Eva Marie Saint

Eva Marie Saint is considered one of the oldest living awardees of Academy Awards, replacing Olivia De Havilland, who kicked the bucket last July 2020, and one of the last living celebrities of Hollywood’s golden age. Credits to her longevity; from the looks of things, she is still a strong woman and according to her, she gets smarter while living longer. Regarding her career, she made her television debut with Campus Hoopla as the commercial spokeswoman, which was then followed by Bonnie Maid’s Versa-Tile Varieties.

She made her debut on the silver screen with the film On the Waterfront alongside Marlon Brando. Two years later, she played Dunreath Henry on That Certain Feeling and was included on Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest in 1959. Her iconic role in modern times was playing Martha Kent in Superman Returns, where she was reunited with Marlon Brando via CGI technology. She doesn’t only act, because she also had a voice acting role on The Legend of Korra as Katara.

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