Eva Marie Saint died as the oldest living Oscar winner. Who is it now?
Following the death of Eva Marie Saint at age 102, director and actor Lee Grant has become the oldest living Oscar winner. The article details the career milestones of both women and notes the current succession of record-holders.
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Hear this story Ahead of her death on Oct. 6 at age 102, "North by Northwest" star Eva Marie Saint was the oldest living Oscar winner.
The blond starlet, who won the supporting actress category at the 1955 Academy Awards , died of natural causes at her home in Los Angeles, her representative Jeff Sanderson confirmed to USA TODAY in a statement Oct. 6.
She took home the Oscar for the 1954 film "On the Waterfront," where she plays Catholic schoolgirl Edie who seeks justice after her longshoremen brother is murdered in Hoboken, New Jersey.
"I may have a baby right here," she said in her speech while nine months pregnant with her first child, son Darrell Hayden. She thanked all the longshoreman in her speech.
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