Eva Marie Saint

Eva Marie Saint (born July 4, 1924) is an American actress. She played the blonde, graceful leading lady in many films, starting in the 1950s.

Saint was born in Newark, New Jersey, USA. She studied acting at Bowling Green University, and did some work in radio and television before winning the Drama Critics Award for her stage role in A Trip to Bountiful (1953).

Saint at 35 in Hitchcock's North by Northwest

Her first film role was in On the Waterfront (1954) with Marlon Brando, for which she won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. Her best known films were in the early years of her career: A Hatful of Rain (1957) with Don Murray, North by Northwest (1959) with Cary Grant, and Exodus (1960) with Paul Newman.

Selected Filmography

  • On the Waterfront (1954),
  • That Certain Feeling (1956),
  • Raintree County (1957),
  • A Hatful of Rain (1957),
  • North by Northwest (1959),
  • Exodus (1960),
  • All Fall Down (1962),
  • 36 Hours (1964),
  • The Sandpiper (1965),
  • The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966),
  • Grand Prix (1966),
  • The Stalking Moon (1969),
  • Loving (1970),
  • Cancel My Reservation (1972)
  • Nothing in Common (1986)

Because of the second-rate film roles that came her way in the 1970s, Saint returned to television and the stage in the 1980s. She has appeared in a number of made-for-TV movies, and won an Emmy in 1990 for the mini-series People Like Us.


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She has appeared in a number of made-for-TV movies, and won an Emmy in 1990 for the mini-series People Like Us. Her last film was with Hugh Grant in the thriller Night Train to Venice in 1994. Because of the second-rate film roles that came her way in the 1970s, Saint returned to television and the stage in the 1980s. In 1983 she wrote an autobiography Nicht bleibt immer so. Her best known films were in the early years of her career: A Hatful of Rain (1957) with Don Murray, North by Northwest (1959) with Cary Grant, and Exodus (1960) with Paul Newman. After the war Söderbaum became a noted fashion photographer. Her first film role was in On the Waterfront (1954) with Marlon Brando, for which she won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. From 1935, she starred in a number of pre-World war II and war films with her husband director Veit Harlan.

She studied acting at Bowling Green University, and did some work in radio and television before winning the Drama Critics Award for her stage role in A Trip to Bountiful (1953). Kristina Söderbaum (October 5, 1912 - February 12, 2001)was a Swedish-born German film actress, producer and photographer. Saint was born in Newark, New Jersey, USA. She played the blonde, graceful leading lady in many films, starting in the 1950s. Eva Marie Saint (born July 4, 1924) is an American actress.

Nothing in Common (1986). Cancel My Reservation (1972). Loving (1970),. The Stalking Moon (1969),.

Grand Prix (1966),. The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966),. The Sandpiper (1965),. 36 Hours (1964),.

All Fall Down (1962),. Exodus (1960),. North by Northwest (1959),. A Hatful of Rain (1957),.

Raintree County (1957),. That Certain Feeling (1956),. On the Waterfront (1954),.