The lovely Eva Marie Saint was born 92 years ago today in Newark, New Jersey. Here are 10 EVS Did-You Knows:

• Saint attended Bethlehem Central High School in Delmar, New York, graduating in 1942.
• Saint won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her first theatrical picture, Elia Kazan‘s On The Waterfront, in which appeared opposite Marlon Brando. All 18 of her earlier credits were on television.
• Just two days after winning the Oscar, Saint gave birth to her son Darrell.
• Saint’s competition for the role of Edie Doyle in that picture was Elizabeth Montgomery. Saint won the role by a nose.
• Saint graduated from Bowling Green State University in 1946. There is a theatre on the campus that is named after her.
• Saint’s waist-length hair was cut short for her role as a seductive spy opposite Cary Grant in Alfred Hitchcock‘s North by Northwest; the director insisted it made her more exotic. Hitchcock also personally chose Saint’s outfits for the film during a shopping trip to Bergdorf Goodman in New York City.
• Her nickname in high school was “Bubbles.” She was the senior class secretary and also a cheerleader.
• Saint was named after her mother, Eva Marie Rice.
• Her favorite movie is Francois Truffaut’s Day for Night.
• Saint has been married to writer-director-producer Jeffrey Hayden since 1951.

Happy birthday, Eva Marie Saint, and many happy returns of the day!