Eva Marie Saint

Eva Marie Saint Wiki

Birth Place: Newark, New Jersey, USA
Birth Date: July 04, 1924
Occupation: Actor

Eva Marie Saint Biography

Eva Marie Saint played two of the most famous female leads in movie history. Born in New Jersey in 1924, she graduated from Bowling Green State University in 1946 and spent the first seven years of her acting career working in the Golden Age of television. At age 30, she made her feature film debut as Edie Doyle in Elia Kazan's On the Waterfront (1954). She certainly brought "real acting" to a time when melodrama still ran rampant in the industry. Who can forget her memorable argument scene with Marlon Brando when she says, "I didn't say I don't love you, I said I want you to get out"? This performance won her an Oscar.Saint made a strong impression in On the Waterfront, but today she is best known for her portrayal of Eve Kendell, the sultry female lead in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959), in which she starred opposite Cary Grant. The change in her screen persona, coupled with her adroit performance as a seductive woman of mystery who keeps Grant (and the audience) off-balance, was widely heralded. The movie is now considered a suspense classic and one of the greatest films ever made.She received Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations for A Hatful of Rain (1957) and won an Emmy Award for her work in the miniseries People Like Us (1990) (TV). As of late, she has been seen in the family film Because of Winn-Dixie (2005) and the action adventure Superman Returns (2006), where she played Martha Kent. Eva Marie Saint is still going strong with her work and takes the fact that she's part of film history in her stride.

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