Eva Marie Saint, one of the last great stars of Hollywood's 1950s films, has died. She was 102. Saint died Tuesday at her home in Los Angeles, a family spokesman told the Associated Press. The Los Angeles Times said she died of natural causes.

Saint had one of the most famous debuts in movie history. In her first film, On the Waterfront in 1954, she played Edie Doyle, the girlfriend of Marlon Brando's dockworker. The role won her the Oscar for supporting actress. She was nine months pregnant at the ceremony and joked, "I may have the baby right here." Her son was born two days later.

Five years later she starred with Cary Grant in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest, playing a spy who falls for him. She later said Hitchcock told her to lower her voice, keep her hands still and look straight into Grant's eyes.

Saint picked her roles with care. She turned down studio contracts and several big films so she could spend time with her children. "I don't want to be a superstar," she once told her agent, the LA Times reported. She made only about 20 films in more than 50 years.

As movie roles faded, she turned to TV. She played Cybill Shepherd's mother on Moonlighting in the 1980s and won an Emmy for the 1990 miniseries People Like Us. Later films included Because of Winn-Dixie and Superman Returns, where she played the hero's adoptive mother.

She was born Eva Marie Saint, her real name, on July 4, 1924, in Newark, New Jersey. She found acting at Bowling Green State University in Ohio and trained at the Actors Studio in New York.

Saint was married to director Jeffrey Hayden for 65 years, until his death in 2016. She is survived by her son, Darrell, her daughter, Laurette, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

What we know: Saint died at home in Los Angeles on Tuesday at 102.
What we don't: Plans for a memorial have not been announced.