Eva Marie Saint Net Worth

Eva Marie Saint's Quotes

• [on Alfred Hitchcock] Hitchcock said, "I don't want you going back to sink-to-sink movies. You do movies where you wash the dishes looking drab in an apron. The audience wants to see their leading ladies dressed up". He saw me as others didn't.
• [on the current crop of movie stars] America is now obsessed by stars in an unhealthy way. They don't actually deserve this kind of attention. They're only actors--not scientists who are triumphing over cancer or doing some other wonderful thing.
• There were six of us [Alfred Hitchcock] blondes, and it's like we were all married to the man at one time or another. And we all have a different take on him. Each actress was at a different stage of her life; we were different ages, some married, some not. My experience with Hitch was one of utter respect, warmth, friendliness and humor, and North by Northwest (1959) was a glorious time in my life.
• [on James Mason] I think he's a fine actor, a hell of an actor. A nice person to be with, hard-working and very professional.
• [on Warren Beatty] Remote. There was an intelligence about him that I admired. That [All Fall Down (1962)] was one of his first films, so he wasn't that relaxed. It was hard to get to know him.

Interesting Facts about Eva Marie Saint

1. Has campaigned to ban the usage of cell phones by motorists.
2. Son Darrell was born two days after she won the Oscar for On the Waterfront (1954).
3. Although the role of Edie Doyle properly is a lead, producer Sam Spiegel listed her as a Supporting Actress in the hopes of getting her a nomination. The ploy worked and she won the Oscar.
4. Received the role of Edie Doyle in On the Waterfront (1954) over Elizabeth Montgomery. Director Elia Kazan, in his autobiography "A Life," says that the choice of an actress to play the part was narrowed down to Montgomery and Saint. Although Montgomery was fine in her screen test, there was an air of finishing school about her. Kazan thought this genteel quality would not be becoming for Edie, who was raised on the waterfront in Hoboken, NJ. He gave the part to Saint, and she went on to win cinematic immortality, and a Best Supporting Actress Oscar, in the part.
5. In 1987 the Eva Marie Saint Theater was dedicated on the campus of Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, OH. She graduated from the university in 1946.
6. Member of the Delta Gamma sorority.
7. Studied drama at HB Studio in Greenwich Village, NY.
8. She and her performance in On the Waterfront (1954) are mentioned in the song "Rattlesnakes" by Lloyd Cole and the Commotions.
9. Was awarded 2 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Pictures at 6624 Hollywood Blvd. ; and for Television at 6730 Hollywood Bld..
10. According to the 1942 Bethlehem Central High School yearbook, her nickname was "Bubbles" and her ambition was to be a teacher; she was also a cheerleader as well as senior class secretary.
11. Mmentioned in Lucky Number Slevin (2006).
12. Is one of six actresses to have been pregnant at the time of winning the Academy Award; the others are Patricia Neal, Meryl Streep, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Rachel Weisz and Natalie Portman. Neal is the only to have not accepted her award in person as a result of her pregnancy. Saint was nine months pregnant with her son Darrell at the time of winning the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for On the Waterfront (1954).
13. Was the 41st actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for On the Waterfront (1954) at The 27th Annual Academy Awards (1955) on March 30, 1955.
14. Elia Kazan described her as "perfect . . . she was just perfect. Everybody loved her--especially me!".
15. François Truffaut's Day for Night (1973) is her favorite film.
16. Grandmother of Tyler (b. 1985) and Molly Hayden (b. 1988), via son Darrell, and Eli Beller (b. 1990), via daughter Laurette.
17. Gave birth to her first child at age 30, son Darrell Hayden on 4/1/55. Child's father is her husband, Jeffrey Hayden.
18. Gave birth to her second child at age 34, daughter Laurette Hayden on 7/10/58. Child's father is her husband, Jeffrey Hayden.
19. Paternal granddaughter of John Quincy Saint (1847-1927) and Lydia Gordon (1852-1902). Both were born and raised in Indiana.
20. As of 2020, she is one of 13 actresses who won their Best Supporting Actress Oscars in a movie that also won the Best Picture Oscar (she won for On the Waterfront (1954)). The others are Hattie McDaniel for Gone with the Wind (1939), Teresa Wright for Mrs. Miniver (1942), Celeste Holm for Gentleman's Agreement (1947), Mercedes McCambridge for All the King's Men (1949), Donna Reed for From Here to Eternity (1953), Rita Moreno for West Side Story (1961), Meryl Streep for Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), Juliette Binoche for The English Patient (1996), Judi Dench for Shakespeare in Love (1998), Jennifer Connelly for A Beautiful Mind (2001), Catherine Zeta-Jones for Chicago (2002) and Lupita Nyong'o for 12 Years a Slave (2013).