Death of Oscar-winning actress Eva Marie Saint at the age of 102

- Jeff Sanderson, the spokesperson for actress Eva Marie Saint, announced her passing at the age of 102. The late actress won an Oscar and shone in roles alongside major stars such as Cary Grant and Marlon Brando.

In a written statement, Sanderson mentioned that Saint passed away on Tuesday, surrounded by family and loved ones at her home in Los Angeles. Saint won the Oscar for her first film role in "On the Waterfront," where she co-starred with Marlon Brando in this dramatic film directed by Elia Kazan, which achieved great success in 1954.

However, her most memorable role remains that of "Eve Kendall" in Alfred Hitchcock's "North by Northwest," which is considered one of the director's most prominent thrillers. Saint was born in New Jersey and began her acting career while in college, later moving to New York, where she landed roles in radio and television productions.

Saint studied at the "Actor's Studio" and worked with both Elia Kazan and the famous acting coach Lee Strasberg. She trained in what would later be known as the "method acting" technique, alongside other famous students such as Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, Paul Newman, and Geraldine Page.

In a 2001 interview, Saint recalled Strasberg's words to her, saying: "Consider your body an instrument, a musical machine. Therefore, take care of your body; you must have discipline and the ability to perform what the director asks."

Saint participated in a number of films during the 1960s, including the film "Exodus" with Paul Newman, the film "The Sandpiper", and the comedy film about the Cold War "The Russians Are Coming!" Saint continued her activity in television, where she portrayed the character "Edith Wilson" in a 1974 film titled "The First Woman President", and also played the role of the mother of the character portrayed by "Cybil Shepherd" in the famous series "Moonlighting" during the 1980s.

Saint was nominated several times for "Emmy" awards during her career, and won the award for the miniseries "People Like Us", adapted from a novel by author Dominick Dunne. She continued to appear in films even in her eighties and nineties, including films like "Because of Winn-Dixie" and "Superman Returns."

Saint married producer and director Jeffrey Hayden in 1951, after they met on a subway train in New York, and their marriage lasted for 65 years until his death in 2016. They had two sons, and she was pregnant when she received the Oscar award in 1955.

In the early years of their marriage, Hayden directed an episode for Saint in the series "Omnibus", which was aired by CBS in the 1950s. The couple later collaborated on several plays, and they also performed together on stage in the show "Love Letters."