Born Nina Consuelo Maud Fock in Leiden, Holland, the daughter of Dutch conductor-composer Dirk Fock and American showgirl and actress Consuelo Flowerton, a famous WW I poster girl. Foch was raised in Manhattan and after a brief early career as a concert pianist and amateur painter took up acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She appeared with little theater groups and with stock and touring companies before signing up with Columbia Pictures in 1943. Despite poor film vehicles during her early film career, she demonstrated from the start the screen presence and acting ability that soon helped her secure increasingly better roles. She made her Broadway debut in 1947 and eventually appeared on the stage in several Shakespearean productions. She also directed the play Ways and Means (1967) and was John Houseman's assistant on the TV special "A Night at Ford's Theater." A chic, cool blonde, in films she typically portrayed aloof, sophisticated ladies, often fragile, sometimes neurotic. Some of her notable (un-nominated) film credits include AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951), SCARAMOUCHE (1952), THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (1956), SPARTACUS (1960), MAHOGANY (1975), RICH AND FAMOUS (1981), SKIN DEEP (1989), "Tales of the City" (1993, TV mini-series), SLIVER (also 1993), IT'S MY PARTY (1996), HUSH and SHADOW OF DOUBT (both 1998), PUMPKIN (2002) and HOW TO DEAL (2003). She has also appeared in numerous made-for-TV movies in addition to many plays.  Nominated for Supporting Actress 1954: EXECUTIVE SUITE 1 nomination