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Mar 10, 2011
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Eva Marie Saint is still gracing the stage
Legendary actress Eva Marie Saint has enjoyed a decades-long career in film, television and on the stage. She has studied at the Actor’s Studio, starred in “On the Waterfront” with Marlon Brando, shared the screen with icon Cary Grant in Alfred Hitchcock’s “North by Northwest” and been broadcast into the living rooms of millions with multiple starring roles during the golden age of “live” television. Saint has continued to perform well into her 80s, most recently in the Pulitzer Prize nominated play, Love Letters, which tells the bittersweet story a lifetime-long relationship through the letters the couple exchanged. What is your favorite Eva Marie Saint role? What does it take for a performer to successful lifetime in show business?
Actress Eve Marie Saint at the DVD release for "North by Northwest," in which she played the starring female role.
Actress Eve Marie Saint at the DVD release for "North by Northwest," in which she played the starring female role.
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Legendary actress Eva Marie Saint has enjoyed a decades-long career in film, television and on the stage. She has studied at the Actor’s Studio, starred in “On the Waterfront” with Marlon Brando, shared the screen with icon Cary Grant in Alfred Hitchcock’s “North by Northwest” and been broadcast into the living rooms of millions with multiple starring roles during the golden age of “live” television. Saint has continued to perform well into her 80s, most recently in the Pulitzer Prize nominated play, Love Letters, which tells the bittersweet story a lifetime-long relationship through the letters the couple exchanged. What is your favorite Eva Marie Saint role? What does it take for a performer to successful lifetime in show business?

Legendary actress Eva Marie Saint has enjoyed a decades-long career in film, television and on the stage. She has studied at the Actor’s Studio, starred in “On the Waterfront” with Marlon Brando, shared the screen with icon Cary Grant in Alfred Hitchcock’s “North by Northwest” and been broadcast into the living rooms of millions with multiple starring roles during the golden age of “live” television. Saint has continued to perform well into her 80s, most recently in the Pulitzer Prize nominated play, Love Letters, which tells the bittersweet story a lifetime-long relationship through the letters the couple exchanged. What is your favorite Eva Marie Saint role? What does it take for a performer to successful lifetime in show business?

Guest:

Eva Marie Saint, actress, starred in the films On the Waterfront and North by Northwest, television programs Moonlighting, The Love Boat and the Pulitzer nominated play, Love Letters

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