1954
On the Waterfront
She played Edie Doyle and won an Academy Award.
FLM.REDEVA MARIE
SAINT
อีวา มารี เซนต์
A career from live television to classic cinema
From On the Waterfront to North by Northwest.
Newark, New Jersey, USA
An enduring screen career
Eva Marie Saint was born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1924 and studied at Bowling Green State University. She worked in theatre and live television before moving into feature films.
Her feature-film debut was On the Waterfront, in which she played Edie Doyle opposite Marlon Brando. The performance won her the Academy Award for supporting actress.
In Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest she played Eve Kendall alongside Cary Grant. The suspense film is among her work listed on FLM.RED.
Saint continued to work in film and television over subsequent decades. Her later film credits include Superman Returns; she died in 2026 at the age of 102.
Roles on screen
1959
North by Northwest
She played Eve Kendall.
2006
Superman Returns
A later role in her long screen career.
Performance readings are FLM.RED editorial interpretation.
Films in FLM.RED
Titles in this collection; not a complete filmography.
Sources & image notes
- BFI — career retrospective
- Television Academy — profile
- Bowling Green State University — biography
- Associated Press — obituary
Portrait illustration: FLM.RED.