Eva Marie Saint

Eva Marie Saint born July 4 1924 is an American actress who has starred in films on Broadway and on television in a career spanning seven decades shes 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 Premingers Exodus 1960 Vincente Minnellis 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