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Oscar-winning actor Eva Marie Saint dies at 102 in Los Angeles
Eva Marie Saint died of natural causes at her home in Los Angeles on Tuesday at the age of 102. The actor was known for her roles in On the Waterfront and North by Northwest and also won an Emmy Award for her television work.
Eva Marie Saint died of natural causes at her home in Los Angeles on Tuesday at the age of 102. The Oscar-winning actor's death was announced by her representative, Jeff Sanderson.
Saint made her film debut alongside Marlon Brando in the 1954 film On the Waterfront. In the crime drama directed by Elia Kazan, she played Edie Doyle, the girlfriend of Terry Malloy, a dockworker portrayed by Brando.
Saint won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for the role, securing her place in cinema history alongside Brando, who won his first Oscar for the same film. Brando received the Best Actor award for his portrayal of Terry Malloy.
Five years later, Saint shared the lead with Cary Grant in Alfred Hitchcock's 1959 spy thriller North by Northwest. She played the character Eve Kendall in the film.
A career in radio, television and film
Born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1924, Saint worked in radio and television early in her acting career. She made her Broadway debut in 1953 in Horton Foote's play The Trip to Bountiful, after which she was cast in On the Waterfront.
Her other film credits included A Hatful of Rain, Exodus, Grand Prix, The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming and The Stalking Moon. In later years, Saint also appeared in Nothing in Common, Superman Returns and Winter's Tale.
The actor, who also worked extensively in television, received an Emmy Award for her performance in the 1990 miniseries People Like Us.
Saint's husband, television and theater director Jeffrey Hayden, died in 2016 after 65 years of marriage. The couple had two children.
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