Eva Novak
Biografia
Eva Barbara Novak (February 14, 1898 – April 17, 1988) was an American film actress, who was quite popular during the silent film era. On February 14, 1898, Eva Barbara Novak was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to Joseph Jerome Novak, an immigrant from Bohemia, and Barbara Medek. Her older sister, Johana, also became an actress. Joseph Novak died when Eva was still a child and Barbara was left to raise five children. Novak began her acting career in 1917 in L-KO's Roped into Scandal, followed by another seven films that same year. She appeared in 17 films in 1918, and another eight in 1919. In 1920, she starred opposite Tom Mix in The Daredevil, one of six film roles she would have that year, and one of ten films in which she starred opposite Mix. In 1921, she married stuntman William Reed, whom she met while on location for a film. They had two daughters Vivian Barbara and Pamela Eve. Novak was interested in stunt performing herself, having been taught by Mix to perform many of her own stunts. From 1921 to 1928, she appeared in and starred in 48 films, including an early version of Boston Blackie. She also co-starred with Betty Bronson and Jack Benny in The Medicine Man (1930) and appeared in the 1922 film Chasing the Moon, which was an early forerunner of the 1950s film D.O.A. In the late 1920s, she and her husband moved to Australia, where she made numerous films, including The Romance of Runnibede. However, with the advent of "talking films", her popularity faded. She would continue to act, but mostly in obscure roles. She appeared in 123 films between 1917 and 1965, when she retired. She was residing in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles at the time of her death from pneumonia at the age of 90, on April 17, 1988. In May 1923, the Altoona Tribune held a contest to find the girl who most closely resembled Novak. An announcement in the newspaper said that the winner would receive $250 worth of clothes from a store.
Filmografia
Filmy i seriale od najnowszych
Wild Seed
Film • 1965
jako Mrs. Simms
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Serial • 1962
jako Mrs. Hayes
Człowiek, który zabił Liberty Valance'a
Film • 1962
jako Townswoman (uncredited)
Sierżant Rutledge
Film • 1960
jako Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Duel at Apache Wells
Film • 1957
jako Mrs. Munn (uncredited)
Tall Man Riding
Film • 1955
jako Mrs. Henderson (uncredited)
Bulwar Zachodzącego Słońca
Film • 1950
jako Courtier (uncredited)
The Blonde Bandit
Film • 1949
jako Jail Matron
Hellfire
Film • 1949
jako Indian Woman (uncredited)
Trzej ojcowie chrzestni
Film • 1948
jako Townswoman (uncredited)
Four Faces West
Film • 1948
jako Mrs. Winston
I, Jane Doe
Film • 1948
jako Jury Woman
Blackmail
Film • 1947
jako Mamie, the Maid
Robin Hood Of Texas
Film • 1947
jako Guest
That Brennan Girl
Film • 1946
jako Miss Novak - Elderly Woman (uncredited)
Dzwony Najświętszej Marii Panny
Film • 1945
jako Nun (uncredited)
Apology for Murder
Film • 1945
jako Maid
The Fatal Witness
Film • 1945
jako Elsie - Vera's Maid (uncredited)
Phantom of the Desert
Film • 1930
jako Mary Van Horn
The Medicine Man
Film • 1930
jako Hilda
The Romance of Runnibede
Film • 1928
jako Dorothy Winchester
For the Term of His Natural Life
Film • 1927
jako Sylvia Vickers
Red Signals
Film • 1927
jako Mark Bryson
30 Below Zero
Film • 1926
jako Ann Ralston
No Man's Gold
Film • 1926
jako Jane Rogers
The Dixie Flyer
Film • 1926
jako Rose Rapley / Rose Jones
Say It with Babies
Film • 1926
Irene
Film • 1926
jako Eleanor Hadley
The Northern Code
Film • 1925
jako Marie La Fane
Sally
Film • 1925
jako Rosie Lafferty
The Triflers
Film • 1924
jako Beatrice Noyes
Laughing at Danger
Film • 1924
jako Carolyn Hollister
Women First
Film • 1924
jako Jennie Doon
The Beautiful Sinner
Film • 1924
jako Alice Carter
The Fatal Mistake
Film • 1924
jako Ethel Bennett
Racing for Life
Film • 1924
jako Grace Danton
The Battling Fool
Film • 1924
jako Helen Chadwick
Listen Lester
Film • 1924
jako Mary Dodge
The Man Life Passed By
Film • 1923
jako Joy Moore
Boston Blackie
Film • 1923
jako Mary Carter
The Tiger's Claw
Film • 1923
jako Harriet Halehurst
Temptation
Film • 1923
jako Marjorie Baldwin
Dollar Devils
Film • 1923
jako Amy Andrews
Making a Man
Film • 1922
jako Patricia Owens
The Great Night
Film • 1922
jako Mollie Martin
The Man Who Saw Tomorrow
Film • 1922
jako Vonia
The Man from Hell's River
Film • 1922
jako Mabella
Up and Going
Film • 1922
jako Jackie McNabb
Chasing the Moon
Film • 1922
jako Jane Norworth
Sky High
Film • 1922
jako Estelle Halloway - his ward
Trailin'
Film • 1921
jako Sally Fortune
The Last Trail
Film • 1921
jako Winifred Samson
The Rough Diamond
Film • 1921
jako Gloria Gómez
Wolves of the North
Film • 1921
jako Aurora Norris
The Smart Sex
Film • 1921
jako Rose
Society Secrets
Film • 1921
jako Louise
O'Malley of the Mounted
Film • 1921
jako Rose Lanier
The Torrent
Film • 1921
jako Velma Patton
The Testing Block
Film • 1920
jako Nelly Gray
Wanted at Headquarters
Film • 1920
Up in Mary's Attic
Film • 1920
jako Mary
Desert Love
Film • 1920
jako Dolly Remington
The Daredevil
Film • 1920
jako Alice Spencer
Silk Husbands and Calico Wives
Film • 1920
jako Georgia Wilson
The Feud
Film • 1919
jako Betty Summers / Betty Brown
The Speed Maniac
Film • 1919
jako Pearl Matthews
All Jazzed Up
Film • 1919
jako Dainty Dotty
The King of the Kitchen
Film • 1918
jako Her niece
The Belles of Liberty
Film • 1918
jako Trixie
A Blind Pig
Film • 1918
jako The Sheriff's Daughter
The Sign of the Cucumber
Film • 1917
Hearts and Flour
Film • 1917