EVA MARIE SAINT BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
 
Eva Marie Saint was born on July 4th, 1924 in Newark, New Jersey to parents, Eva Marie and John Merle Saint.  After graduating from Bethlehem Central High School in Delmar, New York in 1942 she went on to enroll at Bowling Green State University and studied acting. 
 
She first became involved in the acting industry working on television on the NBC show, “Campus Hoopla” (1946-1947) followed by an appearance on, “Bonnie Maid Versa-Tile Varieties.  As her career progressed she mainly worked in radio and more television before she was awarded the Drama Critics Award for her role on the Broadway production of, “The Trip to Bountiful” (1953).  

It did not take too long to receive her next honor with an Emmy nomination for, “Best Actress in A Single Performance” on, “The Philco Television Playhouse” followed by another Emmy nomination in 1955 for her role in a production of, “Our Town”.
 
Soon she was earning the nickname, 'The Helen Hayes of Television' due to her high level of success she was acquiring.  Even with her success in television, she decided to now try working in films.  At the age of thirty she debuted in the film, “On the Waterfront” (1954) for which she earned her first Oscar followed by other well know film roles were, “North by Northwest” (1959) and “Raintree County” (1957).
 
Already, Saint had an amazing resume, but continued to add to it with a role in, “A Hatful of Rain” (1957) and her most well known role in, Alfred Hitchcock’s, “North by Northwest” (1959).
 
As her career continued she went on to appear on the big screen with Tom Hanks in, “Nothing in Common” (1986) and she won another Emmy with her role in the television miniseries, “People Like Us” (1990) and another film appearance in, “I Dreamed of Africa” (2000) and “Don’t Come Knocking” (2005).  Her last known appearance were in 2005 in, “Because of Winn-Dixie” 2006 in, “Superman Returns” and 2011 in two screenings of "North by Northwest".
 
Eva Marie Saint continues to work in the industry today and remains married to her one and only husband, Jeffrey Hayden whom she married in 1951 and has two children with.  She has been honored with two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contribution to television and Motion Pictures. 

 
Filmography

2011 North by Northwest
2006 Superman Returns 
2005 Don't Come Knocking
2005 Because of Winn-Dixie
2003 Open House
2000 Papa's Angels
2000 I Dreamed of Africa
1999 Frasier
1997 Time to Say Goodbye?
1996 Titanic
1996 After Jimmy
1996 Mariette in Ecstasy
1995 My Antonia
1993 Kiss of a Killer
1991 Palomino
1990 People Like Us
1990 Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair
1988 I'll Be Home for Christmas
1986-1988 Moonlighting
1987 Breaking Home Ties
1986 A Year in the Life
1986 The Last Days of Patton
1986 Nothing in Common
1984 Fatal Vision
1984 Love Leads the Way: A True Story 
1983-1984 The Love Boat
1983 Jane Doe
1983 Malibu 
1981 Splendor in the Grass 
1981 The Best Little Girl in the World 
1980 The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
1979 When Hell Was in Session 
1978 A Christmas to Remember 
1978 Taxi!!! 
1978 Hallmark Hall of Fame
1977 How the West Was Won 
1976 The Fatal Weakness
1976 The Macahans
1974 The First Woman President
1972 Cancel My Reservation
1970 Loving 
1968 The Stalking Moon
1966 Grand Prix 
1966 The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming 
1965 The Sandpiper 
1965 36 Hours 
1964 Carol for Another Christmas 
1964 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre 
1962 All Fall Down 
1960 Exodus 
1959 North by Northwest 
1957 Raintree County 
1956 That Certain Feeling 
1955 Producers' Showcase 
1954 G.E. True Theater 
1954 Omnibus
1954 On the Waterfront 
1953-1954 Goodyear Playhouse 
1954 Ponds Theater 
1953 The Revlon Mirror Theater 
1949-1953 Studio One in Hollywood 
1953 Martin Kane 
1953 Eye Witness 
1953 The Web 
1953 The Plymouth Playhouse 
1953 The Trip to Bountiful 
1950-1951 Versatile Varieties 
1949 One Man's Family
1950 The Prudential Family Playhouse 
1949-1950 Actor's Studio 
1949 Suspense
1949 Lights Out 
1949 The Clock