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Eva Marie Saint -

Eva Marie Saint was born on July 4, 1924, in Newark, New Jersey. After attending Bethlehem Central School in Delmar, New York, Saint studied acting at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. She's pictured in 1942 in her cheerleader uniform.

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Early career -

By 1946, Saint was living and working in New York City. She appeared in the live NBC-TV show 'Campus Hoopla.' Other television work followed, in episodes from popular shows at the time including CBS' 'Suspense,' 'Studio One,' and 'Prudential Family Playhouse.'

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Marriage to Jeffrey Hayden -

Eva Marie Saint married producer and director Jeffrey Hayden on October 28, 1951. It was a union that lasted 65 years until Hayden's death on December 24, 2016, at the age of 90.

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Stage and television -

Juggling married life with her burgeoning television career, Saint also ended up in theater. In 1953, she won the Drama Critics Award for her Broadway stage role in the Horton Foote play 'The Trip to Bountiful.' The following year, she received her first nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actress in a Single Performance for her appearances in the anthology series 'The Philco Television Playhouse.'

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'On the Waterfront' (1954) -

Her work in television had not gone unnoticed, and in 1954 Saint made her feature film debut in Elia Kazan's 'On the Waterfront,' opposite Marlon Brando. It was a baptism by fire for Saint, who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress—one of eight Oscars the movie secured, among them Best Picture, Best Actor for Brando, and Best Director for Kazan.

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Best Supporting Actress -

A delighted Eva Marie Saint clutches her Oscar for Best Supporting Actress at the 27th Academy Awards on March 30, 1955.

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Big screen, small screen -

Her Oscar win didn't stop Saint from returning to television. In fact, for the remainder of the 1950s she appeared more times on the small screen than in cinema, in productions like the live color telecast 'Producer's Showcase.' She's pictured in a publicity still from an episode called 'Our Town.'

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'That Certain Feeling' (1956) -

Saint's next picture after her Oscar triumph was 'That Certain Feeling,' a comedy starring Bob Hope. The cast also included George Sanders and Pearl Bailey.

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Family life -

Meanwhile, the actress and her husband had started a family. The couple are seen here in 1957 with first-born Darrell. A daughter, Laurette, would follow.

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'Raintree County' (1957) -

In the historical romance 'Raintree Country,' Saint shared top billing with Hollywood heavyweights Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor. Set in the American South during the Civil War, it received mostly negative reviews but was still nominated for four Academy Awards.

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'A Hatful of Rain' (1957) -

Saint's next picture fared much better despite its then controversial substance abuse theme. Indeed, the frank depiction of drug addiction in a feature film was a rarity for its time, and as such was well received by critics who praised director Fred Zinnemann for bringing to the screen such a "tremendously taut and true description of human agony and shame." For her efforts, Saint was nominated for BAFTA and Golden Globe awards.

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'North by Northwest' (1959) -

One of Eva Marie Saint's signature roles was that of Eve Kendall in Alfred Hitchcock's celebrated spy thriller 'North by Northwest.' Starring opposite Cary Grant, hers was essentially a femme fatale character, a seductive woman of mystery whose ability to keep Grant's Roger Thornhill—as well as the audience—off balance kept the plotline bubbling throughout. 'North by Northwest' is often listed among the greatest films of all time.

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'Exodus' (1960) -

Saint followed 'North by Northwest' with 'Exodus,' a film by Otto Preminger that costarred Paul Newman and chronicles the creation of the State of Israel in 1948 and the resulting war with its Arab neighbors.

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'36 Hours' (1965) -

Throughout the 1960s, Eva Marie Saint rarely ventured into television and instead concentrated on film work. In 1965, she costarred with James Garner in '36 Hours,' an intriguing story set in 1944 where a German army doctor tries to obtain vital information from an American military intelligence officer by convincing him that it is 1950 and the Second World War is long over.

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'The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming' (1966) -

The critically acclaimed comedy satire 'The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming' matched Saint with Carl Reiner and Alan Arkin, in the latter's first major film role. The movie was nominated for a slew of awards.

