessor é Loren Phineas Shaw (Fredric Marsh), um frio homem de negócios que só pensa no lucro dos acionistas, sem se preocupar com a qualidade. Para impedi-lo de chegar à presidênciaé preciso encontrar logo alguém com idéias bem inovadoras, mas esta pessoa tem de ser uma das outras seis do conselho executivo, que se mostra dividido sobre qual o melhor caminho. Enquanto isso Shaw só precisa do seu voto e de mais três para se eleger.
Fast Company
Mercedes Bellway
The temperamental Carol Maldon leaves New York behind to take control of her father's stable, she inherited. Rick Grayton is a horse racing trainer who lucked into training a champ, the horse 'Gay Fleet'. Only nobody knows 'Gay Fleet' is any good yet. Rick has been intentionally losing so that he can buy the horse with a low-ball offer to the owner Carol. However Mercedes Bellway, a rival barn and in love with Rick, figures out his plan and tells Carol.
México de Meus Amores
Elena Cantu
Mexican love stories follow a dying man, a bullfighter's sister and lovers from feuding villages.
The Kill
Carrie Brown Huddleston
Jeff and his family just moved into a small, rural community. When two sinister locals tamper with Jeff's water pump, a fight breaks out among the three. Jeff is seen as a fugitive in the eyes of this bloodthirsty community...and there seems to be no way to stop them.
Scaramouche
Marie Antoinette
Na França pré-revolucionária, a rainha Maria Antonieta pede a seu primo Noel, marquês de Maynes, que descubra a identidade de Marcus Brutus, um panfleteiro que ataca com seus folhetos a decadente aristocracia. Logo se descobre que ele é Philippe de Valmorin, grande amigo do aventureiro André Moreau. Este tenta ajudá-lo a fugir mas não consegue impedir que Philippe seja morto pelo marquês em um duelo de floretes. Moreau nada pudera fazer, pois o marquês era tido então como o melhor espadachim da França. Só lhe resta fugir, se escondendo em uma companhia teatral, sob a máscara ridícula do cômico Scaramouche. Mas Moreau jurou vingança e se dedica a aperfeiçoar sua esgrima a fim de desafiar o marquês para um duelo mortal.
Young Man with Ideas
Joyce Laramie
A Montana lawyer gets distracted after moving to California with his wife and children.
Sinfonia de Paris
Milo Roberts
O veterano da Segunda Guerra Mundial, Jerry, vive em Paris tentando se firmar como pintor. Ele conhece a milionária Milo que o apoia e tenta ajudá-lo a subir na carreira, mesmo estando mais interessada em Jerry do que na sua arte. Mas ele acaba se apaixonando por Lise que está noiva de Henri, por quem ela tem uma dívida de gratidão por ter salvado sua família e ela durante a guerra.
St. Benny the Dip
Linda Kovacs
A gang of con artists disguise themselves as clerics in order to pull off a job, but soon find that even pretending to be religious people is having an effect on them.
Johnny Allegro
Glenda Chapman
Treasury Department officials recruit a florist (Raft) to lead them to a wanted criminal (Macready); but once he gets too close, he finds he's the hunted.
O Czar Negro
Judith Warren
Frank Warren is a treasury agent assigned to put an end to the activities of a powerful mob crime boss. Frank works undercover, posing as a criminal to seek information, but is frustrated when all he finds are terrified witnesses and corrupt police officers.
Passado Tenebroso
Betty
Quando um detetive zomba de sua sugestão de que um criminoso de 18 anos seja encaminhado para exame psiquiátrico, o Dr. Andrew Collins, o psiquiatra da polícia, conta a história de seu encontro com Al Walker. Walker tinha um histórico de violência e matou o diretor da prisão durante uma fuga. Ele e sua gangue fizeram a família Collins e seus amigos reféns, mas quando o Dr. Collins descobre que Walker tem um sonho recorrente violento, ele se oferece para ajudá-lo a decifrar o sonho e determinar exatamente o que o levou a uma vida de crime e violência.
