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Eva Marie Saint (1924-) is an Oscar® winning American actress. Her IMDb page shows 81 acting credits from 1947-2014. This page will rank 20 Eva Marie Saint movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television appearances, shorts, and movies not released in North American theaters were not included in the rankings.
Eva Marie Saint Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Eva Marie Saint Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
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- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each Eva Marie Saint movie received.
- Sort by how many Oscar® wins each Eva Marie Saint movie received.
- Sort Eva Marie Saint movies by Ultimate Movie Ranking (UMR) Score. UMR puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
10 Possibly Interesting Facts About Eva Marie Saint
1. Eva Marie Saint was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1924.
2. Eva Marie Saint was a NBC page before her acting career took off.
3. From 1947 to 1953 Eva Marie Saint only appeared in television shows and movies. A quarter of her IMDb credits occurred in this time frame.
4. Eva Marie Saint’s first movie appearance was in the Best Picture Oscar® winning On The Waterfront (1954).
5. Eva Marie Saint received the role of Edie Doyle in 1954’s On the Waterfront 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 Elizabeth 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.
6. 52 years after starring opposite each other in On the Waterfront….Eva Marie Saint and Marlon Brando (archive footage) would both appear in 2006’s Superman Returns.
7. Eva Marie Saint was married one time. Her marriage to director Jeffrey Hayden was from 1951 to his death in 2016. They had two children.
8. MGM wanted Alfred Hitchcock to cast Cyd Charisse for the part of Eve Kendall in 1959’s North By Northwest, but Hitchcock insisted upon Eva Marie Saint. Good decision.
9. François Truffaut’s Day for Night (1973) is Eva Marie Saint’s favorite film
10. Check out Eva Marie Saint’s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
Eva has never been on the Oracle of Bacon top 1000 Center of the Hollywood Universe list. The following people on the 2016 list appeared with her in a film;
51 RUTGER HAUER Mariette in Ecstasy (1996)
69 MARTIN LANDAU North by Northwest (1959)
72 ROBERT FORSTER The Stalking Moon (1968)
84 PHILIP BAKER HALL Nothing in Common (1986)
99 ALAN ARKIN The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966)
112 ROD STEIGER On the Waterfront (1954)
128 TIM ROTH Don’t Come Knocking (2005)
144 TOM HANKS Nothing in Common (1986)
146 FRANK LANGELLA Superman Returns (2006)
169 SERGIO KATO BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE (2005)
313 GEORGE KENNEDY Don’t Come Knocking (2005)
341 RICHARD KIND Nothing in Common (1986)
344 RUSSELL CROWE Winter’s Tale (2014)
346 KEVIN SPACEY Superman Returns (2006)
399 LUKE BURNYEAT BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE (2005)
401 JEFF DANIELS Because of Winn-Dixie (2005)
427 GEORGE SEGAL Loving (1970)
432 COLIN FARRELL Winter’s Tale (2014)
457 PARKER POSEY Superman Returns (2006)
483 DORIS MCCARTHY WINTER’S TALE (2014)
503 PETER O’TOOLE The Sandpiper (1965)
541 HECTOR ELIZONDO Nothing in Common (1986)
548 HENRY SILVA A Hatful of Rain (1957)
558 SAM SHEPARD Don’t Come Knocking (2005)
570 JAMES GAMMON Don’t Come Knocking (2005)
571 WILLIAM SMITH 36 Hours (1965)
622 RALPH MORATZ RAINTREE COUNTY (1957)
623 JAMES KAREN Superman Returns (2006)
624 KIM BASINGER I Dreamed of Africa (2000)
638 DANIEL CRAIG I Dreamed of Africa (2000)
643 WILL SMITH Winter’s Tale (2014)
651 ROY SCHEIDER Loving (1970)
691 JOSEPH BASILE WINTER’S TALE (2014)
698 JAMES MARSDEN SUPERMAN RETURNS (2006)
759 KURT FULLER DON’T COME KNOCKING (2005)
760 JENNIFER CONNELLY Winter’s Tale (20140
828 MICHAEL J. POLLARD The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966)
836 BARRY CORBIN NOTHING IN COMMON (1986)
912 ARTHUR TOVEY North by Northwest (1959)
916 JOHN MCCONNELL BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE (2005)
919 PAT MORITA Cancel My Reservation (1972)
977 GABRIEL MANN DON’T COME KNOCKING (2005)
988 JOHN MITCHELL (XXXI) WINTER’S TALE (2014)
The following actors were on the original list in 2000 but have since fallen off; all worked with Eva.
