Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 04, 1924
Place of Birth
Newark, New Jersey, USA
Credits
95 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
Made in Hollywood: Hitchcocks Blondinen
Self
Robert Osborne's 20th Anniversary Tribute
Self
Eva Marie Saint: Live From the TCM Classic Film Festival
Winter's Tale
Willa (Adult)
Private Screenings: Robert Osborne
Self
The Legend of Korra
Katara (voice)
Fred Zinnemann - Der Mann, der 'High Noon' machte
Self
Superman Returns
Martha Kent
Pushing the Limit: The Making of Grand Prix
Self
Jenseits von Hollywood – Das Kino des Otto Preminger
Herself
Don't Come Knocking
Howard's Mother
Because of Winn-Dixie
Miss Franny
Hollywood Legenden
Self
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
Open House
Veronica Reynolds
Papa's Angels
Dori "Grammy" Jenkins
Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest'
Self
I Dreamed of Africa
Franca
Jackie's Back!
Eva Marie Saint
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Time to Say Goodbye?
Ruth Klooster
Titanic
Hazel Foley
After Jimmy
Liz
Mariette in Ecstasy
Mother Saint-Raphael
Corwin
Self
My Antonia
Emmaline Burden
Frasier
Joanna Doyle
Kiss of a Killer
Mrs. Wilson
Palomino
Caroline Lord
People Like Us
Lil Van Degan Altemus
Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair
Marilyn Klinghoffer
I'll Be Home for Christmas
Martha Bundy
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
Narrator
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Self
Breaking Home Ties
Emma Wells
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
A Year in the Life
Ruth Gardner
The Last Days of Patton
Mrs. Beatrice Ayer Patton
Nothing in Common
Lorraine Basner
Moonlighting
Virginia Hayes
Fatal Vision
Mildred Kassab
Love Leads the Way: A True Story
Mrs. Eustes
Jane Doe
Addie Coleman
Malibu
Mary Wharton
Splendor in the Grass
Mrs. Loomis
The Best Little Girl in the World
Joanne Powell
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
Sarah Morrissey
When Hell Was in Session
Jane Denton
A Christmas to Remember
Emma Larson