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Eva Marie Saint
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Eva Marie Saint (July 4, 1924 — October 6, 2026) was an American 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 …
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Eva Marie Saint (July 4, 1924 — October 6, 2026) was an American 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 co starred with James Garner. She died on October 6, 2026, at age 102.
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Eva Marie Saint's Filmography
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Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
Made in Hollywood: Hitchcocks Blondinen
as Self
Robert Osborne's 20th Anniversary Tribute
as Self
Eva Marie Saint: Live From the TCM Classic Film Festival
as Self - Guest
Winter's Tale
as Willa (Adult)
No Poster
Fred Zinnemann - Der Mann, der 'High Noon' machte
as Self
Superman Returns
as Martha Kent
Pushing the Limit: The Making of Grand Prix
as Self
No Poster
Jenseits von Hollywood – Das Kino des Otto Preminger
as Self
Don't Come Knocking
as Howard's Mother
Because of Winn-Dixie
as Miss Franny
No Poster
Hollywood Legenden
as Self
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
Open House
as Veronica Reynolds
Papa's Angels
as Dori "Grammy" Jenkins
Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest'
as Self
I Dreamed of Africa
as Franca
Jackie's Back!
as Eva Marie Saint
No Poster
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Time to Say Goodbye?
as Ruth Klooster
No Poster
After Jimmy
as Liz
No Poster
Mariette in Ecstasy
as Mother Saint-Raphael
No Poster
Corwin
as Self
My Antonia
as Emmaline Burden
Kiss of a Killer
as Mrs. Wilson
Palomino
as Caroline Lord
People Like Us
as Lil Van Degan Altemus
Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair
as Marilyn Klinghoffer
I'll Be Home for Christmas
as Martha Bundy
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
as Narrator
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
as Self
Breaking Home Ties
as Emma Wells
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
The Last Days of Patton
as Mrs. Beatrice Ayer Patton
Nothing in Common
as Lorraine Basner
Love Leads the Way: A True Story
as Mrs. Eustes
Jane Doe
as Addie Coleman
Malibu
as Mary Wharton
Splendor in the Grass
as Mrs. Loomis
The Best Little Girl in the World
as Joanne Powell
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
as Sarah Morrissey
When Hell Was in Session
as Jane Denton
A Christmas to Remember
as Emma Larson
Taxi!!
as Passenger
The Macahans
as Kate Macahan
The First Woman President
as Edith Wilson
Cancel My Reservation
as Sheila Bartlett
Loving
as Selma Wilson
The Stalking Moon
as Sarah Carver
Grand Prix
as Louise Frederickson
Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions
as Self
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
as Elspeth Whittaker
The Sandpiper
as Claire Hewitt
A Statue for "The Sandpiper"
as Self
Carol for Another Christmas
as WAVE Lt. Gibson
36 Hours
as Anna Hedler
All Fall Down
as Echo O'Brien
Exodus
as Kitty Fremont
North by Northwest
as Eve Kendall
Raintree County
as Nell Gaither
Operation Raintree
as Self
A Hatful of Rain
as Celia Pope
That Certain Feeling
as Dunreath Henry
Our Town
as Emily Webb
No Poster
Middle of the Night
as Betty
On the Waterfront
as Edie Doyle
No Poster
The Trip to Bountiful
as Thelma
The Man Who Had Influence
as David's Cafe Guest (as Eve Marie Saint)