- Son Darrell was born two days after she won the Oscar for On the Waterfront (1954).
- 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.
- 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.
- Presented the Oscar for best costume design at the 2018 Academy Awards; admitted to being older than "the Oscars", but only by five months (is actually nearly five years older).
- Elia Kazan described her as "perfect . . . she was just perfect. Everybody loved her--especially me!".
- 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.
- 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.
- Has appeared in two films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: On the Waterfront (1954) and North by Northwest (1959).
- Has campaigned to ban the usage of cell phones by motorists.
- 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).
- As of 2016, she is the second oldest living female recipient of an Academy Award, behind only Olivia de Havilland. Following de Havilland's death in July 2020, she became the oldest living Oscar winner in an acting category. Following the death of producer Walter Mirisch in 2023, she became the oldest living overall Oscar winner.
- Gave birth to her first child at age 30, son Darrell Hayden on 4/1/55. Child's father is her husband, Jeffrey Hayden.
- François Truffaut's Day for Night (1973) is her favorite film.
- Has been in two movies that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: On the Waterfront (1954) and The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966), with the former winning in the category.
- Was awarded 2 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Pictures at 6624 Hollywood Blvd. ; and for Television at 6730 Hollywood Bld..
- Gave birth to her second child at age 34, daughter Laurette Hayden on 7/10/58. Child's father is her husband, Jeffrey Hayden.
- Having won her Academy Award for "On the Waterfront" while still living in New York, she was enticed to move to Hollywood in 1955. Thus, she may be the only actress to arrive in Hollywood as an Academy Award Winner.
- At the age of 99, she is our oldest living Hitchcock Blonde. Tippi Hedren and Kim Novak are both still alive but are each several years younger.
- Before the Academy Awards in 1969, she gave first-time nominee Sondra Locke advice on how to look for the ceremony. She thought Sondra would look best with a straight hairstyle and a simple dress. She said to Thomas C. Ryan, 'Sondra is just not the wavy type.'.
- Grandmother of Tyler (b. 1985) and Molly Hayden (b. 1988), via son Darrell, and Eli Beller (b. 1990), via daughter Laurette.
- Member of the Delta Gamma sorority.
- Both Ben Mankiewicz and Robert Osborne have described Eva Marie Saint as the nicest woman in Hollywood.
- On 8/29/2020 she was honored with a day of her filmography during the Turner Classic Movies Summer Under the Stars Festival.
- Daughter of John Merle Saint (1891-1965), born in Iowa, and Eva Marie Rice (1896-1987), born in New Jersey.
- Eva Marie Saint's Official Archivist of many years, is New York based documentary and short film producer, Richard Weigle.
- 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.
- Alumna of Stella Adler Studio of Acting.
- She and her performance in On the Waterfront (1954) are mentioned in the song "Rattlesnakes" by Lloyd Cole and the Commotions.
- Studied drama at HB Studio in Greenwich Village, NY.
- 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).
- Eva Marie Saint and her director/ producer husband, Jeffrey Hayden, had one of the longest marriages in Hollywood history, 65 years.
- Paternal granddaughter of John Quincy Saint (1847-1927) and Lydia Gordon (1852-1902). Both were born and raised in Indiana.
- Colin Farrell has expressed in the past his great esteem for film icons like Peter O'Toole and Elizabeth Taylor, says sharing the screen with Eva Marie Saint in the supernatural romance "Winter's Tale" was a career highlight for him.
- Mmentioned in Lucky Number Slevin (2006).
- Eva Marie Saint's acting credits begin in 1947 and end in 2022 making her 75 year career one of the longest in Hollywood History.
- One older sister: Adelaide Louise Saint.
- She was nominated for the 2023 New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Performing Arts & Entertainment category.
- Son Darrell weighed 8 'b. 8 oz. at birth according to the birth announcement printed in the 4/11/55 issue of "Time" magazine in the milestones column.
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