Eva Marie Saint

Eva Marie Saint (July 4, 1924 – October 6, 2026) was an American actress. In a career spanning seven decades, she received an Academy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award, as well as nominations for two BAFTAs and a Golden Globe. At the time of her death, Saint was one of the earliest and oldest living Academy Award winners and one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Saint graduated from Bowling Green State University in 1946 and began her career as a television and radio actress in the late 1940s. She played the role of Thelma in Horton Foote's The Trip to Bountiful (1953), for which she earned a Theatre World Award. She made her film debut in Elia Kazan's On the Waterfront (1954), opposite Marlon Brando. The film won eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and earned her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress along with a BAFTA nomination for Most Promising Newcomer.
Saint continued her film career with roles in Raintree County and A Hatful of Rain (both 1957); for the latter she was nominated for a Golden Globe and a second BAFTA Award. She then starred as Eve Kendall in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959), a landmark thriller that became one of the defining films of both Hitchcock's career and the suspense genre.
In the 1960s, Saint appeared in Exodus (1960), 36 Hours (1964), The Sandpiper (1965), The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming, and Grand Prix (both 1966). From the 1970s onward, she worked primarily on television and stage, later winning a Primetime Emmy Award for the television miniseries People Like Us (1990). Her last theatrical film appearance was in Winter's Tale (2014). For her contributions to motion pictures and television, Saint received two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Born, in its opening lines

July 4, 1924

Died, in its opening lines

October 6, 2026

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Described as

American actress (1924–2026)

Born

July 4, 1924 · 4 references

Died

October 6, 2026 · 2 references

Born in

Newark · 1 reference

Died in

Los Angeles · 2 references

Citizen of

United States

Occupation

television actor; film actor · 1 reference; stage actor; voice actor; actor · 1 reference

Education

Actors Studio; Bowling Green State University; Bethlehem Central High School · 1 reference; Stella Adler Studio of Acting; HB Studio

Awards

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (1955) · 1 reference; Theatre World Award (1954) · 1 reference; Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (1990) · 1 reference; star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (1960) · 1 reference; Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres (2001)

Spouse

Jeffrey Hayden (1951–2016) · 2 references

Mother

Eva Marie Saint · 1 reference

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