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Eva Marie Saint, star of On the Waterfront, dies at 102

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Eva Marie Saint, star of On the Waterfront, dies at 102
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Academy Award-winning actress Eva Marie Saint, known for her roles in 'On the Waterfront' and 'North by Northwest', has passed away at the age of 102. Her career was marked by selective project choices and a significant debut that earned her an Oscar.

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She was a legendary figure in Hollywood history, representing a classic era of cinema and maintaining a long-standing career that spanned several decades.

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<p>Eva Marie Saint, the pale, willowy actor who won an Academy Award for her first movie, On the Waterfront, and starred opposite Cary Grant in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller North by Northwest, has died. She was 102.</p> <p>Saint, whose acting work lasted well into her 90s, died at her home in Los Angeles on Wednesday, confirmed family representative Jeff Sanderson.</p> <p>Saint had one of the most spectacular debuts in Hollywood history, as the love interest of Marlon Brando’s tormented Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront, and her first trip to the Academy Awards was memorable too. Pregnant with her first child, Saint accepted her Oscar from Frank Sinatra and smilingly murmured a unique winner's speech: "I think I may have the baby right here."

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