Blonde, beautiful, sophisticated, and chic, there was no one in Hollywood quite like EVA MARIE SAINT. This versatile, elegant actress had an incredible emotional range and left an indelible mark on the landscape of film during the Golden Age and beyond. July 4th marks the 100th birthday of this national treasure and in this episode we take a look at her extraordinary career. Come hear about her incredible life and a career that spanned from live TV to Broadway to film and television where she was directed by all the greats — Hitchcock, Kazan, Preminger, Fred Zinnemann, John Frankenheimer, Paul Bogart — and held her own opposite Hollywood’s greatest leading men — Cary Grant, Marlon Brando, Gregory Peck, Paul Newman, Montgomery Clift, James Garner, Bob Hope, and Warren Beatty.


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Sources:

Eva Marie Saint: A Journey From Newark to Hollywood’s Iconic Heights (2024), by Alexander Harmony;

Hitchcock’s Heroines (2018), by Caroline Young;

Kazan: The Master Director Discusses His Films (1999), by Jeff Young;

Hitch (1978), by John Russell Taylor;

Destination Hitchcock: The Making of North by Northwest (2000), by Peter Fitzgerald;

“As Eva Marie Saint Turns 97, Celebrating Her Seductive Turn in ‘North by Northwest’,” July 4, 2021, by Brent Lang, Variety;

Robert Osborne interview(s) with Eva Marie Saint, www.TCM.com;

“In Search of a Classic Saint Revisits Hitchcock Role,” September 10, 2000, by Gene Triplett,
The Oklahoman;

“Saint in Hollywood; Forthright Star Actress Illustrates Devotion to Work and Family,” May 10, 1964, New York Times;

“All About Eva Marie,” February 22, 2011, Vanity Fair;

IMDBPro.com;

Wikipedia.com;

Movies Mentioned:

On The Waterfront (1954), starring Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint, Karl Malden, Rod Steiger, and Lee J. Cobb;

That Certain Feeling (1956), starring Bob Hope, Eva Marie Saint, and George Sanders;

A Hatful of Rain (1957), starring Anthony Franciosa, Don Murray, and Eva Marie Saint;

Raintree County (1957), starring Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift, Eva Maire Saint, and Rod Taylor;

North By Northwest (1959), starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, Martin Landau, James Mason, and Jessie Royce Landis;

Exodus (1960), starring Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, and Sal Mineo;

All Fall Down (1962), Warren Beatty, Eva Marie Saint, Karl Malden, Angela Lansbury, and Brandon deWilde;

The Sandpiper (1965), staring Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, and Eva Marie Saint;

The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming (1966), starring Alan Arkin, Carl Reiner, and Eva Marie Saint;

Grand Prix (1966), starring James Garner, Yves Montand, and Eva Marie Saint;

The Stalking Moon (1968), starring Gregory Peck, Eva Marie Saint, and Robert Forster;

Cancel My Reservations (1972), starring Bob Hope, Eva Marie Saint, Forest Tucker, Ralph Bellamy, and Anne Archer;

Splendor In the Grass (1981) (TVmovie), starring Melissa Gilbert, Cyril O’Reilly, Ned Beatty, Eva Marie Saint, and Michelle Pfeiffer;

Love Lead The Way: A True Story (1984) (TVmovie), starring Timothy Bottoms, Eva Marie Saint, Glynnis O’Connor, Susan Day, Ralph Bellamy, Patricia Neal, and Ernest Borgnine;

Nothing In Common (1986), starring Tom Hanks, Jackie Gleason, Eva Marie Saint, Bess Armstrong, and Sela Ward;


After Jimmy (1996), starring Meredith Baxter, Peter Facinelli, Eva Marie Saint, and Bruce Davison;

I Dreamed Of Africa (2000), starring Kim Basinger, Daniel Craig, and Eva Marie Saint;

Because of Winn Dixie (2005), starring Jeff Daniels, Cicely Tyson, AnnaSophia Robb, Elle Fanning, and Eva Marie Saint;

Don’t Come Knocking (2005), starring Sam Shepherd, Jessica Lange, Eva Marie Saint, and Tim Roth;

Superman Returns (2002), starring Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey, James Marsden, Parker Posey, and Eva Marie Saint;

Mariette in Ecstasy (2019), starring Geraldine O’Rawe, Eva Marie Saint, Mary McDonnell, and Rutger Hauser;