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Actress Eva Marie Saint, who won an Oscar for 'On the Waterfront,' dies at 102

Saint won an Oscar for her portrayal of Edie, a Catholic schoolgirl whose longshoreman brother is murdered. She went on to star in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest.

Actress Eva Marie Saint, who won an Oscar for 'On the Waterfront,' dies at 102

Eva Marie Saint, a legendary Hollywood actress, has died at the age of 102. According to her publicist, Jeff Sanderson, she died of natural causes at her home in Los Angeles, surrounded by family and loved ones.

Saint was an Oscar-winning actress, best known for her roles in classic films such as "On the Waterfront" and "North by Northwest". In "On the Waterfront", she played Edie Doyle, the sister of a longshoreman whose brother is murdered. Her performance earned her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

She also starred alongside Cary Grant in the romantic thriller "North by Northwest", described by The New York Times as a role where she "seduced" Grant.

Over her seven-decade career, Saint worked with influential filmmakers, including Alfred Hitchcock and Elia Kazan, and also earned an Emmy in television. She was married to director-producer Jeffrey Hayden for 65 years, until his death in 2016, and had two children.

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