Eva Marie Saint, Oscar-Winning Star of 'On the Waterfront,' Dies at 102
Eva Marie Saint, the American actress whose screen debut in Elia Kazan's 1954 film "On the Waterfront" won her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, died Tuesday of natural causes at her home in Los Angeles at the age of 102, a family spokesperson confirmed. Born in New Jersey in 1924, Saint began her performing career in radio and television before Kazan cast her as Edie Doyle, the love interest of Marlon Brando's Terry Malloy, in the film that became one of the most celebrated American movies of the 1950s. She went on to star opposite Cary Grant in Alfred Hitchcock's 1959 thriller "North by Northwest," and appeared in subsequent films including "Exodus" with Paul Newman, "Grand Prix," and "The Sandpiper." From the 1960s onward she worked primarily in television. Her final film role came in the 2014 release "Winter's Tale."
Key facts
- Eva Marie Saint died at age 102
- She died Tuesday of natural causes at her home in Los Angeles
- A family spokesperson confirmed the death
- She was born in New Jersey in 1924
- Her film debut was Elia Kazan's 1954 "On the Waterfront"
- She won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for that role
- She starred in Alfred Hitchcock's 1959 "North by Northwest" opposite Cary Grant
- Her last film role was in the 2014 movie "Winter's Tale"
Entities
Artists
- Eva Marie Saint
- Elia Kazan
- Marlon Brando
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Cary Grant
- Paul Newman
- Fred Zinnemann
- Elizabeth Taylor
- Montgomery Clift
- Warren Beatty
- Gregory Peck
- Bob Hope
- Don Murray
- Michael V. Gazzo
- James Garner
- Roald Dahl
- Richard Burton
- Vincente Minnelli
- Carl Reiner
- Norman Jewison
- Yves Montand
- Noland Clay
- George Segal
- Tom Hanks
- Garry Marshall
- Jackie Gleason
- Karl Malden
- Angela Lansbury
- Jeffrey Hayden
- Paddy Chayefsky
- Thornton Wilder
- James Mason
- Edward Dmytryk
- Akiva Goldsman
- Horton Foote
- Olivia de Havilland
- Otto Preminger
- John Frankenheimer
- Colin Farrell
- Russell Crowe
Institutions
- Los Angeles Times
- Bowling Green State University
- Süddeutsche Zeitung
- Le Monde
- Academy Awards
- NBC
- Outer Critics Circle
- Emmy Awards
- Vogue
- Actors Studio
- Bowling Green University
- Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Drama Critics Award
- RFI
- Herbert Berghof Studio
- Turner Classic Movies
- The Washington Post
- MSN
Locations
- Los Angeles
- United States
- New Jersey
- New York
- Ohio
- Newark
- Hollywood
- Indiana
- Israel
- Broadway
- Washington
- California