Eva Marie Saint

Eva Marie Saint

1924-07-04 Newark, New Jersey, USA 70 Credits

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), direc...

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Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

2021

as Self

Acting

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age explores the world of Broadway from 1959 through the early 1980s as recounted by a diverse cast of Broadway stars who ...

Made in Hollywood: Hitchcocks Blondinen

Made in Hollywood: Hitchcocks Blondinen

2016

as Self

Acting

Documentary about Alfred Hitchcocks infatuation with blondes.

Robert Osborne's 20th Anniversary Tribute

Robert Osborne's 20th Anniversary Tribute

2015

as Self

Acting

Friends and family surprise Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne at the 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival with a tribute to his twenty years with th...

Eva Marie Saint: Live From the TCM Classic Film Festival

Eva Marie Saint: Live From the TCM Classic Film Festival

2014

Acting

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

Winter's Tale

Winter's Tale

2014

as Willa (Adult)

6.3
Acting

A burglar falls for an heiress as she dies in his arms. When he learns that he has the gift of reincarnation, he sets out to save her.

And the Oscar Goes To...

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014

as Self (archive footage)

7.0
Acting

The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy ...

Private Screenings: Robert Osborne

Private Screenings: Robert Osborne

2014

as Self

7.3
Acting

TCM host Robert Osborne discusses his life and career with guest interviewer Alec Baldwin in commemoration of Osborne's 20 years with the network.

North by Northwest: One for the Ages

North by Northwest: One for the Ages

2009

as Self (archive footage)

6.3
Acting

A discussion of "North by Northwest" and its influence.

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

2007

as Self

Acting

Documentary about the Austrian director Fred Zinnemann.

Superman Returns

Superman Returns

2006

as Martha Kent

5.8
Acting

Superman returns to discover his 5-year absence has allowed Lex Luthor to walk free, and that those he was closest to felt abandoned and have moved on...

Pushing the Limit: The Making of Grand Prix

Pushing the Limit: The Making of Grand Prix

2006

as Self

Acting

Jenseits von Hollywood – Das Kino des Otto Preminger

2006

as Herself

Acting

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

Don't Come Knocking

Don't Come Knocking

2005

as Howard's Mother

6.2
Acting

Howard Spence has seen better days. Once a big Western movie star, he now drowns his disgust for his selfish and failed life with alcohol, drugs and y...

Because of Winn-Dixie

Because of Winn-Dixie

2005

as Miss Franny

6.4
Acting

A girl, abandoned by her mother when she was three, moves to a small town in Florida with her father. There, she adopts an orphaned dog she names Winn...

Hollywood Legenden

2004

as Self

2.0
Acting

Documentary about Hollywood.

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

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

2003

as Self

7.0
Acting

Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about America's most celebrated indigenous art form. Award...

Open House

Open House

2003

as Veronica Reynolds

3.0
Acting

To make ends meet in this romantic drama, a devoted wife and mom takes in boarders and, while starting her life over, falls for the most unlikely of m...

Papa's Angels

Papa's Angels

2000

as Dori "Grammy" Jenkins

Acting

Arkansas furniture maker Grins Jenkins is a cheerful man and loving father to his five kids, as well as the life of every party in their small town. W...

Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest'

Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest'

2000

as Self

6.7
Acting

Hosted by Eva Marie Saint, the film's leading lady, this 40-minute documentary of Alfred Hitchcock's only M-G-M film combines interviews (Martin Landa...

I Dreamed of Africa

I Dreamed of Africa

2000

as Franca

5.5
Acting

Inspired by the true story of indomitable Kuki Gallmann, the film tells of a beautiful and inquisitive woman who had the courage to escape from her co...

Jackie's Back!

Jackie's Back!

1999

as Eva Marie Saint

6.5
Acting

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

Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood

1999

as Self (archive footage)

7.6
Acting

Paying homage to two of Hollywood's central icons, the film creates an unparalleled portrait of two very different personalities amidst the demise of ...

Time to Say Goodbye?

Time to Say Goodbye?

1997

as Ruth Klooster

4.0
Acting

A doctor suffering from Alzheimer's wishes to end his life, causing a severe rift in the family, with each side convinced they have the father's best ...

