Eva Marie Saint

Eva Marie Saint

Birthday: 1924-07-04

Place of Birth: Newark, New Jersey, USA

Biography: Eva Marie Saint (born July 4, 1924) is an American 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.

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North by Northwest
North by Northwest

Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase....

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Superman Returns
Superman Returns

Superman returns to discover his 5-year absence has allowed Lex Luthor to walk free, and that those ...

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On the Waterfront
On the Waterfront

A prizefighter-turned-longshoreman with a conscience goes up against labor leaders to expose corrupt...

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Exodus
Exodus

Ari Ben Canaan, a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport ...

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Don't Come Knocking
Don't Come Knocking

Howard Spence has seen better days. Once a big Western movie star, he now drowns his disgust for his...

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Grand Prix
Grand Prix

The most daring drivers in the world have gathered to compete for the 1966 Formula One championship....

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I Dreamed of Africa
I Dreamed of Africa

Inspired by the true story of indomitable Kuki Gallmann, the film tells of a beautiful and inquisiti...

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Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me

Called "the first lady of the silent screen," Lillian Gish was the archetypal silent film heroine — ...

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The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!

When a Soviet submarine gets stuck on a sandbar off the coast of a New England island, its commander...

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Hollywood Legenden
Hollywood Legenden

Documentary about Hollywood....

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Nothing in Common
Nothing in Common

A successful advertising executive finds his freewheeling life crashing to a halt when his parents e...

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Fred Zinnemann - Der Mann, der 'High Noon' machte
Fred Zinnemann - Der Mann, der 'High Noon' machte

Documentary about the Austrian director Fred Zinnemann....

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The Stalking Moon
The Stalking Moon

While moving a group of Apaches to a Native American reservation in Arizona, an American scout named...

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Made in Hollywood: Hitchcocks Blondinen
Made in Hollywood: Hitchcocks Blondinen

Documentary about Alfred Hitchcocks infatuation with blondes....

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A Hatful of Rain
A Hatful of Rain

A Korean War veteran's morphine addiction wreaks havoc upon his family....

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36 Hours
36 Hours

Germans kidnap an American major and try to convince him that World War II is over, so that they can...

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Because of Winn-Dixie
Because of Winn-Dixie

A girl, abandoned by her mother when she was three, moves to a small town in Florida with her father...

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Raintree County
Raintree County

In 1859, idealist John Wickliff Shawnessey, a resident of Raintree County, Indiana, is distracted fr...

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Loving
Loving

Brooks Wilson is in crisis. He is torn between his wife Selma and two daughters and his mistress Gra...

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Carol for Another Christmas
Carol for Another Christmas

Wealthy industrialist and fierce isolationist Daniel Grudge, long embittered by the loss of his son ...

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All Fall Down
All Fall Down

Ralph and Annabell Willart are a feuding couple who are constantly bickering over their worthless, g...

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The Sandpiper
The Sandpiper

A free-spirited single mother forms a connection with the wedded headmaster of an Episcopalian board...

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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about Ame...

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The Best Little Girl in the World
The Best Little Girl in the World

Casey Powell is a teenage girl who is secretly suffering from anorexia nervosa, a mental and physica...

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Cancel My Reservation
Cancel My Reservation

Bob Hope is a stressed out talk show host who is sent on a vacation to Arizona on doctor's orders an...

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Winter's Tale
Winter's Tale

A burglar falls for an heiress as she dies in his arms. When he learns that he has the gift of reinc...

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That Certain Feeling
That Certain Feeling

When Larry Larkin's comic strip needs some freshening up, he calls in ghost-writer Francis X. Dignan...

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Middle of the Night
Middle of the Night

A young divorcée becomes involved with her widowed boss....

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Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair
Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair

The story of the hijacking of the Italian luxury liner Achille Lauro by four Palestinians....

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Palomino
Palomino

After the break up of her marriage, photographer Samantha Taylor retreats to the sanctuary of friend...

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My Antonia
My Antonia

After the death of his parents, Jimmy uproots his life to live with his grandparents in Black Hawk, ...

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Taxi!!
Taxi!!

Taxi!! is a television movie that debuted on the NBC television network as a Hallmark Hall of Fame m...

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Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions
Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions

A short making of feature about the 1966 John Frankenheimer movie Grande Prix...

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People Like Us
People Like Us

When a wealthy scriptwriter and socialite's daughter is murdered, he feels let down by the courts, a...

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Open House
Open House

To make ends meet in this romantic drama, a devoted wife and mom takes in boarders and, while starti...

