Werewolf Was A Woman: Nina Foch in 'Cry of The Werewolf' (1944)




Nina Foch as Celeste La Tour in 'Cry of the Werewolf' (Columbia Pictures 1944)

On January 1, 1944, and at the tender age of 19, moviegoers witnessed the film debut of  actress, Nina Foch (born Nina Consuelo Maud Fock) alongside Bela Lugosi in Columbia Pictures, Return of the Vampire. Less than eight months later, the leggy, 5'9" blonde, Dutch beauty, starred in another Columbia Pictures classic.

In 1944's Cry of the Werewolf, Nina Foch plays the role of Celeste La Tour; princess of the Trioga Gypsies and daughter of the (now) deceased, Marie La Tour. Inheriting her Mother's crown and Queenship, along with a "strange" gift, Celeste discovers that the location of the sacred tomb of her Mother has been discovered; information that only she and her loyal, gypsy subjects are to be privy to. So, Celeste uses her talent to transform into a wolf, and sets-out to kill all of those who know the sacred secret of her people. Unlike other werewolf films you may be used to, out antagonist doesn't turn into a hairy-mutant creature. But, instead can transform into an actual wolf.



Cry of The Werewolf (Columbia 1944)

Nina Foch and Bela Lugosi in Return Of The Vampire (Columbia 1944)

Nina Foch