The Guilt of Janet Ames
Susie Pearson
A hard-drinking reporter tries to help the embittered widow of the soldier who had saved his life during the war.
Dama, Valete e Rei
Harriet Hobson
Junto a outro sócio, Johnny é proprietário de um cassino que passa por dificuldades, e para tentar resolver os problemas pede ajuda a um policial corrupto.
Prison Ship
Anne Graham
Panic arises among the Allied prisoners on a Japanese ship when they learn that the ship is decoy for American submarines and is not blacked out at night. The prisoners unite and attack the Japanese sailors and officers just an American submarine surfaces and, not knowing the prisoners are aboard, prepares to torpedo the ship
Trágico Álibi
Julia Ross
A woman finds herself entrenched in a murder cover-up when she goes to work for a wealthy widow.
Aladin e a Princesa de Bagdá
Harem Girl
Aladin resolve esfregar a sua lâmpada e descobre que existe um gênio, que poderá realizar todos os seus desejos. Ele resolve utilizar a lâmpada pedir a mão da amada em casamento. O sultão descobre que o irmão gêmeo tomou conta do trono e que alguém está utilizando os poderes da lâmpada contra ele. Aladin resolve então reconquistar a lâmpada, salvar o gênio e ainda realizar os seus desejos.
Boston Blackie's Rendezvous
Sally Brown
Blackie helps the police rescue hostage from an escaped maniac on a killing spree.
Crime nas Brumas
Eileen Carr
A military nurse recovering at an inn from a nervous breakdown keeps having dreams where she sees two men trying to murder a third. When she meets a man who is a federal agent at the inn, she is astounded to discover that he is the man in her dream who is the intended murder victim.
I Love a Mystery
Ellen Monk
In San Francisco, detective partners Jack Packard and Doc Long are hired by socialite Jefferson Monk who believes someone is following him with the aim to kill him.
À Noite Sonhamos
Constantia
Prof. Joseph Elsner guides his protégé Frydryk Chopin through his formative years to early adulthood in Poland. The professor takes him to Paris, where he eventually comes under the wing and influence of novelist George Sand and rises to prominence in the music world, to the exclusion of his old friends and patriotic feelings towards Poland.
She's a Sweetheart
Jeanne
In this musical drama, a woman turns her mansion into a boarding house for soldiers on furlough, providing them with room, board, and musical entertainment.
Strange Affair
Frieda Brenner
Eminent psychiatrist Dr. Brenner invites cartoonist Bill Harrison and his wife, Jack, to a banquet honoring war refugees. Bill volunteers to pick up fellow psychiatrist Dr. Baumler at the train station, but the man vanishes when he has Bill stop so he can use a pay phone. At the dinner, Bill and Jack are seated with Brenner's daughter, Freda, and, to Bill's surprise, another man is introduced as Baumler -- who dies moments later.
Cry of the Werewolf
Celeste
A young gypsy girl turns into a wolf to destroy her enemies.
Shadows in the Night
Lois Garland
A criminal psychologist tries to help a beautiful heiress going mad in a haunted mansion.
She's a Soldier Too
Tessie Legruda
Wartime workers deal with homefront dramatics.
Nine Girls
Alice Blake
One of the members of a sorority is found murdered. Although the police are called in to investigate, some of the girls decide to do some sleuthing on their own to unmask the killer.
The Return of the Vampire
Nicki Saunders
In 1918, an English family is terrorized by a vampire, until they learn how to deal with it. They think their troubles are over, but German bombs in WWII free the monster. He reclaims the soul of his wolfman ex-servant, and assuming the identity of a scientist who has just escaped from a concentration camp, he starts out on a plan to get revenge upon the family.
Wagon Wheels West
Jan Colburn
In this short western, a U.S. marshal seeks vengeance against the man who killed his father.
Don't Kill Your Friends
Young Girl
By setting a bad example, pilot Dilbert shows the necessary safety rules for fighter pilots, and the ones training them.