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'Grand Prix' (1966) -

The same year, 1966, Eva Marie Saint joined an international ensemble cast for 'Grand Prix,' directed by John Frankenheimer. The race car drama won three Academy Awards for its technical achievements and is still regarded as one of the greatest sports car pictures ever made.

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'The Stalking Moon' (1968) -

In this little-seen Western, Saint dropped any pretense of glamor to play the part of a white woman whose son is half-Apache. Both are rescued by a US Army scout (Gregory Peck), who has no idea that the boy's father, a murderous renegade Apache, is after them. While critics were generally low key in their appraisal of the film, Saint's haggard-looking portrayal of her character Sarah Carver was singled out for its realistic Frontier reflection.

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'Loving' (1970) -

With 'Loving,' Saint enjoyed some of the best reviews of her career. Well received by critics, the movie costarred George Segal and featured an early appearance by Roy Scheider.

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'Cancel My Reservation' (1972) -

'Cancel My Reservation' was a movie Bob Hope had not wanted to make, thinking himself too old to play a leading man. As a result, this was the last feature film he made. It was also the last picture Eva Marie Saint would appear in for 14 years, bemoaning the second-rate films offered to her since 1970's 'Loving.'

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Return to television -

Saint returned to television in the mid-1970s. She received an Emmy nomination for the 1977 miniseries 'How The West Was Won,' and a 1978 Emmy nomination for 'Taxi!!!.' She would continue to work in the medium throughout the 1980s and '90s.

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Primetime Emmy Award -

For the television miniseries 'People Like Us,' Eva Marie Saint won her first and only Emmy Award. She's pictured with the accolade at the 42nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards held on September 16, 1990.

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'I Dreamed of Africa' (2000) -

Saint had returned to the big screen in 1986 starring alongside Tom Hanks and Jackie Gleason in the comedy-drama 'Nothing in Common.' But her big screen appearances were now few and far between. A film she made in 1996 called 'Mariette in Ecstasy' wasn't in fact screened until 2019. In 2000 she appeared in 'I Dreamed of Africa,' which was both a commercial and critical failure.

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'Don't Come Knocking' (2005) -

By the 2000s, the actress had cut back considerably on her output. Now in her eighties, Saint chose roles carefully. In 2005's 'Don't Come Knocking' she played Sam Shepard's mother. The movie, directed by Wim Wenders, costarred Jessica Lange.

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'Because of Winn-Dixie' (2005) -

Saint appeared in a second film in 2005, 'Because of Winn-Dixie.' Jeff Daniels and Cicely Tyson were among her co-stars.

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'Superman Returns' (2006) -

Director Bryan Singer cast Eva Marie Saint as Martha Kent, the adoptive mother of Superman, in his movie 'Superman Returns.' Rather poignantly, the picture includes a computer-generated performance from her 'On the Waterfront' co-star Marlon Brando, who had died two years earlier.

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Rare public appearance -

In 2009, Saint made a rare public appearance at the 81st Academy Awards ceremony as a Best Supporting Actress presenter. She's pictured here with Oscar recipient Penélope Cruz, along with Anjelica Huston, Tilda Swinton, Goldie Hawn, and Whoopi Goldberg.

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Women In Hollywood Celebration -

By now deliberately keeping out of the spotlight, Saint did venture out in public on October 21, 2013 as an honoree to attend ELLE's 20th Annual Women In Hollywood Celebration in Beverly Hills.

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'Winter's Tale' (2014) -

Eva Marie Saint's final film role before retirement was 'Winter's Tale,' working alongside an esteemed cast that included Colin Farrell, Jessica Brown Findlay, Jennifer Connelly, William Hurt, Russell Crowe, and Will Smith.

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90th Annual Academy Awards -

In 2018, at the age of 93, Saint appeared at the 90th Academy Award ceremonies to present the award for Costume Design. She received a standing ovation upon entering the stage. She's pictured arriving with her daughter, Laurette Hayden. 

Sources: (The Hollywood Reporter) (The New York Times) (Britannica)

See also: Celebrities who brought their kids to the red carpet

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