Nina Foch on Being in the Studio Era of Classic Hollywood

[@richardpullen953]

A wonderful actor. I remember as a small boy in the 1960's watching the Ten Commandments and her lines, "Fill the ark with water. Sink it into silence". "Your tongue will dig your grave, Memnet".

[@sanfordpress54]

She was so well spoken and elegant

[@jasonraschen1109]

What a wonderful lady and amazing career. She seemed to be such a nice person. Also, I think the person asking the questions did a fine job. I love these interviews. Thank you TCM for posting these.

[@gra-emed3617]

These interviews are captivating! The old Hollywood actresses all have a charisma, level of class and an intelligence that just blows modern day interviews/celebs out the water. We have lost so much integrity in so many aspects of modern life. Thank you for sharing these gems

[@trigger90069]

What a great interview. Amazing life and work!

[@elainelosee7974]

Strong, determined woman. Good actor, great story teller. Thank you for sharing ❤ 😊

[@gloriamitchell3518]

Loved this actor. So talented.

[@Filmstarindamaking]

She is so interesting, and this style of interview that allows the star to recall experiences and tell stories of the business are terrific. I wish more of these interviews were conducted with stars in their prime. I am ashamed to say I don’t know her though her work is commendable. I will have to rewatch some of these pictures and look for her. Funny how a big star brings you in the door to buy a movie ticket but without great supporting actors and a good script the film would be a complete bomb. Thank you for this interview.

[@Spiderman7Bob7]

Nina Foch has star quality and I always thought she should have been more popular than she was. As

[@vistaestrada]

Oh Nina! I was waiting for you to speak about appearing in 1975’s “Mahogany”. This is an excellent interview nonetheless. Thank you for posting this video.

[@hudsony777]

She probably wanted to forget it. So bad it's BAD.

[@slc2466]

Foch gave a such a smart, multilayered performance in "Executive Suite"; it's a textbook example of how to take a small role that could be thankless and making something rich and memorable out of it. Great interview!

[@jc6594]

Today Commemorates Nina Foch's 100th Birthday

[@davidallen508]

Her subtle performance in “An American in Paris” still stands up well today and actually affords me more pleasure than all those obvious highlights from that classic movie.

[@SamDeeksRelovedGuitars]

You're right. Hers is the deep, adult story in that movie - an indictment of the predicament of ageing women in a male-dominated culture obsessed with youth.

[@andrewthornhill7042]

@davidallen508 Her performance in 'Portrait In Black' (1960) was probably the best thing in the film.

[@jasonhurd4379]

I've always enjoyed Foch in films and television, and this interview was a pure pleasure to watch. Her grace, poise, intelligence and good humor are enchanting. What a charming lady.

[@Pdjohnners]

What a class act. Absolutely fascinating to listen to. Thanks for posting. Most appreciated.

[@patrickalred2839]

Was not afraid to stand up to studio bosses like Cohn who walked all over Hayworth and Novak and she was very aware of the business and knew her value when to get in and when to get out I think she had a very rich and rewarding career even if she is not as well known as other stars

[@danielstanwyck2812]

What a delight! I was absolutely smitten with her: her elegance, her intelligence, her sweet and profound humanity. I never felt that so much when seeing her in a movie, but that has more to do with me than with her. I shall pay closer attention when I see one of her films again. Wished she'd spoken about "My Name is Julia Ross." Loved that and her. Wished, too, I'd taken a class of hers. I should think she'd have been a wonderful teacher.

[@ButOneThingIsNeedful]

I'm also fond of that little "Julia Ross" film and would have enjoyed hearing her talk about it.

[@janicepargh5155]

Ms Foch is so enthusiastic. Her love for acting shines. She speaks of others with respect.

[@TheJohnpandy]

What a very good interview. John Sivorn

[@howdy268]

Love Ms Foch and thinking persons actress her voice is captivating as is her appeal

[@track1219]

I liked her in “An American in Paris “ with Gene Kelly

[@paulakpacente]

I LOVED this woman, and the studio system. I believe she was underrated.

