American actress Eva Marie Saint dies at 102
In short
American actress Eva Marie Saint, an Oscar winner for her role in Elia Kazan's 1954 film “On the Waterfront,” died at the age of 102. Kommersant, citing Deadline, reported she died on 6 October at her home in Los Angeles surrounded by her family. TASS and RIA Novosti also reported her death.
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American actress Eva Marie Saint has died at the age of 102, according to reports from TASS, RIA Novosti and Kommersant. TASS attributed its report to Variety, while RIA Novosti carried a brief notice without further detail. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
Kommersant, citing Deadline, reported that Saint died on 6 October at her home in Los Angeles surrounded by her family. The documents do not give a time of death or a cause, and none of them reports a statement from her family, an agent or an official representative. [ 3 ]
According to Kommersant, Saint began her career in television projects in the mid-1940s and made her big-screen debut in 1954 in Elia Kazan's film “On the Waterfront,” winning the Oscar for best supporting actress for that role. The outlet reported that she appeared in films by Alfred Hitchcock, Otto Preminger and Fred Zinnemann, and that she won an Emmy in 1990 for her role in the miniseries “People Like Us.” Her last film, the drama “Love Through Time,” was released in 2014, Kommersant reported. [ 3 ]
The three Russian reports differ in scope: TASS and RIA Novosti published short notices of the death, with TASS noting her age, while Kommersant gave the fullest account, including the date and place of death and her career credits. Kommersant spells her surname as “Сейнт,” while TASS and RIA Novosti use “Сэйнт.” [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
Why it matters
Saint was a screen actress whose career ran from the mid-1940s television projects to a 2014 film, and her death is being carried by Russia's main state and business outlets as an international cultural obituary. The reports rely almost entirely on the Deadline account cited by Kommersant, with no independent confirmation from family or an official representative appearing in the documents.
Key facts
- American actress Eva Marie Saint died at the age of 102, according to TASS, RIA Novosti and Kommersant. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
- Kommersant, citing Deadline, reported she died on 6 October at her home in Los Angeles surrounded by her family. [ 3 ]
- She made her big-screen debut in 1954 in Elia Kazan's film “On the Waterfront,” for which she won an Oscar for best supporting actress, Kommersant reported. [ 3 ]
- Kommersant reported she appeared in films by Alfred Hitchcock, Otto Preminger and Fred Zinnemann. [ 3 ]
- She won an Emmy in 1990 for her role in the miniseries “People Like Us,” according to Kommersant. [ 3 ]
- Her last film was the drama “Love Through Time,” released in 2014, Kommersant reported. [ 3 ]
- She began her career in television projects in the mid-1940s, Kommersant reported. [ 3 ]
Still unclear
- The time and exact circumstances of her death. Kommersant cites Deadline that she died on 6 October at her home in Los Angeles surrounded by family; TASS and RIA Novosti give no date, place or cause, and no family statement or official confirmation appears in the documents.
- Whether the family or a representative has commented. No document reports a statement from the family, an agent or any official source; the only sourcing named is Deadline.
- The spelling of the actress's surname in Russian reports. TASS and RIA Novosti write “Сэйнт” while Kommersant writes “Сейнт” in the same report.
- She was an American actress. Reported by a single source so far