Eva Marie Saint, Academy Award-winning actress, dies at 102

American actress Eva Marie Saint has died at the age of 102. At the time of her death on October 6, 2026, she was the oldest living Academy Award winner and one of the last surviving stars of Hollywood’s Golden Age.

Saint’s career spanned several decades, beginning in television and radio in the late 1940s. She achieved major cinematic success with her film debut in the 1954 production ‘On the Waterfront’, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She is also widely recognized for her role in Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘North by Northwest’.

Throughout her career, she earned a Primetime Emmy Award and received multiple nominations for BAFTAs and Golden Globes. Her work extended across film, television, and Broadway, including roles in ‘A Hatful of Rain’, ‘Exodus’, and the television series ‘Moonlighting’.