[@michaelweber8724]

In "John Loves Mary" on Broadway, she was understudied by Cloris Leachman. That's interesting as Ms Foch reminds me of Ms Leachman in this interview.

[@sylcollins]

I just watched her as a guest star in Columbo. What a wonderful, classy , and articulate lady she was !!

[@marcuslloyd8218]

Very well spoken charismatic classy lady

[@dulcineadurance1391]

Wonderful actress ! Great interview, thank you.

[@nickvarricchio]

@Turner Classic Movies- THANK YOU SO MUCH for posting this and the many other archival videos featuring these one of a kind actors. Such a masterclass these are. Thank you thank you thank you! p.s. Any plans for a TCM subscription service for on-demand? :-)

[@moviegirl8648]

I second your thanks to TCM. This is the 3rd archival interview that I have watched. Just one problem-- they are too short! Some movies are not covered and some are not covered as much in depth that I wish they were. But I wonder if these interviews have been edited for time.

[@ivebeenaround58]

I hope everyone still remembers that Nina Foch was Ducky Mallard's mother in NCIS. She appeared in a few episodes as Ducky's mom who had Alziemers Disease.

[@mjaye1712]

She was great in that role. I still remember when she met Gibbs. She asked him, "Are you married?" with a flirty pause between "you" and "married." 😀

[@holyspacemonkey]

Fantastic interview! I wish they had talked about Four Guns to the Border. She has a scene in it that I think was one of her best. I’d love to hear what she thought about Richard Carlson as a director.

[@berniecolling3697]

Nina Foch was beautiful and an amazing actress!

[@hairyscotman]

...a GORGEOUS, talented, smart, clever, LOVELY lady....

[@Zahif]

Fantastic!

[@bearjanman]

Great interview! The only weird point I would like to point out is that Nina mentions Sharon Stone, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Melanie Griffiths would do better if they had a studio writing for them. They certainly could afford generously to hire their own writers to provide better scripts for their careers! They are all millionaires! Instead of depending on a past studio system.

[@carolynkingsley4421]

I don't remember too many things that she did. But I do recall The Ten Commandments , where she played the mother of Moses. And she did a pretty credible job.

[@ritapita1126]

and Martha Scott played Yochabel (his biological mother)

[@hudsony777]

And we all know what Moses's mother was like. Oy!

[@lisawoltz3815]

Just saw her in The Ten Commandments last night again.

[@ericthered760]

@2:07 she says that "all the money I would have got from my family in Europe was not there ..." I wonder if she was related to the famous World War I French Marshal, Ferdinand Foch ? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Foch

[@patrickalred2839]

"Her father was born in Batavia, Java (now Jakarta, Indonesia), where her grandfather was governor general of the Dutch East Indies, on June 18, 1886. Dirk Fock studied, composed and conducted orchestral music in Europe, but made his American Debut as conductor with a specially assembled orchestra at Carnegie Hall on April 12, 1920; also conducted orchestral groups elsewhere in the U.S., and in Vienna. He died in Locarno, Switzerland on May 24, 1973." -IMDB

[@autodidact537]

Why are you asking the comment section of a YT video? You obviously own a computer just google her. What's your problem?

[@Soundofsilence-j4d]

Wow i remember her ON THE OUTER LIMITS WHAT GREAT SCENE AS WIFE IN THAT EPISODE.

[@samboitarez6576]

Thank you, Nina 🎪🐝🐝🐝🐬🐬🍬🍬🍒🍒🍒🍒🌹🌹🌞🌝

[@SamS-lq5df]

Brilliant actress

[@roychefets6961]

Remember her on tv in the 50s. Was she on Mike Stokely's Pantomime Quiz??

