# Eva Marie Saint dies at 102: Oscar winner for On the Waterfront and star of North by Northwest Source: Searchable (https://searchable.pk/news/entertainment/eva-marie-saint-dies-at-102-oscar-winner-for-on-the-waterfront-and-star-of-north) Type: News article Author: Searchable Editorial Published: 16 Oct 2026 Updated: 16 Oct 2026 Retrieved: 16 Oct 2026 > She won an Academy Award for her first film, opposite Marlon Brando, and played Hitchcock's mysterious Eve Kendall opposite Cary Grant. She died at home in Los Angeles on 6 October. **Eva Marie Saint, who won an Oscar for her very first film, On the Waterfront, and starred opposite Cary Grant in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest, has died at the age of 102.** She died on **Tuesday 6 October 2026 at her home in Los Angeles**, family representative Jeff Sanderson told the Associated Press. No cause of death was given. NPR also reported her death. Saint was one of the last surviving stars of Hollywood's golden age, and her career ran for more than seven decades, from live television in the early 1950s to a Superman film in 2006. ## An Oscar with her first film Born in **Newark, New Jersey, on 4 July 1924**, Saint came to film from television and the stage. Her first movie role was Edie Doyle in Elia Kazan's **On the Waterfront (1954)**, the gentle love interest of Marlon Brando's dockworker Terry Malloy. It won her the **Academy Award for best supporting actress**. She was pregnant when she accepted the award from Frank Sinatra, and told the audience, "I think I may have the baby right here," the AP recalled. Her son Darrell was born two days later. ## North by Northwest and beyond Five years later Hitchcock cast her as Eve Kendall, the cool, mysterious woman on the train in **North by Northwest (1959)**, one of the most famous thrillers ever made, which ends with Saint and Grant clinging to the faces on Mount Rushmore. Her other films, according to the AP, include: - **Raintree County** (1957), with Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift - **Exodus** (1960), with Paul Newman - **All Fall Down** (1962) - **Because of Winn-Dixie** (2005) - **Superman Returns** (2006), as Martha Kent - **Winter's Tale** (2014) ## A television career too Saint kept returning to television. She played Claudia on the series One Man's Family in the early 1950s, and a generation later she was Cybill Shepherd's mother in the 1980s hit **Moonlighting**. She won an **Emmy** for the 1990 miniseries **People Like Us**. ## Family She was married for 65 years to the television and stage director **Jeffrey Hayden**, until his death in 2016. They had two children, a son, Darrell, and a daughter, Laurette, born in 1958. ## A long life Saint was 102 when she died, born in the year Calvin Coolidge was US president, and was still appearing in films in her late 80s, with Winter's Tale in 2014. To work out an exact age between two dates, use our [age calculator](/tools/government/age-calculator). ## Frequently asked questions **When did Eva Marie Saint die and how old was she?** She died on Tuesday 6 October 2026 at her home in Los Angeles, aged 102, her family representative Jeff Sanderson told the Associated Press. **What did Eva Marie Saint win an Oscar for?** For On the Waterfront (1954), her first film, in which she starred opposite Marlon Brando. ## Sources - Eva Marie Saint, star of 'North by Northwest,' 'On the Waterfront,' dies at 102 (AP, 6 Oct 2026) (Associated Press via ABC News): https://abcnews.com/Entertainment/wireStory/eva-marie-saint-star-north-northwest-waterfront-dies-137048981 - Actress Eva Marie Saint, who won an Oscar for 'On the Waterfront,' dies at 102 (NPR): https://www.npr.org/2026/10/06/462030457/eva-marie-saint-on-the-waterfront-dead-102 - Eva Marie Saint Dead: 'On The Waterfront' Oscar Winner Was 102 (Deadline): https://deadline.com/2026/10/eva-marie-saint-dead-on-the-waterfront-1237148334/ How to cite: "Eva Marie Saint dies at 102: Oscar winner for On the Waterfront and star of North by Northwest", Searchable, 16 Oct 2026, https://searchable.pk/news/entertainment/eva-marie-saint-dies-at-102-oscar-winner-for-on-the-waterfront-and-star-of-north