Actress Eva Marie Saint was 100 yesterday

[+ WilliamM]

Mostly know for the Hitchcock film North By  Northwest with Cary Grant 

[+ BOZO T CLOWN]

Although Saint was known for being in "North by Northwest", as would any actress in a movie starring James Mason and Cary Grant and directed by Alfred Hitchcock, she won her only Academy Award in her role in "On the Waterfront".

Eva Marie Saint's two appearances as a Mystery Guest on What's My Line:

 

Saint's first appearance on WML on Sept 7, 1958 promoting "North by Northwest". Her portion starts at 20.40

 

Saint's second appearance on WML on December 25, 1966 promoting her movie "Grand Prix". Her portion starts at 17.30
This entire episode is worth watching.

BTC

[samhexum]

1 hour ago, WilliamM said:

Actress Eva Marie Saint was 100 yesterday

And she is still 100 today!

[+ nycman]

28 minutes ago, samhexum said:

And she is still 100 today!

And only 364 more to go….maybe

[+ WilliamM]

On 6/14/2024 at 12:17 AM, MikeBiDude said:

Just watched it this evening, enjoyed it. Great San Pedro locations, I know the town well.

Cary  Grant loved San  Pedro 

 

Me too 

[CuriousByNature]

7 hours ago, WilliamM said:

Mostly know for the Hitchcock film North By  Northwest with Cary Grant 

And a couple of others set to turn 100 by the end of the year:

President Jimmy Carter in October.

Maria Riva (Marlene Dietrich's daughter) in December.

[+ augustus]

Happy Birthday to  one of my favorite actresses, a true legend with a happy marriage that lasted 65 years, a career that lasted 80 years, and now she is a centenarian! She is a very remarkable human being!

[+ WilliamM]

Did Eva Marie Saint win a Oscar for North By Northwest or On The  Waterfront?

[MikeBiDude]

45 minutes ago, WilliamM said:

Did Eva Marie Saint win an Oscar for North By Northwest or On The  Waterfront?

On the Waterfront

[samhexum]

On 7/5/2024 at 12:49 PM, samhexum said:

And she is still 100 today!

And, believe it or not, she is still 100!

[samhexum]

On 7/5/2024 at 11:21 AM, WilliamM said:

Actress Eva Marie Saint was 100 yesterday

 

On 7/5/2024 at 12:49 PM, samhexum said:

And she is still 100 today!

 

On 7/5/2024 at 1:19 PM, nycman said:

And only 364 more to go….maybe

 

On 7/5/2024 at 8:10 PM, augustus said:

Happy Birthday to  one of my favorite actresses, a true legend with a happy marriage that lasted 65 years, a career that lasted 80 years, and now she is a centenarian! She is a very remarkable human being!

 

On 7/19/2024 at 10:35 AM, samhexum said:

And, believe it or not, she is still 100!

She is no longer a spring chicken of 100. Feliz cumpleanos!

[samhexum]

On 7/5/2024 at 11:21 AM, WilliamM said:

Mostly know for the Hitchcock film North By  Northwest with Cary Grant 

https://www.aol.com/hollywood-legend-101-recalls-scandalous-190808863.html

Eva Marie Saint turned 101 on July 4 and to celebrate, Remind Magazine resurfaced an interview she did a few years ago about her iconic 1959 thriller North by Northwest alongside 1950s heartthrob Cary Grant.

In the interview, Saint talks about her intimate scene with Grant and what it was like working with director Alfred Hitchcock.

When Hitchcock came calling for North By Northwest, Saint already had an Oscar to her name, but she said in the interview that MGM didn't want her for the leading role opposite Grant — they wanted Cyd Charisse. But Hitchcock fought for Saint.

"Hitchcock wanted the ‘cool blonde.’ I remember saying to my husband, ‘Hitchcock sees me as a sexy spy lady!’ And my husband said, ‘So do I!’ He’s a director, so there I had the OK from Hitch and my husband!" said Saint, who was married to director Jeffrey Hayden from 1951 until his death in 2016. Hayden was a renowned TV director, helming episodes of such shows as Peyton Place, Quincy M.E., That Girl, Magnum P.I., In the Heat of the Night and dozens more classic shows.

When Saint read the North by Northwest script, she recalled thinking "Oh, this would be really fun" to film and she went on to say that it definitely was.

"We worked hard, but we had such a good time working with Hitch," said Saint, adding of the famed director, "His demeanor on the set and his relationship with the actors … the respect he showed [them] … he checked out everything … he was so prepared."

She also said that the film was definitely a little scandalous for 1959 and coyly added, "But we kept our clothes on, didn't we?"

North by Northwest was the only Hitchcock film that Saint would act in over her 8-decades-long career. It was also the only one she did with Grant. But she had plenty of other famous co-stars — Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront, for which she won her Oscar, Don Murray in A Hatful of Rain, for which she earned a Golden Globe nomination, and Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor in the Civil War romantic drama Raintree County.

[Rod Hagen]

On 7/7/2025 at 4:31 PM, samhexum said:

Don Murray in A Hatful of Rain, for which she earned a Golden Globe nomination, and Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor in the Civil War romantic drama Raintree County.

Great actress, LOVE North By Northwest.

Before Rentals were available, my mom often mentioned how much she'd love to see Raintree County again.  Why isn't Raintree County on?  Why doesn't Turner Broadcast ever show Raintree County?  Then, one Sunday afternoon when I was in highschool (it still wasn't available on Tape for some reason) it was on.  We watched it. It sucked. She said, but I loved this movie when I saw it in the theater as a kid.  :-)

That's so gay when you think about it.  Me at 17 staying home on a Sunday afternoon to help Mom revisit childhood. 

Edited July 9 by Rod Hagen