Eva Marie Saint, born before the first talking motion picture, died yesterday at 102. She won an Academy Award for On the Waterfront to launch her film career, but she perhaps left her most indelible impression on moviegoers by hanging from Mount Rushmore in North by Northwest.
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Despite the Oscar (and later an Emmy) and performances alongside Cary Grant, Montgomery Clift, Gregory Peck, Bob Hope, Jessica Lange, Kim Basinger, Paul Newman, Warren Beatty, Elizabeth Taylor, Martin Sheen, Jackie Gleason, Kevin Spacey, Tom Hanks, Russell Crowe, and, yes, Dave Matthews, she appeared in just 20 films in a career that lasted well over a half century. A similar longevity categorized her marriage, which lasted 65 years. Eva Marie Saint, rest in peace.
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