After Jimmy

1996

as Liz

3.5
Acting

This is a story of Jimmy, a high school senior, who is struggling with his school life, family pressures, future choices. When it becomes too much, Ji...

Mariette in Ecstasy

1996

as Mother Saint-Raphael

Acting

In this forceful study of religious passion an extraordinary spiritual experience is placed in the center of a deftly evoked natural world, namely, ru...

Corwin

1996

as Self

Acting

Biography of Norman Corwin, the great writer, producer and director of the Golden Age of Radio. Actors in his radio plays included Orson Welles, Jimmy...

My Antonia

My Antonia

1995

as Emmaline Burden

7.3
Acting

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

Kiss of a Killer

Kiss of a Killer

1993

as Mrs. Wilson

3.0
Acting

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

Palomino

Palomino

1991

as Caroline Lord

4.9
Acting

After the break up of her marriage, photographer Samantha Taylor retreats to the sanctuary of friend Caroline Lord's California ranch. Samantha falls ...

People Like Us

People Like Us

1990

as Lil Van Degan Altemus

4.3
Acting

When a wealthy scriptwriter and socialite's daughter is murdered, he feels let down by the courts, and so decides to use his powerful position to enab...

Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair

Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair

1990

as Marilyn Klinghoffer

5.5
Acting

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

I'll Be Home for Christmas

I'll Be Home for Christmas

1988

as Martha Bundy

6.3
Acting

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

Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me

Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me

1988

as Narrator

Acting

Called "the first lady of the silent screen," Lillian Gish was the archetypal silent film heroine — the delicate damsel in distress, stranded on a swi...

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

1988

as Self

7.0
Acting

A retrospective of the life and career of actor Cary Grant, including clips from his films and interviews with his friends and co-workers.

Breaking Home Ties

Breaking Home Ties

1987

as Emma Wells

6.5
Acting

Inspired by a Norman Rockwell painting, this 1950s coming of age drama centers on a young man leaving home to attend college, where he will learn the ...

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

1987

as Self

5.7
Acting

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

The Last Days of Patton

The Last Days of Patton

1986

as Mrs. Beatrice Ayer Patton

6.4
Acting

Gen. George S. Patton now works a desk job for the U.S. military after World War II. In the midst of dealing with the difficulty of adapting to his dr...

Nothing in Common

Nothing in Common

1986

as Lorraine Basner

5.8
Acting

A successful advertising executive finds his freewheeling life crashing to a halt when his parents end their longtime marriage.

Love Leads the Way: A True Story

Love Leads the Way: A True Story

1984

as Mrs. Eustes

7.1
Acting

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

Jane Doe

Jane Doe

1983

as Addie Coleman

6.0
Acting

A young amnesiac who was left for dead following a brutal assault is now being stalked by her assailant who wants to finish the job before she can rem...

Malibu

Malibu

1983

as Mary Wharton

3.0
Acting

A young couple from Milwaukee moves into the fabled, high-society Malibu beach community and becomes involved with the lives of the various people liv...

Splendor in the Grass

Splendor in the Grass

1981

as Mrs. Loomis

6.4
Acting

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

The Best Little Girl in the World

The Best Little Girl in the World

1981

as Joanne Powell

5.1
Acting

Casey Powell is a teenage girl who is secretly suffering from anorexia nervosa, a mental and physical illness of deliberately starving herself or self...

The Curse of King Tut's Tomb

The Curse of King Tut's Tomb

1980

as Sarah Morrissey

4.3
Acting

Egyptologist Robin Ellis and American reporter Eva Marie Saint uncover King Tut's burial site but wealthy profiteer Raymond Burr tries to make sure th...

When Hell Was in Session

When Hell Was in Session

1979

as Jane Denton

7.0
Acting

This film describes Navy Commander Jeremiah Denton's 7-and-a-half years as a prisoner of war. Held in numerous, brutal POW camps, he faced starvation,...

A Christmas to Remember

A Christmas to Remember

1978

as Emma Larson

6.0
Acting

A city-bred grandson moves to his grandparents' farm during the Great Depression and grows up enough under their tough care to help his grandfather de...

Taxi!!

Taxi!!

1978

as Passenger

7.8
Acting

Taxi!! is a television movie that debuted on the NBC television network as a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie, consisting of a conversation between a taxi ...