43 KEENAN WYNN Cancel My Reservation (1972)
43 KEENAN WYNN Loving (1970)
48 MARTIN BALSAM On the Waterfront (1954)
52 JAMES MASON North by Northwest (1959)
53 CHARLES BRONSON The Sandpiper (1965)
67 PAUL NEWMAN Exodus (1960)
153 JAMES GARNER 36 Hours (1965)
153 JAMES GARNER Grand Prix (1966)
156 GREGORY PECK The Stalking Moon (1968)
188 MARLON BRANDO On the Waterfront (1954)
205 BRIAN KEITH The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966)
221 JOHN CRAWFORD Exodus (1960)
227 RICHARD BURTON The Sandpiper (1965)
232 ROY JENSON 36 Hours (1965)
236 LEE MARVIN Raintree County (1957)
236 LEE MARVIN The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966)
237 PETER LAWFORD Exodus (1960)
249 PAT HINGLE On the Waterfront (1954)
252 WILLIAM HICKEY A Hatful of Rain (1957)
253 ROBERT WEBBER The Sandpiper (1965)
281 ELIZABETH TAYLOR Raintree County (1957)
281 ELIZABETH TAYLOR The Sandpiper (1965)
287 RICHARD FARNSWORTH The Stalking Moon (1968)
301 LEE J. COBB Exodus (1960)
301 LEE J. COBB On the Waterfront (1954)
323 GEORGE SANDERS That Certain Feeling (1956)
326 ANGELA LANSBURY All Fall Down (1962)
359 KARL MALDEN All Fall Down (1962)
359 KARL MALDEN On the Waterfront (1954)
380 STERLING HAYDEN Loving (1970)
399 NEHEMIAH PERSOFF On the Waterfront (1954)
409 ROD TAYLOR 36 Hours (1965)
409 ROD TAYLOR Raintree County (1957)
428 JOHN PHILLIP LAW The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966)
458 WARREN BEATTY All Fall Down (1962)
507 RALPH BELLAMY Cancel My Reservation (1972)
534 BOB HOPE Cancel My Reservation (1972)
534 BOB HOPE That Certain Feeling (1956)
535 FRANK CAMPANELLA Nothing in Common (1986)
550 ALEXANDRA STEWART Exodus (1960)
559 THEODORE BIKEL The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966)
562 PAUL BRYAR All Fall Down (1962)
596 ADOLFO CELI Grand Prix (1966)
617 PAUL FREES Grand Prix (1966)
638 HUGH GRIFFITH Exodus (1960)
680 TONY FRANCIOSA A Hatful of Rain (1957)
746 HERB VIGRAN A Hatful of Rain (1957)
746 HERB VIGRAN Cancel My Reservation (1972)
746 HERB VIGRAN That Certain Feeling (1956)
786 LLOYD NOLAN A Hatful of Rain (1957)
803 JOHN NEVILLE Time to Say Goodbye? (1997)
816 CARLETON YOUNG North by Northwest (1959)
819 RALPH RICHARDSON Exodus (1960)
824 FRANK WILCOX North by Northwest (1959)
831 JESSICA LANGE Don’t Come Knocking (2005)
858 MICHAEL V. GAZZO On the Waterfront (1954)
Eva appeared with 20 Oscar winners and no Michael Caine;
ALAN ARKIN The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966)
BING CROSBY Cancel My Reservation (1972)
ELIZABETH TAYLOR Raintree County (1957)
ELIZABETH TAYLOR The Sandpiper (1965)
GEORGE KENNEDY Don’t Come Knocking (2005)
GEORGE SANDERS That Certain Feeling (1956)
GREGORY PECK The Stalking Moon (1968)
HUGH GRIFFITH Exodus (1960)
JENNIFER CONNELLY Winter’s Tale (20140
JESSICA LANGE Don’t Come Knocking (2005)
KARL MALDEN All Fall Down (1962)
KEVIN SPACEY Superman Returns (2006)
KIM BASINGER I Dreamed of Africa (2000)
LEE MARVIN Raintree County (1957)
LEE MARVIN The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966)
MARLON BRANDO On the Waterfront (1954)
MARTIN BALSAM On the Waterfront (1954)
MARTIN LANDAU North by Northwest (1959)
PAUL NEWMAN Exodus (1960)
ROD STEIGER On the Waterfront (1954)
RUSSELL CROWE Winter’s Tale (2014)
TOM HANKS Nothing in Common (1986)
Hey Dan
1. Pretty impressive lists for somebody that did not really make a lot of movies.
2. I will forgive her for not working with Michael Caine….but they still might be able to pull that off….lol.
3. Lee Marvin in The Russians Are Coming? Was it a cameo role?
4. The current list is pretty impressive especially when she made so few movies….nobody in the Top 50…..now that sounds like an unusual stat.
5. 20 Oscar winners in 20 movies is a pretty good ratio.
Good information as always.
He’s not in the movie so she has 19. I don’t know how that happened. For the old Oracle of Bacon lists I usually copied from the IMDB and pasted it in, now everything has to be manually added due to the way it is setup now. So I’m assuming somebody had that info there say 8 years ago when I started the database and then they excised it. I have seen 19 of her films, the one I missed is Don’t Come Knocking.