[@afr43210]

I've watched it recently on KZbin and there was one episode that she was one of the guest stars and the other one was Michael Landon. Coincidentally, on another episode, Martha Scott was the guest star (Moses' two mothers in The Ten Commandments.

[@kathleenharris3403]

I saw Paltrows movie about a country singing star, didn't come off as being believable to me however I do admire Stone and Griffith still. I'm surprised Nina Foch mentioned her, maybe I missed something.

[@davidfenn4444]

She has a lovely smile.

[@scotnick59]

Similar in looks to Cloris Leachman here.

[@HallWayGang]

Bithia! Love Ten Commandments

[@JSB1882]

Boy! I don't think William Holden could do anything wrong or bad.

[@anastasiabeaverhausen8220]

FYI: Robert Rossen did indeed direct Johnny O'Clock. Wonder why she misremembered that.

[@sanfordpress54]

Do you remember everything ?

[@danielstanwyck2812]

@@sanfordpress54 good response.

[@sanfordpress54]

" I WAS HOT " LOL

[@SuperEmmitt1]

It's such an awful idea to not have the interviewer mic'd properly. Without hearing the question it takes away from the answer.

[@brunoantony3218]

It’s a great idea. The person interviewing should never overwhelm the person being interviewed. Just turn the volume up.

[@richardw3470]

Some performers might have better careers if they had someone in a studio writing stories specifically for them, says she. And. if they kept their mouths shut off screen, says I. But, they've made their mil so preach what they like.

[@paulkitt2376]

Nina was excellent in my name is Julia Ross

[@miltsar]

they should have adjusted the nterviewers microphone...much too low and indistinct

[@mister62085]

#metoo

[@opaulamorgan4265]

Nina Foch, The Ten Commandments, Johnny O'clock, My Name is Julia Ross, An American in Paris, The Dark Past. I Don't think she received the credit she deserved for being the fine actress that she was.

[@MrJimMajor]

Nina mentions different styles of acting. I call it a B.B. (before Brando)and A.B. (after Brando). Actually, film acting slowly became more realistic through the decades beginning in the 1930s and pretty much reaching its current peak around 1970. Robert De Niro of the 1980s had a more realistic acting style when compared to Jimmy Cagney of the 1930s.

[@tomfinland9572]

DE NIRO ?? HA.. you gotta be kidding.. what an ahole

[@Spiderman7Bob7]

Nima said that Bette Davis' style of acting would not be accepted today. Bette's style of acting was so unique that it probably was unusal even back then.

[@MrJimMajor]

@@Spiderman7Bob7 Bette Davis was not beautiful and she did not have a particularly pleasant speaking voice so unlike many others, she sort of found her own niche that occasionally, and with the help of make-up, went into the downright unattractive. I think that was what was unusual. I have wondered what would be the public reaction in 1934 if a modern-form movie, like Pulp Fiction or Rain Man, hit the theaters.

[@MrJimMajor]

@I miss my cat I don't know what you are talking about. Maybe you read a different comment and replied to it under mine.

[@hudsony777]

@@MrJimMajor BD was unique. I believe she spoke the way she did because they told her to SLOW down for the microphone. You can see how rapidlly she spoke in her early 30s movies, so her voice became clipped and this became more pronounced over time. But her acting was realistic in its way. Look for "Front Page Woman" from the 30s. It holds up as a delightful comedy still, with a wonderful George Brent...I obviously still love Old Hollywood.

[@benfisher1376]

Harry Cohn sounds like a monster. Nobody said anything good about him. I understand he harrassed Rita Hayworth for years.

[@benjamlnlewis6836]

Ms Nina Foch I commented own U 2 day as a lesser known actor. None the less that's the way Hollywood classified people that didn't get many leading rolls. Me liked U & Ur acting. Very attractive also. Saw Ur interview. I like classically dressed females that know how 2 b A Lady & A Women also. U kept Ur head up. That what A Lady that knows how 2 b A Woman.

[@scronx]

"Actor", ROFL!!!!!