Eva Marie Saint
1924–2026
Oscar-winning American actress known for On the Waterfront and North by Northwest, with a career spanning seven decades.
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Eva Marie Saint was an American actress whose career spanned more than seven decades, from early live television in the late 1940s to film and later television and stage work. She made her feature film debut in Elia Kazan's On the Waterfront (1954) opposite Marlon Brando, winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Edie Doyle. She went on to star as Eve Kendall in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959) with Cary Grant, and appeared in films including Raintree County, Exodus, The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming, Grand Prix, and Superman Returns. In later years she worked primarily in television, winning a Primetime Emmy for the miniseries People Like Us, and voiced the elderly Katara in The Legend of Korra. She received two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was one of the last surviving stars of Hollywood's Golden Age, appearing at the 2018 Academy Awards at age 93.
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