Eva Marie Saint
Born: 1924-07-04 in Newark, New Jersey, USA
Known For: Acting
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
2021
- Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self
2016
2015
2014
- Winter's Tale as Willa (Adult)
- Private Screenings: Robert Osborne as Self
- Eva Marie Saint: Live From the TCM Classic Film Festival
2012
- The Legend of Korra as Katara (voice)
2007
2006
- Superman Returns as Martha Kent
- Pushing the Limit: The Making of Grand Prix as Self
- Jenseits von Hollywood – Das Kino des Otto Preminger as Herself
2005
- Because of Winn-Dixie as Miss Franny
- Don't Come Knocking as Howard's Mother
2004
- Hollywood Legenden as Self
2003
- Open House as Veronica Reynolds
- Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There as Self
2000
- I Dreamed of Africa as Franca
- Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest' as Self
- Papa's Angels as Dori "Grammy" Jenkins
1999
- Jackie's Back! as Eva Marie Saint
- Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
1997
- Time to Say Goodbye? as Ruth Klooster
1996
- Titanic as Hazel Foley
- Mariette in Ecstasy as Mother Saint-Raphael
- Corwin as Self
- After Jimmy as Liz
1995
- My Antonia as Emmaline Burden
1993
- Frasier as Joanna Doyle
- Kiss of a Killer as Mrs. Wilson
1991
- Palomino as Caroline Lord
1990
- People Like Us as Lil Van Degan Altemus
- Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair as Marilyn Klinghoffer
1988
- Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man as Self
- I'll Be Home for Christmas as Martha Bundy
- Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me as Narrator
1987
- Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self
- Breaking Home Ties as Emma Wells
1986
- A Year in the Life as Ruth Gardner
- Nothing in Common as Lorraine Basner
- The Last Days of Patton as Mrs. Beatrice Ayer Patton
1985
- Moonlighting as Virginia Hayes
1984
- Fatal Vision as Mildred Kassab
- Love Leads the Way: A True Story as Mrs. Eustes
1981
- Splendor in the Grass as Mrs. Loomis
- The Best Little Girl in the World as Joanne Powell
1980
- The Curse of King Tut's Tomb as Sarah Morrissey
1979
- When Hell Was in Session as Jane Denton
1978
- A Christmas to Remember as Emma Larson
- Taxi!! as Passenger
1977
- The Love Boat as Aunt Helena Georgelos
- How the West Was Won as Kate Macahan
- The Hollywood Greats
1976
- The Macahans as Kate Macahan
1974
- The First Woman President as Edith Wilson
1973
1972
- Cancel My Reservation as Sheila Bartlett
1970
- Loving as Selma Wilson
1968
- The Stalking Moon as Sarah Carver
1966
- The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! as Elspeth Whittaker
- Grand Prix as Louise Frederickson
- Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions as Self
1965
- The Sandpiper as Claire Hewitt
- A Statue for "The Sandpiper" as Self
1964
- Carol for Another Christmas as WAVE Lt. Gibson
- 36 Hours as Anna Hedler
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- All Fall Down as Echo O'Brien
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1960
- Exodus as Kitty Fremont
1959
- North by Northwest as Eve Kendall
1957
- Raintree County as Nell Gaither
- A Hatful of Rain as Celia Pope
- Operation Raintree as Self
1956
- That Certain Feeling as Dunreath Henry
1955
- Our Town as Emily Webb
1954
- Producers' Showcase as Emily Webb
- On the Waterfront as Edie Doyle
- Middle of the Night as Betty
1953
- The Oscars as Self
- General Electric Theater as Maudle Applegate
- The Trip to Bountiful as Thelma
1952
- Omnibus as Actress
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Passenger
1950
- Robert Montgomery Presents
- What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- The Bob Hope Show as Self
- The Man Who Had Influence as David's Cafe Guest (as Eve Marie Saint)
1949
- Lights Out
- Suspense as Francie
- Martin Kane, Private Eye as Sheila Dixon
1948
- The Philco Television Playhouse as Thelma
- Studio One as Edna Baker
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self