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Eva Marie Saint
Eva Marie Saint

Eva Marie Saint

ActingBorn July 4, 1924 (age 101)Newark, New Jersey, USA

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.

Filmography

2014
Winter's Tale

as Willa (Adult)

Movie
2012
The Legend of Korra

as Katara (voice)

TV
2006
Superman Returns

as Martha Kent

Movie
2005
Don't Come Knocking

as Howard's Mother

Movie
2005
Because of Winn-Dixie

as Miss Franny

Movie
2004Movie
2003
Open House

as Veronica Reynolds

Movie
2000
Papa's Angels

as Dori "Grammy" Jenkins

Movie
2000Movie
1999
Jackie's Back!

as Eva Marie Saint

Movie
1999Movie
1997
Time to Say Goodbye?

as Ruth Klooster

Movie
1996
Titanic

as Hazel Foley

TV
1996Movie
1996
Mariette in Ecstasy

as Mother Saint-Raphael

Movie
1996
Corwin

as Self

Movie
1995
My Antonia

as Emmaline Burden

Movie
1993
Frasier

as Joanna Doyle

TV
1993
Kiss of a Killer

as Mrs. Wilson

Movie
1991
Palomino

as Caroline Lord

Movie
1990
People Like Us

as Lil Van Degan Altemus

Movie
1990Movie
1988Movie
1987
Breaking Home Ties

as Emma Wells

Movie
1986
The Last Days of Patton

as Mrs. Beatrice Ayer Patton

Movie
1986
A Year in the Life

as Ruth Gardner

TV
1986
Nothing in Common

as Lorraine Basner

Movie
1985
Moonlighting

as Virginia Hayes

TV
1984
Fatal Vision

as Mildred Kassab

TV
1984Movie
1983
Jane Doe

as Addie Coleman

Movie
1983
Malibu

as Mary Wharton

Movie
1981
Splendor in the Grass

as Mrs. Loomis

Movie
1981Movie
1980Movie
1979Movie
1978Movie
1978
Taxi!!

as Passenger

Movie
1977
The Love Boat

as Aunt Helena Georgelos

TV
1977
How the West Was Won

as Kate Macahan

TV
1976
The Macahans

as Kate Macahan

Movie
1974Movie
1972
Cancel My Reservation

as Sheila Bartlett

Movie
1970
Loving

as Selma Wilson

Movie
1968
The Stalking Moon

as Sarah Carver

Movie
1966
Grand Prix

as Louise Frederickson

Movie
1965
The Sandpiper

as Claire Hewitt

Movie
1964
Carol for Another Christmas

as WAVE Lt. Gibson

Movie
1964
36 Hours

as Anna Hedler

Movie
1962
All Fall Down

as Echo O'Brien

Movie
1960
Exodus

as Kitty Fremont

Movie
1959
North by Northwest

as Eve Kendall

Movie
1957
Raintree County

as Nell Gaither

Movie
1957Movie
1957
A Hatful of Rain

as Celia Pope

Movie
1956
That Certain Feeling

as Dunreath Henry

Movie
1955
Our Town

as Emily Webb

Movie
1954
Producers' Showcase

as Emily Webb

TV
1954Movie
1954
On the Waterfront

as Edie Doyle

Movie
1953
The Oscars

as Self

TV
1953Movie
1953
General Electric Theater

as Maudle Applegate

TV
1952
Omnibus

as Actress

TV
1951TV
1950
The Man Who Had Influence

as David's Cafe Guest (as Eve Marie Saint)

Movie
1950TV
1950TV
1949TV
1949
Suspense

as Francie

TV
1948
Studio One

as Edna Baker

TV
1948
Studio One

as David's Cafe Guest

TV
1948TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJuly 4, 1924
Place of BirthNewark, New Jersey, USA
Popularity1.3