Eva Marie Saint (born July , ) is an American actress. In a career
spanning over years, she is best known for starring in Elia Kazan's
On the Waterfront () and in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest ().
The former won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Upon
the death of Olivia de Havilland on July , , she became the oldest
living Academy Award winner and one of the last surviving stars from
the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema.She received Golden Globe and BAFTA
Award nominations for A Hatful of Rain () and won a Primetime Emmy
Award for the television miniseries People Like Us (). Her film career
also includes roles in Raintree County (), Exodus (), The Russians Are
Coming, the Russians Are Coming (), Grand Prix (), Nothing in Common
(), Because of Winn-Dixie (), Superman Returns (), and Winter's Tale
().Saint was born in Newark, New Jersey, to Quaker parents: Eva Marie
(née Rice; â€") and John Merle Saint (â€"). She attended Bethlehem
Central High School in Delmar, New York, near Albany, graduating in .
She was inducted into the high school's hall of fame in . She studied
acting at Bowling Green State University and joined Delta Gamma
Sorority. During this time she played the lead role in a production of
Personal Appearance. A theater on Bowling Green's campus is named
after her. She was an active member in the theater honorary
fraternity, Theta Alpha Phi, and served as record keeper of the
student council in .
spanning over years, she is best known for starring in Elia Kazan's
On the Waterfront () and in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest ().
The former won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Upon
the death of Olivia de Havilland on July , , she became the oldest
living Academy Award winner and one of the last surviving stars from
the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema.She received Golden Globe and BAFTA
Award nominations for A Hatful of Rain () and won a Primetime Emmy
Award for the television miniseries People Like Us (). Her film career
also includes roles in Raintree County (), Exodus (), The Russians Are
Coming, the Russians Are Coming (), Grand Prix (), Nothing in Common
(), Because of Winn-Dixie (), Superman Returns (), and Winter's Tale
().Saint was born in Newark, New Jersey, to Quaker parents: Eva Marie
(née Rice; â€") and John Merle Saint (â€"). She attended Bethlehem
Central High School in Delmar, New York, near Albany, graduating in .
She was inducted into the high school's hall of fame in . She studied
acting at Bowling Green State University and joined Delta Gamma
Sorority. During this time she played the lead role in a production of
Personal Appearance. A theater on Bowling Green's campus is named
after her. She was an active member in the theater honorary
fraternity, Theta Alpha Phi, and served as record keeper of the
student council in .
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