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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
North by Northwest
as Eve Kendall
Superman Returns
as Martha Kent
On the Waterfront
as Edie Doyle
Winter's Tale
as Willa (Adult)
Grand Prix
as Louise Frederickson
Because of Winn-Dixie
as Miss Franny
Exodus
as Kitty Fremont
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
as Sarah Morrissey
The Last Days of Patton
as Mrs. Beatrice Ayer Patton
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
