Trivia

Played the first person whose murder was investigated by the TV detective Lt. Columbo; killed in the pilot episode/TV movie Columbo: Inculpé de meurtre (1968).

Fell ill while teaching "Directing the Actor," a popular course at USC's School of Cinematic Arts, where she taught for 40 years. She died a day later at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center of complications from long-term myelodysplasia, a blood disorder.

Nina and her husband James Lipton became lifelong friends with Diana Ross after co-starring with her in Mahogany (1975).

Although she played Charlton Heston's adoptive mother, Yul Brynner's aunt and Cedric Hardwicke's sister in Les Dix Commandements (1956), she was a year younger than Heston, four years younger than Brynner and 31 years younger than Hardwicke.

Last name "Foch" rhymes with "Gosh".

Had to wear contact lenses to make her blue eyes brown in Les Dix Commandements (1956).

Received a special award from the Maryland State Council of the American Jewish Congress for her performance in Les Dix Commandements (1956).

Alumna of Stella Adler Studio of Acting.

On August 15, 2020, she was honored with a day of her filmography during the Turner Classic Movies Summer Under the Stars.

Her only child was a son, Dr. Dirk De Brito (born 1960), by her second husband Dennis De Brito.

Co-starred with Edward G. Robinson in Le témoin à abattre (1955) and Les Dix Commandements (1956).

Alumna of the AADA (American Academy of Dramatic Arts), Class of 1942.

Ex-daughter-in-law of Lawrence Lipton.

Appeared in a photograph in the NCIS : Enquêtes spéciales (2003) tribute episode The Stories We Leave Behind (2024) for David McCallum. She had portrayed his character's mother in two episodes many years before.

In Italy, most of her films were dubbed by Rosetta Calavetta, but was also dubbed by Lydia Simoneschi (in Le calvaire de Julia Ross (1945)); Rina Morelli (in Les Dix Commandements (1956)) and Giovanna Scotto.

In 1955, she told columnist Earl Wilson that her name should be pronounced "Neena Fawsh". Mispronunciations of her surname include "Foe-sh" as in gauche, and "Foach" as in coach.