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Eva Marie Saint
Newark, New Jersey, USA
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 bri…
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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.
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2021
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Movie Self
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2016
Made in Hollywood: Hitchcocks Blondinen
Movie Self
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2015
Robert Osborne's 20th Anniversary Tribute
Movie Self
- 2014
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2014
Winter's Tale
Movie Willa (Adult)
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2012
The Legend of Korra
TV show Katara (voice)
- 2007
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2006
Superman Returns
Movie Martha Kent
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2006
Pushing the Limit: The Making of Grand Prix
Movie Self
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2006
Jenseits von Hollywood – Das Kino des Otto Preminger
Movie Herself
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2005
Don't Come Knocking
Movie Howard's Mother
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2005
Because of Winn-Dixie
Movie Miss Franny
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2004
Hollywood Legenden
Movie Self
- 2003
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2003
Open House
Movie Veronica Reynolds
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2000
Papa's Angels
Movie Dori "Grammy" Jenkins
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- 2000
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2000
I Dreamed of Africa
Movie Franca
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1999
Jackie's Back!
Movie Eva Marie Saint
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1999
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1997
Time to Say Goodbye?
Movie Ruth Klooster
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1996
Titanic
TV show Hazel Foley
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1996
After Jimmy
Movie Liz
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1996
Mariette in Ecstasy
Movie Mother Saint-Raphael
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1996
Corwin
Movie Self
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1995
My Antonia
Movie Emmaline Burden
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1993
Frasier
TV show Joanna Doyle
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1993
Kiss of a Killer
Movie Mrs. Wilson
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1991
Palomino
Movie Caroline Lord
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1990
People Like Us
Movie Lil Van Degan Altemus
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1990
Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair
Movie Marilyn Klinghoffer
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1988
I'll Be Home for Christmas
Movie Martha Bundy
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1988
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
Movie Narrator
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1988
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Movie Self
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1987
Breaking Home Ties
Movie Emma Wells
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1987
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Movie Self
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1986
A Year in the Life
TV show Ruth Gardner
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1986
The Last Days of Patton
Movie Mrs. Beatrice Ayer Patton
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1986
Nothing in Common
Movie Lorraine Basner
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1985
Moonlighting
TV show Virginia Hayes
