Portrait of Eva Marie Saint

Eva Marie Saint

Acting

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.

Born: July 4, 1924

Place of Birth: Newark, New Jersey, USA

Filmography

2014
Winter's Tale

as Willa (Adult)

2012
The Legend of Korra

as Katara (voice)

2006
Superman Returns

as Martha Kent

2005
Don't Come Knocking

as Howard's Mother

2005
Because of Winn-Dixie

as Miss Franny

2003
Open House

as Veronica Reynolds

2000
Papa's Angels

as Dori "Grammy" Jenkins

2000
1999
Jackie's Back!

as Eva Marie Saint

1997
Time to Say Goodbye?

as Ruth Klooster

1996
Titanic

as Hazel Foley

1995
My Antonia

as Emmaline Burden

1993
Frasier

as Joanna Doyle

1993
Kiss of a Killer

as Mrs. Wilson

1991
Palomino

as Caroline Lord

1990
People Like Us

as Lil Van Degan Altemus

1988
1987
Breaking Home Ties

as Emma Wells

1986
A Year in the Life

as Ruth Gardner

1986
The Last Days of Patton

as Mrs. Beatrice Ayer Patton

1986
Nothing in Common

as Lorraine Basner

1985
Moonlighting

as Virginia Hayes

1984
Fatal Vision

as Mildred Kassab

1983
Jane Doe

as Addie Coleman

1983
Malibu

as Mary Wharton

1981
Splendor in the Grass

as Mrs. Loomis

1980
1979
1978
1978
Taxi!!

as Passenger

1977
The Love Boat

as Aunt Helena Georgelos

1977
How the West Was Won

as Kate Macahan

1976
The Macahans

as Kate Macahan

1974
1972
Cancel My Reservation

as Sheila Bartlett

1970
Loving

as Selma Wilson

1968
The Stalking Moon

as Sarah Carver

1966
Grand Prix

as Louise Frederickson

1965
The Sandpiper

as Claire Hewitt

1964
Carol for Another Christmas

as WAVE Lt. Gibson

1964
36 Hours

as Anna Hedler

1962
All Fall Down

as Echo O'Brien

1960
Exodus

as Kitty Fremont

1959
North by Northwest

as Eve Kendall

1957
Raintree County

as Nell Gaither

1957
A Hatful of Rain

as Celia Pope

1956
That Certain Feeling

as Dunreath Henry

1955
Our Town

as Emily Webb

1954
On the Waterfront

as Edie Doyle

1953
The Oscars

as Self

1953
General Electric Theater

as Maudle Applegate

1952
Omnibus

as Actress

1951
1950
The Man Who Had Influence

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

1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

1949
1949
Suspense

as Francie

1948
Studio One

as Edna Baker

1948
Studio One

as David's Cafe Guest