Eva Marie Saint
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1924-07-04 (100 years old)
Place of Birth
Newark, New Jersey, USA
Eva Marie Saint
Biography
Eva Marie Saint (born July 4, 1924) is 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 costarred with James Garner.
Known For
Acting
(2021)
(2016)
(2015)
(2014)
Winter's Tale
as Willa (Adult)
(2014)
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
(2014)
(2014)
(2009)
North by Northwest: One for the Ages
as Self (archive footage)
(2007)
(2006)
Superman Returns
as Martha Kent
(2006)
(2006)
(2005)
Because of Winn-Dixie
as Miss Franny
(2005)
Don't Come Knocking
as Howard's Mother
(2004)
Hollywood Legenden
as Self
(2003)
Open House
as Veronica Reynolds
(2003)
(2000)
I Dreamed of Africa
as Franca
(2000)
(2000)
Papa's Angels
as Dori "Grammy" Jenkins
(1999)
Jackie's Back!
as Eva Marie Saint
(1999)
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
(1997)
Time to Say Goodbye?
as Ruth Klooster
(1996)
After Jimmy
as Liz
(1996)
Mariette in Ecstasy
as Mother Saint-Raphael
(1996)
Corwin
as Self
(1995)
My Antonia
as Emmaline Burden
(1993)
Kiss of a Killer
as Mrs. Wilson
(1991)
Palomino
as Caroline Lord
(1990)
People Like Us
as Lil Van Degan Altemus
(1990)
Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair
as Marilyn Klinghoffer
(1988)
(1988)
I'll Be Home for Christmas
as Martha Bundy
(1988)
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
as Narrator
(1987)
(1987)
Breaking Home Ties
as Emma Wells
(1986)
Nothing in Common
as Lorraine Basner
(1986)
The Last Days of Patton
as Mrs. Beatrice Ayer Patton
(1984)
Love Leads the Way: A True Story
as Mrs. Eustes
(1983)
Malibu
as Mary Wharton
(1983)
Jane Doe
as Addie Coleman
(1981)
The Best Little Girl in the World
as Joanne Powell
(1981)
Splendor in the Grass
as Mrs. Loomis
(1980)
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
as Sarah Morrissey
(1979)
When Hell Was in Session
as Jane Denton
(1978)
Taxi!!
as Passenger
(1978)
A Christmas to Remember
as Emma Larson
(1976)
The Macahans
as Kate Macahan
(1972)
Cancel My Reservation
as Sheila Bartlett
(1970)
Loving
as Selma Wilson
(1968)
The Stalking Moon
as Sarah Carver
(1966)
Grand Prix
as Louise Frederickson
(1966)
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
as Elspeth Whittaker
(1966)
(1965)
The Sandpiper
as Claire Hewitt
(1965)
A Statue for 'The Sandpiper'
as Self
(1964)
36 Hours
as Anna Hedler
(1964)
Carol for Another Christmas
as WAVE Lt. Gibson
(1962)
All Fall Down
as Echo O'Brien
(1960)
Exodus
as Kitty Fremont
(1959)
North by Northwest
as Eve Kendall
(1957)
Raintree County
as Nell Gaither
(1957)
A Hatful of Rain
as Celia Pope
(1957)
Operation Raintree
as Self
(1956)
That Certain Feeling
as Dunreath Henry
(1955)
Our Town
as Emily Webb
(1954)
On the Waterfront
as Edie Doyle
(1954)
Middle of the Night
as Betty
(1953)
The Trip to Bountiful
as Thelma
(1950)
The Man Who Had Influence
as David's Cafe Guest (as Eve Marie Saint)