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At 93, Eva Marie Saint will present an Oscar and remember the man who cheered her own win 63 years ago

LOS ANGELES_The sliding door is open, palms swaying on a cool winter afternoon in Westwood, just a few days out from the 90th Academy Awards show. Eva Marie Saint will be an Oscar presenter, but at the moment she's telling me about the 27th edition, back in 1955.

She was nine months pregnant, and her husband, Jeffrey Hayden, was worried about her standing up too fast if she won the supporting actress Oscar for her role in "On the Waterfront."

Frank Sinatra took the envelope and delivered the news.

"The winner is Eva Marie Saint."

In the black-and-white video of that career-defining moment, the dark-haired Hayden applauds and beams as his wife makes her way

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