Eva Marie Saint, the graceful blonde who delivered two of the most notable film performances of the 1950s in 'On the Waterfront' with Marlon Brando and 'North by Northwest' opposite Cary Grant, has died at the age of 102 on Tuesday.
Saint died of natural causes at her home in Los Angeles, a statement from her spokesperson said.
She won an Oscar in her film debut for her portrayal of the virtuous Edie Doyle in director Elia Kazan's gritty 1954 drama 'On the Waterfront,' then changed direction as the spy Eve Kendall in director Alfred Hitchcock's 1959 thriller 'North by Northwest.'
The New Jersey native worked with a procession of big-name directors and stars after honing her craft at the Actors Studio, Lee Strasberg's famed 'method acting' school in New York.
Saint was born on July 4, 1924, in New Jersey. Her early career was spent in live television productions in the formative years of the medium. She married veteran TV director Jeffrey Hayden in 1951 - a marriage that lasted until he died in 2016 - and they had two children.
She starred in about 20 movies but turned down many roles to devote time to her family.
Later in her career, Saint often returned to TV work. She won an Emmy Award in 1990 for her performance in the drama 'People Like Us.' She also took movie roles into her 80s, including 'Because of Winn-Dixie' (2005), 'Winter's Tale' (2014), and 'Superman Returns' (2006), a film in which Brando appeared posthumously using 1970s archive footage.