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Eva Marie Saint

Eva Marie Saint

Birthday: 1924-07-04 | Place of Birth: Newark, New Jersey, USA

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2014
Winter's Tale

as    Willa (Adult)

2006
Superman Returns

as    Martha Kent

2005
Don't Come Knocking

as    Howard's Mother

2005
Because of Winn-Dixie

as    Miss Franny

2000
Papa's Angels

as    Dori "Grammy" Jenkins

2000
I Dreamed of Africa

as    Franca

1996
Titanic

as    Hazel Foley

1991
Palomino

as    Caroline Lord

1986
Nothing in Common

as    Lorraine Basner

1986
A Year in the Life

as    Ruth Gardner

1984
Love Leads the Way: A True Story

as    Mrs. Eustes

1981
The Best Little Girl in the World

as    Joanne Powell

1980
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb

as    Sarah Morrissey

1978
A Christmas to Remember

as    Emma Larson

1978
Taxi!!

as    Passenger

1970
Loving

as    Selma Wilson

1968
The Stalking Moon

as    Sarah Carver

1966
1966
Grand Prix

as    Louise Frederickson

1965
The Sandpiper

as    Claire Hewitt

1964
36 Hours

as    Anna Hedler

1964
Carol for Another Christmas

as    WAVE Lt. Gibson

1960
Exodus

as    Kitty Fremont

1959
North by Northwest

as    Eve Kendall

1957
A Hatful of Rain

as    Celia Pope

1957
Raintree County

as    Nell Gaither

1954
On the Waterfront

as    Edie Doyle

1954
Producers' Showcase

as    Emily Webb