Daily News from New York, New York • 914

Id i .1 One living room wall is covered with mementos, including framed montage of letters written by playwright G. B. Shaw. i At (unite uitJi i Actress Nina Foch, a New Yorker since childhood, approaches her East Side apartment. i NINA FOCH the many dramatic successes she's enjoyed.

Nina, born in Holland, inherits one of the best features of the Dutch tidiness. Her three-room Manhattan apartment is always neat as a pin. no thanks to any housekeeper. Nina lives alone, does her own housekeeping. Her marriage to actor James Lipton recently ended in divorce.

all-around gal who delights in cooking, painting, and rare first editions, actress Nina Foch eases the strain of a hectic TV career with a quiet home life in her upper East Side apartment. Nina derives as much satisfaction from decorating her own apartment as from the plaudits critics have lavished upon her after 1 I .11 3 IS 3 I i ii in An amateur painter, Nina uses a corner of her living room as a studio. Here's a sample of her art. Stirring up trouble for lobster, Nina proves she's a good cook. She uses her own recipe for onion soup.

Relaxing with a book from her collection of rare first editions, Nina settles back in a comfortable chair at home. SUNOAY NEWS, DECEMBER 15 PACE.