Eva Novak
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 14, 1898
- Died
- April 17, 1988 (aged 90)
- Birthplace
- Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Biography
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.
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Filmography
Wild Seed
Movie · as Mrs. Simms
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Movie · as Townswoman (uncredited)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV · as Mrs. Hayes · 1 ep
Sergeant Rutledge
Movie · as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Duel at Apache Wells
Movie · as Mrs. Munn (uncredited)
Tall Man Riding
Movie · as Mrs. Henderson (uncredited)
Sunset Boulevard
Movie · as Courtier (uncredited)
Hellfire
Movie · as Indian Woman (uncredited)
The Blonde Bandit
Movie · as Jail Matron
Four Faces West
Movie · as Mrs. Winston
I, Jane Doe
Movie · as Jury Woman
3 Godfathers
Movie · as Townswoman (uncredited)
Blackmail
Movie · as Mamie, the Maid
Robin Hood Of Texas
Movie · as Guest
That Brennan Girl
Movie · as Miss Novak - Elderly Woman (uncredited)
Apology for Murder
Movie · as Maid
The Fatal Witness
Movie · as Elsie - Vera's Maid (uncredited)
The Bells of St. Mary's
Movie · as Nun (uncredited)
Phantom of the Desert
Movie · as Mary Van Horn
The Medicine Man
Movie · as Hilda
The Romance of Runnibede
Movie · as Dorothy Winchester
For the Term of His Natural Life
Movie · as Sylvia Vickers
Red Signals
Movie · as Mark Bryson
30 Below Zero
Movie · as Ann Ralston
Say It with Babies
Movie
The Dixie Flyer
Movie · as Rose Rapley / Rose Jones
Irene
Movie · as Eleanor Hadley
No Man's Gold
Movie · as Jane Rogers
The Northern Code
Movie · as Marie La Fane
Sally
Movie · as Rosie Lafferty
The Beautiful Sinner
Movie · as Alice Carter
Racing for Life
Movie · as Grace Danton
The Battling Fool
Movie · as Helen Chadwick
The Triflers
Movie · as Beatrice Noyes
Laughing at Danger
Movie · as Carolyn Hollister
Women First
Movie · as Jennie Doon
The Fatal Mistake
Movie · as Ethel Bennett
Listen Lester
Movie · as Mary Dodge
Boston Blackie
Movie · as Mary Carter
Temptation
Movie · as Marjorie Baldwin
The Man Life Passed By
Movie · as Joy Moore
The Tiger's Claw
Movie · as Harriet Halehurst
Dollar Devils
Movie · as Amy Andrews
Making a Man
Movie · as Patricia Owens
Up and Going
Movie · as Jackie McNabb
Chasing the Moon
Movie · as Jane Norworth
Sky High
Movie · as Estelle Halloway - his ward
The Man from Hell's River
Movie · as Mabella
The Great Night
Movie · as Mollie Martin
The Man Who Saw Tomorrow
Movie · as Vonia
The Torrent
Movie · as Velma Patton
Wolves of the North
Movie · as Aurora Norris
The Last Trail
Movie · as Winifred Samson
Trailin'
Movie · as Sally Fortune
O'Malley of the Mounted
Movie · as Rose Lanier
Society Secrets
Movie · as Louise
The Rough Diamond
Movie · as Gloria Gómez
The Smart Sex
Movie · as Rose
The Daredevil
Movie · as Alice Spencer
Desert Love
Movie · as Dolly Remington
Wanted at Headquarters
Movie
The Testing Block
Movie · as Nelly Gray
Up in Mary's Attic
Movie · as Mary
Silk Husbands and Calico Wives
Movie · as Georgia Wilson
The Speed Maniac
Movie · as Pearl Matthews
The Feud
Movie · as Betty Summers / Betty Brown
All Jazzed Up
Movie · as Dainty Dotty
The King of the Kitchen
Movie · as Her niece
A Blind Pig
Movie · as The Sheriff's Daughter
The Belles of Liberty
Movie · as Trixie
The Sign of the Cucumber
Movie
Hearts and Flour
Movie