The Macahans

The Macahans

1976

as Kate Macahan

6.7
Acting

Zeb Macahan, a pioneering westerner, helps move his brother's family to the wild west. They run into several obstacles including the breakout of the C...

Cancel My Reservation

Cancel My Reservation

1972

as Sheila Bartlett

5.3
Acting

Bob Hope is a stressed out talk show host who is sent on a vacation to Arizona on doctor's orders and has to play Sherlock Holmes with his wife, the l...

Loving

Loving

1970

as Selma Wilson

6.0
Acting

Brooks Wilson is in crisis. He is torn between his wife Selma and two daughters and his mistress Grace, and also between his career as a successful il...

The Stalking Moon

The Stalking Moon

1968

as Sarah Carver

5.9
Acting

While moving a group of Apaches to a Native American reservation in Arizona, an American scout named Sam Varner is surprised to find a white woman, Sa...

Grand Prix

Grand Prix

1966

as Louise Frederickson

7.2
Acting

The most daring drivers in the world have gathered to compete for the 1966 Formula One championship. After a spectacular wreck in the first of a serie...

Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions

1966

as Self

Acting

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

The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!

The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!

1966

as Elspeth Whittaker

6.4
Acting

When a Soviet submarine gets stuck on a sandbar off the coast of a New England island, its commander orders his second-in-command, Lieutenant Rozanov,...

The Sandpiper

The Sandpiper

1965

as Claire Hewitt

6.4
Acting

A free-spirited single mother forms a connection with the wedded headmaster of an Episcopalian boarding school in Monterey, California.

A Statue for 'The Sandpiper'

A Statue for 'The Sandpiper'

1965

as Self

6.0
Acting

Promotional short for the film "The Sandpiper".

Carol for Another Christmas

Carol for Another Christmas

1964

as WAVE Lt. Gibson

5.6
Acting

Daniel Grudge, a wealthy industrialist and fierce isolationist long embittered by the loss of his son in World War II, is visited by three ghosts on C...

36 Hours

36 Hours

1964

as Anna Hedler

7.0
Acting

Germans kidnap an American major and try to convince him that World War II is over, so that they can get details about the Allied invasion of Europe o...

All Fall Down

All Fall Down

1962

as Echo O'Brien

6.2
Acting

Ralph and Annabell Willart are a feuding couple who are constantly bickering over their worthless, good-for-nothing son Berry-Berry. When Berry-Berry ...

Exodus

Exodus

1960

as Kitty Fremont

6.7
Acting

Ari Ben Canaan, a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport 600 Jewish refugees on a dangerous voyage from Cyp...

North by Northwest

North by Northwest

1959

as Eve Kendall

8.0
Acting

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

Raintree County

Raintree County

1957

as Nell Gaither

6.4
Acting

In 1859, idealist John Wickliff Shawnessey, a resident of Raintree County, Indiana, is distracted from his high school sweetheart Nell Gaither by Susa...

Operation Raintree

Operation Raintree

1957

as Self

6.0
Acting

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

A Hatful of Rain

A Hatful of Rain

1957

as Celia Pope

6.7
Acting

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

That Certain Feeling

That Certain Feeling

1956

as Dunreath Henry

5.3
Acting

When Larry Larkin's comic strip needs some freshening up, he calls in ghost-writer Francis X. Dignan to help him with the strip. Things get complicate...

Our Town

Our Town

1955

as Emily Webb

Acting

Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. People grow up, get married, live, and die. Milk and the newspaper get de...

Middle of the Night

1954

as Betty

Acting

A young divorcée becomes involved with her widowed boss.

On the Waterfront

On the Waterfront

1954

as Edie Doyle

7.9
Acting

Terry Malloy is a kindhearted dockworker, and former boxer, who is tricked by his corrupt bosses into leading his friend to death. After falling in lo...

The Trip to Bountiful

1953

as Thelma

Acting

A woman has to live with a daughter in law who hates her and a son who does not dare take her side. While the unhappy family lives in a Houston apartm...

The Man Who Had Influence

The Man Who Had Influence

1950

as David's Cafe Guest (as Eve Marie Saint)

8.0
Acting

Business mogul's son David Grant uses his father's power to extricate himself from problems - until implication in a woman's death tests David's willi...