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Eva Marie Saint, Graceful Star of the Silver Screen, Dies at 102

The actress won an Oscar for her first film role and later earned an Emmy, with a career spanning film, television, theater and radio.

  • Eva Marie Saint, the Oscar-winning actress known for roles in "On the Waterfront" and "North by Northwest," died Tuesday of natural causes at her Los Angeles home at age 102.
  • Saint emerged as a star in the 1950s after training at the Actors Studio, delivering an Academy Award-winning breakout performance in director Elia Kazan's 1954 classic "On the Waterfront."
  • Director Alfred Hitchcock cast her as the mysterious Eve Kendall in his 1959 spy thriller "North by Northwest," opposite actor Cary Grant. She continued acting for over 70 years.
  • Married to director Jeffrey Hayden for 65 years, she remained with him until his 2016 death. Saint is survived by her two children, four grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
  • Remaining active well into her 90s, Saint made her final film appearance in the 2014 fantasy "Winter's Tale." Her career spanned the Golden Age of Hollywood and beyond.
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Los Angeles (USA), 6 Oct (EFE).- Eva Marie Saint, the blonde who challenged the archetype of the protagonist of Alfred Hitchcock's films and became one of the great actresses of the Golden Age of Hollywood, died Tuesday at 102 years old. Saint died of natural causes in her home of [...] The entry Eva Marie Saint, figure of the Golden Age of Hollywood, died at 102 years old was first published in HolaNews.

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Eva Marie Saint won an Oscar in 1954 for her role in "In the Big City Harbor." She died on Tuesday at the age of 102.

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Confidencial Digital broke the news on Tuesday, October 6, 2026.
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