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Eva Marie Saint, Oscar Winner for ‘On the Waterfront,’ Is Dead at 102

A luminous beauty with dramatic depth, she brought a layered intensity to harrowing roles and seduced Cary Grant in the romantic thriller “North by Northwest.”

Eva Marie Saint, Oscar Winner for ‘On the Waterfront,’ Is Dead at 102

Eva Marie Saint, an actress with a career spanning over 70 years, has died at the age of 102. According to TheWrap, she passed away of natural causes surrounded by family and loved ones at her home in Los Angeles.

Saint won an Academy Award for best supporting actress for her performance in Elia Kazan's "On the Waterfront" (1954), where she starred opposite Marlon Brando. She went on to appear in numerous films, including "A Hatful of Rain" (1957), "Raintree County" (1957), "North by Northwest" (1959), "Exodus" (1960), and "Nothing in Common" (1986), where she co-starred with Tom Hanks.

Described by The New York Times and NYT Arts as a "luminous beauty with dramatic depth", Saint brought intensity to her roles and appeared alongside many leading men, including Cary Grant, Montgomery Clift, Henry Fonda, Paul Newman, and Gregory Peck.

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