Eva Marie Saint, one of the last surviving stars of Hollywood’s Golden Age, has passed away at 102 years old. Born on July 4, 1924, in Newark, New Jersey, she began her career as an NBC page before landing her first film role in 1954’s On the Waterfront opposite Marlon Brando. That performance earned her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, a stunning achievement for a screen debut.
She followed that triumph with one of the most iconic roles in cinema history: Eve Kendall in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1959 thriller North by Northwest, starring alongside Cary Grant. The film’s train sequence remains one of the most celebrated moments in movie history.
Saint’s career spanned six decades across film and television. She won her first Emmy in 1990 for the miniseries People Like Us, earned two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and even voiced a character on The Legend of Korra. Her passing marks the end of an extraordinary era in entertainment.
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