Eva Marie Saint

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 was also nominated for a Grammy Award for her singing on that film's soundtrack album. 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 eventually won the Oscar in 1980 for Coal Miner's Daughter. 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. Her breakout role was in Carrie, in 1976, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Her first film role was in On the Waterfront (1954) with Marlon Brando, for which she won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. Spacek is also an ardent crusader for women's lib.

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). The first role that brought her notice was the 1973 film Badlands, where she met art director Jack Fisk, whom she would later marry. Saint was born in Newark, New Jersey, USA. Her first credited role was in the 1972 movie Prime Cut, in which she played a young woman sold into white slavery. She played the blonde, graceful leading lady in many films, starting in the 1950s. Her cousin, Rip Torn, was already in the entertainment business, and through him, she was able to enroll in Lee Strasberg's Actors Studio and then the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York. Eva Marie Saint (born July 4, 1924) is an American actress. Mary Elizabeth "Sissy" Spacek (born December 25, 1949 in Quitman, Texas) is an Academy Award winning American actress and singer.

Nothing in Common (1986). Death Game (art director). Cancel My Reservation (1972). Phantom of the Paradise (set dresser). Loving (1970),. Trash. The Stalking Moon (1969),. Prime Cut.

Grand Prix (1966),. The Girls of Huntington House. The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966),. Ginger in the Morning. The Sandpiper (1965),. Badlands. 36 Hours (1964),. The Migrants.

All Fall Down (1962),. Katherine. Exodus (1960),. Carrie. North by Northwest (1959),. 3 Women. A Hatful of Rain (1957),. Welcome to L.A..

Raintree County (1957),. Verna, USO Girl. That Certain Feeling (1956),. Coal Miner's Daughter. On the Waterfront (1954),. Heart Beat. Raggedy Man.

Missing. The Man with Two Brains. The River. Marie.

Violets Are Blue. 'night, Mother. Crimes of the Heart. The Long Walk Home.

Hard Promises. JFK. A Private Matter. A Place for Annie.

Trading Mom. The Good Old Boys. The Grass Harp. Streets of Laredo.

Beyond the Call. If These Walls Could Talk. Affliction. Blast from the Past.

The Rage, Carrie 2. The Straight Story. Songs in Ordinary Time. In the Bedroom.

Midwives. Last Call. Tuck Everlasting. 1977 Nominated Carrie.

1981 Won Coal Miner's Daughter. 1983 Nominated Missing. 1985 Nominated The River. 1987 Nominated Crimes of the Heart.

2002 Nominated In the Bedroom.