Hey Dan….thanks for the correction…..it was confusing me for sure. So you have seen 19….or 95%….pretty impressive….and knocks me from the top spot…..thanks friend…lol. Not thinking many people have seen Don’t Come Knocking…..so know…..you are not alone. Thanks again.
First, you say at the beginning of this page that you will rank 28 movies instead of 20.
I’m thrilled you did a page on another classic actress.
I have seen 9 Eva Marie Saint movies.
The highest ranking movie I have seen is On The Waterfront.
The highest ranking film I have NOT seen is Grand Prix.
The lowest ranking film I have seen is All Fall Down.
My Top Three Favourite Eva Marie Saint Movies;
North By Northwest
The Stalking Moon
36 Hours
The other movies I have seen besides On The Waterfront and My Favourites vin UMR order:
The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming
Raintree County
A Hatful of Rain
The Sandpiper
All Fall Down
Hey Flora…..wow….I am currently on top of the tally contest…..I like the view….lol. Tally count…me 12, you 9 and Steve 7. My first miss is Raintree County…which is a movie I want to see…..just have never found the movie on VHS or DVD. Maybe streaming will allow me to finally see it. I have fixed the 28/20 movie error…thanks for the headsup on that. Of your Top 3….I am right there with you on 36 Hours and North by Northwest…..I thought The Stalking Moon was good….but not in my Top 3. Thanks as always for sharing your movie thoughts.
Eva Marie Saint. Good choice. Leading lady of one of my all time favorite movies and no I don’t mean On the Waterfront.
I’ve seen 7 of the 20 films on the chart, in fact the first 7 on the list in UMR order.
Favorite of the 7 is North by Northwest followed by On the Waterfront. Good to see them top the UMR and critics chart. Exodus was a lot more successful than I thought. I like the main theme by Ernest Gold, he won that years music Oscar.
I might watch Grand Prix again, it’s been a while, I have a copy on DVD, should have stereo sound. I like the use of split screen in that film.
Another winner Bruce. Vote Up!
Hey Steve
1. Thanks for the feedback…always appreciated.
2. I have seen 12 of her movies…maybe 13…I just am not 100% sure about Cancel My Reservation.
3. Her career would still awesome if she only had North by Northwest and On The Waterfront….which are favorites as well.
4. Exodus surprised me too…..I knew it was popular…just not this popular.
5. Grand Prix is much better than the McQueen version…Le Mans……but neither is a movie I think about re-watching very often.
Thanks for the vote up.
Hi Bruce,
I did suggest an Eva Marie Saint page at some point (I think when you came up with an alternate ending to North by Northwest where Saint was thrown off the plane?), so thanks for doing it! It was nice to see Saint at the Oscars this year as it’s rare to see an actress of her generation still around. Overall, she made relatively few films and she never became a superstar, but I always thought there was something gentle and unassuming about her that made her memorable, though I think that because of these same qualities, Hollywood did not quite know what to do with her.
I agree with Joel (cunningly disguised but instantly recognizable) about 3 of the 4 best performances he mentions, On the Waterfront, North by Northwest and A Hatful of Rain. I have not seen All Fall Down. I think Saint also gave a strong performance opposite James Garner in 36 Hours.
Hey PhilHOF17
1. Yep…..we had that discussion just a week or two ago…it was regards to if Cary Grant had Dan Duryea’s screen persona…..and now she has a UMR page.
2. I was listening to the DVD commentary of The Magnificent Seven….and thought (since it was slightly dull)….I could do an UMR page pretty quickly.
3. I agree it was great to see her at the Oscars…and looking pretty awesome too. Compare her appearance to Bette Davis’ Oscar appearance…it is night and day different.
4. I agree….it is a shame that she did not appear in more movies.
5. So you were able to see through Joel’s disguise?…..lol. Glad you agree with him…..I have not seen either All Fall Down or A Hatful of Rain…..but now I want to.
6. I liked her as well in 36 Hours….her an James Garner had a nice screen chemistry….I wish they would have been the lovers in Grand Prix too.
7. Another performance that I really liked…was her role in Nothing in Common……the first time Tom Hanks really showed that he had some acting chops…..I remember hoping Saint and Gleason would get Oscar nomination…but sadly that did not happen.
Good feedback as always.
Eva Marie Saint has had few roles worthy of her abilities, but she gives every part elegance and grace. She’s Faye Dunaway with warmth, and it’s regrettable she couldn’t have done Network or Chinatown.
Our 4 Star Eva Marie Saint Performances
1954’s On The Waterfront
1957’s A Hatful of Rain
1959’s North By Northwest
1962’s All Fall Down
Hey Leoj Nrohhcsrih. Good to see not only my favorite Eva Marie Saint movie…but one of my all-time favorite movies period get a 4 star performance…love North by Northwest….as well as her Oscar winning performance in On The Waterfront.
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