Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1924-07-04 (Age: 102)
Place of Birth
Newark, New Jersey, USA
Eva Marie Saint
Biography
Eva Marie Saint (born July 4, 1924) is an American retired actress who has starred in films, on Broadway, and on television in a career spanning seven decades, she's known for bringing emotional depth and complexity to her roles, in which she generally played women who appear fragile but have great inner strength. She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the drama film "On the Waterfront" (1954), and later starred in the thriller film "North by Northwest" (1959), directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Saint received Golden Globe and BAFTA award nominations for the drama film "A Hatful of Rain" (1957) and won an Emmy Award for the television miniseries People Like Us (1990). Her most notable subsequent movies included "Raintree County" (1957), Otto Preminger’s "Exodus" (1960), Vincente Minnelli’s "The Sandpiper" (1965), the Cold War comedy "The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!" (1966), and the racing film "Grand Prix" (1966), in which she costarred with James Garner.
Filmography (69)
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
Made in Hollywood: Hitchcocks Blondinen
2016
Robert Osborne's 20th Anniversary Tribute
2015
Eva Marie Saint: Live From the TCM Classic Film Festival
2014
Winter's Tale
2014
Private Screenings: Robert Osborne
2014Fred Zinnemann - Der Mann, der 'High Noon' machte
2007
Superman Returns
2006
Pushing the Limit: The Making of Grand Prix
2006Jenseits von Hollywood – Das Kino des Otto Preminger
2006
Don't Come Knocking
2005
Because of Winn-Dixie
2005Hollywood Legenden
2004
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003