Question 1

True or false: Eva Marie Saint won an Oscar for her role in On the Waterfront.

Accepted Answer

True. She won Best Supporting Actress in 1955 for playing Edie Doyle opposite Marlon Brando.

Question 2

True or false: Eva Marie Saint performed her own stunts in the Mount Rushmore scene of North by Northwest.

Accepted Answer

False. A stunt double handled the dangerous cliff work; Saint only filmed close-ups on a set.

Question 3

True or false: Eva Marie Saint was famously colorblind and never saw her own Technicolor films.

Accepted Answer

False. She had no known colorblindness; this is a myth likely confused with other actors.

Question 4

True or false: Eva Marie Saint was the only actor to star in both a Hitchcock film and a superhero movie.

Accepted Answer

False. False. Sean Connery starred in Hitchcock's Marnie and the superhero film The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, proving she is not the only actor to have done so.

Question 5

True or false: Eva Marie Saint was offered the role of Marion Crane in Psycho but turned it down.

Accepted Answer

False. The role was offered to Vera Miles, who turned it down because she was pregnant. Janet Leigh was cast instead. There is no known record of Hitchcock offering the part to Eva Marie Saint.

Question 6

True or false: Eva Marie Saint was a close friend of Marilyn Monroe and attended her funeral.

Accepted Answer

False. There is no evidence they were close friends; Eva Marie Saint was not in The Prince and the Showgirl, and Monroe's funeral was small and private, with no record of Saint attending.

Question 7

True or false: Eva Marie Saint voiced a character in the animated film The Incredibles.

Accepted Answer

False. Saint never voiced in Pixar films; her later work was mostly TV guest spots.

Question 8

True or false: Eva Marie Saint was the first actress to appear on the cover of Time magazine.

Accepted Answer

False. Eleanora Duse graced Time's cover on July 30, 1923, making her the first actress featured, well before Eva Marie Saint's appearance in 1955.

Eva Marie Saint Trivia Questions