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Oscar-Winning Actress, Golden Age of Hollywood Star, Dies at 102
The Oscar-winning American actress, a celebrated star of Hollywood's Golden Age, died of natural causes at her Los Angeles home on Tuesday at the age of 102. Her career spanned six decades, beginning in radio, television, and theater in the late 1940s.
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- 01The Oscar-winning American actress died of natural causes at her Los Angeles home on Tuesday at the age of 102.
- 02She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her film debut in "On the Waterfront" (1954) opposite Marlon Brando.
- 03She starred as Agent Eve Kendall in Alfred Hitchcock's thriller "North by Northwest" (1959) alongside Cary Grant.
- 04She played Kitty Fremont in the film "Exodus" (1960) about the establishment of Israel, visiting the country for filming.
- 05She won an Emmy Award in 1990 for her role in the television miniseries "People Like Us."
- 06Her later roles included Martha Kent in "Superman Returns" (2006), and her final film appearance was in "Winter's Tale" (2014).
- 07She was married to director Jeffrey Hayden for 65 years until his death in 2016, and is survived by two children.
She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her film debut in Elia Kazan's "On the Waterfront" (1954) alongside Marlon Brando. In 1959, she played Agent Eve Kendall in Alfred Hitchcock's thriller "North by Northwest" opposite Cary Grant. She also starred as Kitty Fremont in the film "Exodus" (1960) alongside Paul Newman, which dealt with the establishment of Israel, and she visited the country for its filming.
From the 1970s onward, she focused primarily on television, winning an Emmy Award in 1990 for "People Like Us." Her later film roles included Martha Kent in "Superman Returns" (2006), and her final film appearance was in "Winter's Tale" in 2014. She was married to director Jeffrey Hayden for 65 years until his death in 2016, and is survived by two children, four grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
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