Eva Novak
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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.
Known for
Credits
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
as Courtier (uncredited)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
as Townswoman (uncredited)
3 Godfathers (1948)
as Townswoman (uncredited)
The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
as Nun (uncredited)
Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Listen Lester (1924)
as Mary Dodge
Tall Man Riding (1955)
as Mrs. Henderson (uncredited)
Society Secrets (1921)
as Louise
I, Jane Doe (1948)
as Jury Woman
Phantom of the Desert (1930)
as Mary Van Horn
That Brennan Girl (1946)
as Miss Novak - Elderly Woman (uncredited)
Dollar Devils (1923)
as Amy Andrews
The Fatal Mistake (1924)
as Ethel Bennett
Four Faces West (1948)
as Mrs. Winston
The Speed Maniac (1919)
as Pearl Matthews
Desert Love (1920)
as Dolly Remington
Say It with Babies (1926)
Actor
Women First (1924)
as Jennie Doon
Hellfire (1949)
as Indian Woman (uncredited)
Wild Seed (1965)
as Mrs. Simms
The Tiger's Claw (1923)
as Harriet Halehurst
The Medicine Man (1930)
as Hilda
The King of the Kitchen (1918)
as Her niece
Duel at Apache Wells (1957)
as Mrs. Munn (uncredited)
Silk Husbands and Calico Wives (1920)
as Georgia Wilson
Wolves of the North (1921)
as Aurora Norris
The Man Life Passed By (1923)
as Joy Moore
Robin Hood Of Texas (1947)
as Guest
The Great Night (1922)
as Mollie Martin
The Blonde Bandit (1949)
as Jail Matron
The Man from Hell's River (1922)
as Mabella
The Rough Diamond (1921)
as Gloria Gómez
The Romance of Runnibede (1928)
as Dorothy Winchester
Racing for Life (1924)
as Grace Danton
The Man Who Saw Tomorrow (1922)
as Vonia
Blackmail (1947)
as Mamie, the Maid
No Man's Gold (1926)
as Jane Rogers
The Belles of Liberty (1918)
as Trixie
The Feud (1919)
as Betty Summers / Betty Brown
O'Malley of the Mounted (1921)
as Rose Lanier
Up and Going (1922)
as Jackie McNabb
A Blind Pig (1918)
as The Sheriff's Daughter
Sally (1925)
as Rosie Lafferty
The Last Trail (1921)
as Winifred Samson
Apology for Murder (1945)
as Maid
The Beautiful Sinner (1924)
as Alice Carter
Up in Mary's Attic (1920)
as Mary
Trailin' (1921)
as Sally Fortune
Red Signals (1927)
as Mark Bryson
The Smart Sex (1921)
as Rose
For the Term of His Natural Life (1927)
as Sylvia Vickers
Irene (1926)
as Eleanor Hadley
The Sign of the Cucumber (1917)
Actor
The Dixie Flyer (1926)
as Rose Rapley / Rose Jones
Temptation (1923)
as Marjorie Baldwin
The Triflers (1924)
as Beatrice Noyes
The Northern Code (1925)
as Marie La Fane
Wanted at Headquarters (1920)
Actor
The Daredevil (1920)
as Alice Spencer
Chasing the Moon (1922)
as Jane Norworth
The Battling Fool (1924)
as Helen Chadwick
Sky High (1922)
as Estelle Halloway - his ward
The Torrent (1921)
as Velma Patton
Hearts and Flour (1917)
Actor
Boston Blackie (1923)
as Mary Carter
The Fatal Witness (1945)
as Elsie - Vera's Maid (uncredited)
All Jazzed Up (1919)
as Dainty Dotty
Making a Man (1922)
as Patricia Owens
30 Below Zero (1926)
as Ann Ralston
The Testing Block (1920)
as Nelly Gray
Laughing at Danger (1924)
as Carolyn Hollister