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Eva Marie Saint
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.
As actor
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Made in Hollywood: Hitchcocks Blondinen
Robert Osborne's 20th Anniversary Tribute
Winter's Tale
Eva Marie Saint: Live From the TCM Classic Film Festival
Private Screenings: Robert Osborne
Fred Zinnemann - Der Mann, der 'High Noon' machte
Superman Returns
Pushing the Limit: The Making of Grand Prix
Jenseits von Hollywood – Das Kino des Otto Preminger
Don't Come Knocking
Because of Winn-Dixie
Hollywood Legenden
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Open House
I Dreamed of Africa
Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest'
Papa's Angels
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
Jackie's Back!
Time to Say Goodbye?
After Jimmy
Mariette in Ecstasy
Corwin
My Antonia
Kiss of a Killer
Palomino
Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair
People Like Us
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me