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Eva Marie Saint
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Eva Marie Saint is an American actress born in 1924 who has had a long career in film and television. She is notable for her work in classic Hollywood movies and remains an important figure in entertainment history.
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Film & TV
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 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…
Known for
- Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age — Self2021
- Made in Hollywood: Hitchcocks Blondinen — Self2016
- Robert Osborne's 20th Anniversary Tribute — Self2015
- Winter's Tale — Willa (Adult)2014
- Eva Marie Saint: Live From the TCM Classic Film Festival2014
- Private Screenings: Robert Osborne — Self2014
- The Legend of Korra — Katara (voice)2012
- Fred Zinnemann - Der Mann, der 'High Noon' machte — Self2007
- Superman Returns — Martha Kent2006
- Pushing the Limit: The Making of Grand Prix — Self2006
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Eva
- Family name
- Saint
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Newark
- Spouse
- Jeffrey Hayden
- Occupation
- voice actor
- Educated at
- HB Studio
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Student of
- Lee Strasberg
- Image
- Eva Marie Saint Promo Portrait, c. 1951.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- name in native language
- Eva Marie Saint
- start of work period
- 1944-00-00
- Commons category
- Eva Marie Saint
- date of birth
- 1924-07-04
- Commons gallery
- Eva Marie Saint
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
- end of work period
- 2021-00-00
- subject has role
- centenarian
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Encyclopedic overview
Eva Marie Saint (born July 4, 1924) is an American retired actress. In a career spanning more than seven decades, she received an Academy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. As of July 2024, Saint was the oldest living Academy Award winner and one of the last living stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Saint graduated from Bowling Green State University in 1946 and began her career as a television and radio actress in the late 1940s. She played the role of Thelma in Horton Foote's The Trip to Bountiful (1953). She made her film debut in Elia Kazan's On the Waterfront (1954), opposite Marlon Brando. The film won eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and earned her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress along with a BAFTA nomination for Most Promising Newcomer.
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