Eva Marie Saint, Oscar-winning actress and Hitchcock heroine, dies at 102
The American actress, who found fame in On the Waterfront and was immortalised by Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest, died on Tuesday.
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American actress Eva Marie Saint died on Tuesday at the age of 102, marking the passing of one of the last great figures of Hollywood's golden age.
Born in 1924, she made her name from the very start of her film career in 1954 with On the Waterfront, Elia Kazan's film in which she starred alongside Marlon Brando. That performance earned her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, an early recognition that firmly established her career.
She remains, however, most closely associated in the public imagination with her role in North by Northwest (1959), Alfred Hitchcock's espionage thriller alongside Cary Grant. Her portrayal of Eve Kendall, a character of ambiguous loyalties, is considered one of the most memorable in the filmography of the 'master of suspense'.
Beyond these two iconic roles, Eva Marie Saint built a career spanning several decades, in both film and television, navigating the shifting landscape of the American entertainment industry from the 1950s through to the turn of the millennium.
Her passing has prompted an outpouring of tributes from the film world, where she was regarded as one of the last surviving actresses to have worked directly with the great directors of Hollywood's golden age.
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- Eva Marie Saint, actrice américaine, héroïne de « La Mort aux trousses » d’Hitchcock, est morte à l’âge de 102 ans — Le Monde — Une
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