Birthplace: East Orange, New Jersey, United States
biography
Though her film appearances were sporadic at best – less than 20 movies between 1955 and 2006 – Academy Award winner Eva Marie Saint enjoyed revered status among her peers due to her emotionally complex performances in several iconic films. She was perhaps best known as the delicate object of affection for dock worker Marlon Brando in “On the Waterfront” (1951), which earned her an Oscar. She would play variations on the role in several subsequent features, including “A Hatful of Rain” (1957), though Alfred Hitchcock would tap her inner sexiness as a double agent opposite Cary Grant in “North
