Eva Marie Saint

Eva Marie Saint (born July 4, 1924) is an American actress. She played the blonde, graceful leading lady in many films, starting in the 1950s.

Saint was born in Newark, New Jersey, USA. She studied acting at Bowling Green University, and did some work in radio and television before winning the Drama Critics Award for her stage role in A Trip to Bountiful (1953).

Saint at 35 in Hitchcock's North by Northwest

Her first film role was in On the Waterfront (1954) with Marlon Brando, for which she won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. Her best known films were in the early years of her career: A Hatful of Rain (1957) with Don Murray, North by Northwest (1959) with Cary Grant, and Exodus (1960) with Paul Newman.

Selected Filmography

  • On the Waterfront (1954),
  • That Certain Feeling (1956),
  • Raintree County (1957),
  • A Hatful of Rain (1957),
  • North by Northwest (1959),
  • Exodus (1960),
  • All Fall Down (1962),
  • 36 Hours (1964),
  • The Sandpiper (1965),
  • The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966),
  • Grand Prix (1966),
  • The Stalking Moon (1969),
  • Loving (1970),
  • Cancel My Reservation (1972)
  • Nothing in Common (1986)

Because of the second-rate film roles that came her way in the 1970s, Saint returned to television and the stage in the 1980s. She has appeared in a number of made-for-TV movies, and won an Emmy in 1990 for the mini-series People Like Us.


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She has appeared in a number of made-for-TV movies, and won an Emmy in 1990 for the mini-series People Like Us. She also starred in the sitcom Ink with her husband Ted Danson. Because of the second-rate film roles that came her way in the 1970s, Saint returned to television and the stage in the 1980s. In both films she played the love interest of a time traveller. Her best known films were in the early years of her career: A Hatful of Rain (1957) with Don Murray, North by Northwest (1959) with Cary Grant, and Exodus (1960) with Paul Newman. She has been known for many roles, including that of Clara Clayton in Back to the Future Part III (1990) (a role which her children, fans of the Back to the Future movies, convinced her to play.) She also had a role in the 1979 film Time After Time. Her first film role was in On the Waterfront (1954) with Marlon Brando, for which she won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. Steenburgen was married to Malcolm McDowell for ten years, but is currently married to actor Ted Danson.

She studied acting at Bowling Green University, and did some work in radio and television before winning the Drama Critics Award for her stage role in A Trip to Bountiful (1953). Steenburgen was born in Newport, Arkansas and moved to New York City in 1972 to study acting. Saint was born in Newark, New Jersey, USA. Mary Steenburgen (born February 8, 1953) is an American actress. She played the blonde, graceful leading lady in many films, starting in the 1950s. Joan of Arcadia (2003) TV Series. Eva Marie Saint (born July 4, 1924) is an American actress. Picnic (2000).

Nothing in Common (1986). Philadelphia (1993). Cancel My Reservation (1972). Back to the Future Part III (1989). Loving (1970),. Miss Firecracker (1989). The Stalking Moon (1969),. Ragtime (1981).

Grand Prix (1966),. Time After Time (1979). The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966),. The Sandpiper (1965),. 36 Hours (1964),.

All Fall Down (1962),. Exodus (1960),. North by Northwest (1959),. A Hatful of Rain (1957),.

Raintree County (1957),. That Certain Feeling (1956),. On the Waterfront (1954),.