By C.J. Lais Jr.
Times Union, Albany, N.Y.
Thursday is the 100th birthday of Oscar and Emmy-winning actress Eva Marie Saint. Which means it is also the 100th birthday of one-time Delmar and Albany resident, and Bethlehem Central High School graduate … Eva Marie Saint.
She lives today in Los Angeles, according to her son, Darrell Hayden, but was born in Newark, N.J., on July 4, 1924. Eventually, her family moved to Euclid Avenue and Adams Place in Delmar, and she attended four years at Bethlehem Central High School, graduating in 1942. At some point, the Saints also relocated to a house on Western Avenue in Albany.
In Laurence Leamer’s 2023 book “Hitchcock’s Blondes: The Unforgettable Women Behind the Legendary Director’s Dark Obsession,” the author details a Capital Region childhood with her father, a traveling tire salesman for B. F. Goodrich, and her mother, a former teacher who gave it up to be a full-time mother and wife. “The highlight of the day was the evening meal, when the family sat down together,” Leamer writes.
In his book’s final chapter, Leamer tells of a then 99-year-old Saint living mostly by herself in a luxury Wilshire Boulevard apartment last year, where she was frequently visited by nearby daughter, Laurette, four grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and her son. He also describes how, during the pandemic, the actress, well into her 90s, acted online in several plays with the likes of Annette Bening, Marisa Tomei, Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker.
Hayden said via email when reached for this story: “I will definitely wish Mom a Happy 100th from the Capital Region of New York!”
After graduating from high school — where she was known by the nickname “Bubbles” — she followed in her older sister Adelaide’s footsteps and attended Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. Her parents left the area as well, moving to Bryn Mawr, Pa. She got her degree and headed for New York City to study at Lee…
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