Oscar-winning actress Eva Marie Saint dies at age 102 in Los Angeles
Eva Marie Saint, the Academy Award-winning star of “On the Waterfront” and “North by Northwest,” died at her Los Angeles home at 102.
Eva Marie Saint died at her Los Angeles residence at the age of 102. She first gained prominence as a breakout television talent before winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for “On the Waterfront” in 1955, a distinction that made her the oldest living Oscar winner. Saint’s film legacy includes iconic roles such as the seductive spy Eve Kendall in Hitchcock’s “North by Northwest” and later appearances in “Superman Returns” and “Winter’s Tale.”
Her television work featured recurring parts on series like “Moonlighting” and numerous TV movies, earning multiple Emmy nominations and a win in 1990 for “People Like Us.” She held two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for film and one for television, and was a longtime supporter of the Motion Picture and Television Fund and the Epilepsy Foundation of Los Angeles. Saint also contributed to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences as a member of the Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship Committee.
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Her death marks the loss of a pioneering actress whose work shaped classic cinema and television.
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