Eva Marie Saint
ActingAlso Known As
Eve 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.
Movies
(69 total)
Superman Returns
as Martha Kent
North by Northwest
as Eve Kendall
On the Waterfront
as Edie Doyle
Winter's Tale
as Willa (Adult)
Because of Winn-Dixie
as Miss Franny
Exodus
as Kitty Fremont
Grand Prix
as Louise Frederickson
Don't Come Knocking
as Howard's Mother
Nothing in Common
as Lorraine Basner
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
as Elspeth Whittaker
I Dreamed of Africa
as Franca
The Stalking Moon
as Sarah Carver
36 Hours
as Anna Hedler
Raintree County
as Nell Gaither
The Sandpiper
as Claire Hewitt
Carol for Another Christmas
as WAVE Lt. Gibson
All Fall Down
as Echo O'Brien
A Hatful of Rain
as Celia Pope
Loving
as Selma Wilson
The Last Days of Patton
as Mrs. Beatrice Ayer Patton
TV Shows
(31 total)
The Legend of Korra
as Katara (voice)
Frasier
as Joanna Doyle
Moonlighting
as Virginia Hayes
The Love Boat
as Aunt Helena Georgelos
Titanic
as Hazel Foley
The Oscars
as Self
How the West Was Won
as Kate Macahan
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
Studio One
as Edna Baker
Studio One
as David's Cafe Guest
Suspense
as Francie
Fatal Vision
as Mildred Kassab
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Passenger
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Bonnie Keel