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The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb

Egyptologist Robin Ellis and American reporter Eva Marie Saint uncover King Tut's burial site but we...

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Love Leads the Way: A True Story
Love Leads the Way: A True Story

Based on the true story of Morris Frank and the first U.S. Seeing Eye Dog, Buddy....

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Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest'
Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest'

Hosted by Eva Marie Saint, the film's leading lady, this 40-minute documentary of Alfred Hitchcock's...

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Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

A retrospective of the life and career of actor Cary Grant, including clips from his films and inter...

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Papa's Angels
Papa's Angels

Arkansas furniture maker Grins Jenkins is a cheerful man and loving father to his five kids, as well...

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After Jimmy
After Jimmy

This is a story of Jimmy, a high school senior, who is struggling with his school life, family press...

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I'll Be Home for Christmas
I'll Be Home for Christmas

The Bundy family try to have a good family Christmas, despite World War II....

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Pushing the Limit: The Making of Grand Prix
Pushing the Limit: The Making of Grand Prix

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When Hell Was in Session
When Hell Was in Session

This film describes Navy Commander Jeremiah Denton's 7-and-a-half years as a prisoner of war. Held i...

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A Christmas to Remember
A Christmas to Remember

A city-bred grandson moves to his grandparents' farm during the Great Depression and grows up enough...

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The Last Days of Patton
The Last Days of Patton

Gen. George S. Patton now works a desk job for the U.S. military after World War II. In the midst of...

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Kiss of a Killer
Kiss of a Killer

A rapist stalks a witness endangered by the secret life she has created to escape her mother....

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Robert Osborne's 20th Anniversary Tribute
Robert Osborne's 20th Anniversary Tribute

Friends and family surprise Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne at the 2014 TCM Classic Film F...

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Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood

Paying homage to two of Hollywood's central icons, the film creates an unparalleled portrait of two ...

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Splendor in the Grass
Splendor in the Grass

Two teenagers, in love in pre-Depression Kansas, cope with parental pressure and the strict sexual m...

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Mariette in Ecstasy
Mariette in Ecstasy

In this forceful study of religious passion an extraordinary spiritual experience is placed in the c...

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Operation Raintree
Operation Raintree

MGM short that looks at the behind the scenes production of Raintree County....

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The Macahans
The Macahans

Zeb Macahan, a pioneering westerner, helps move his brother's family to the wild west. They run into...

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Breaking Home Ties
Breaking Home Ties

Inspired by a Norman Rockwell painting, this 1950s coming of age drama centers on a young man leavin...

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Malibu
Malibu

A young couple from Milwaukee moves into the fabled, high-society Malibu beach community and becomes...

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A Statue for 'The Sandpiper'
A Statue for 'The Sandpiper'

Promotional short for the film "The Sandpiper"....

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Jenseits von Hollywood – Das Kino des Otto Preminger
Jenseits von Hollywood – Das Kino des Otto Preminger

German Documentary about the Austrian-American Movie Director Otto Preminger....

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The Man Who Had Influence
The Man Who Had Influence

Business mogul's son David Grant uses his father's power to extricate himself from problems - until ...

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The Trip to Bountiful
The Trip to Bountiful

A woman has to live with a daughter in law who hates her and a son who does not dare take her side. ...

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Eva Marie Saint: Live From the TCM Classic Film Festival
Eva Marie Saint: Live From the TCM Classic Film Festival

Academy Award-winning actress Eva Marie Saint discusses her life and career at the 2013 TCM Classic ...

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Our Town
Our Town

Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. People grow up, get mar...

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Jane Doe
Jane Doe

A young amnesiac who was left for dead following a brutal assault is now being stalked by her assail...

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Private Screenings: Robert Osborne
Private Screenings: Robert Osborne

TCM host Robert Osborne discusses his life and career with guest interviewer Alec Baldwin in commemo...

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Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age explores the world of Broadway from 1959 through the early 1980s as ...

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Jackie's Back!
Jackie's Back!

A British documentarian profiles washed-up diva Jackie Washington as she prepares for her comeback c...

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Corwin
Corwin

Biography of Norman Corwin, the great writer, producer and director of the Golden Age of Radio. Acto...

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Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

A TV special on the 100th anniversary of the birth of film....

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Time to Say Goodbye?
Time to Say Goodbye?

A doctor suffering from Alzheimer's wishes to end his life, causing a severe rift in the family, wit...

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The First Woman President
The First Woman President

This acclaimed television drama tells the story of Edith Wilson, second wife of President Woodrow Wi...

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