Actress Eva Marie Saint Dies at 102
Actress Eva Marie Saint has died at age 102. Reports say she died Tuesday at her home in Los Angeles.
She won an Academy Award for On the Waterfront. It was her first movie.
She played Edie in the film. Edie was a Catholic schoolgirl whose longshoreman brother is murdered.
Saint starred opposite Marlon Brando in that film. She later starred opposite Cary Grant in North by Northwest.
Her screen career lasted more than seven decades. She kept acting well into her 90s.
Klear Note — The Academy Awards, often called the Oscars, honor achievements in film.
Key Terms 3
- longshoreman A worker who loads and unloads ships at a port.
- decades A decade is 10 years. Seven decades is 70 years.
- Academy Award A top film prize, also called an Oscar.