Actress Eva Marie Saint, who won an Oscar for 'On the Waterfront,' dies at 102
Saint won an Oscar for her portrayal of Edie, a Catholic schoolgirl whose longshoreman brother is murdered.
NPR reports: Saint won an Oscar for her portrayal of Edie, a Catholic schoolgirl whose longshoreman brother is murdered.
She went on to star in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest.
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