Eva Marie Saint
Eva Marie Saint (born July 4, 1924) is an American retired 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), directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Saint received Golden Globe and BAFTA award nominations for the drama film "A Hatful of Rain" (1957) and won an Emmy Award for the television miniseries People Like Us (1990). Her most notable subsequent movies included "Raintree County" (1957), Otto Preminger’s "Exodus" (1960), Vincente Minnelli’s "The Sandpiper" (1965), the Cold War comedy "The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!" (1966), and the racing film "Grand Prix" (1966), in which she costarred with James Garner.
Acting
Movie
Superman Returns
as Martha Kent
2006
Movie
North by Northwest
as Eve Kendall
1959
TV
The Legend of Korra
as Katara (voice)
2012
Movie
On the Waterfront
as Edie Doyle
1954
Movie
Winter's Tale
as Willa (Adult)
2014
TV
Frasier
as Joanna Doyle
1993
TV
Moonlighting
as Virginia Hayes
1985
Movie
Because of Winn-Dixie
as Miss Franny
2005
Movie
Exodus
as Kitty Fremont
1960
Movie
Grand Prix
as Louise Frederickson
1966
TV
The Love Boat
as Aunt Helena Georgelos
1977
Movie
Don't Come Knocking
as Howard's Mother
2005
Movie
Nothing in Common
as Lorraine Basner
1986
Movie
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
as Elspeth Whittaker
1966
TV
Titanic
as Hazel Foley
1996
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
Movie
I Dreamed of Africa
as Franca
2000
TV
The Oscars
as Self
1953
Movie
The Stalking Moon
as Sarah Carver
1968
Movie
36 Hours
as Anna Hedler
1964
Movie
Raintree County
as Nell Gaither
1957
Movie
The Sandpiper
as Claire Hewitt
1965
TV
How the West Was Won
as Kate Macahan
1977
Movie
A Hatful of Rain
as Celia Pope
1957