Eva Novak

Eva Novak

Acting 1898-02-14 Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

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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1965 Mrs. Simms
1962 Townswoman (uncredited)
1962 Mrs. Hayes
1960 Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1957 Mrs. Munn (uncredited)
1955 Mrs. Henderson (uncredited)
1950 Courtier (uncredited)
1949
1949 Jail Matron
1948 Mrs. Winston
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1948 Jury Woman
1948 Townswoman (uncredited)
1947 Mamie, the Maid
1947 Guest
1946 Miss Novak - Elderly Woman (uncredited)
1945 Maid
1945 Elsie - Vera's Maid (uncredited)
1945 Nun (uncredited)
1930 Mary Van Horn
1930 Hilda
1928 Dorothy Winchester
1927 Sylvia Vickers
1927 Mark Bryson
1926 Ann Ralston
1926 Rose Rapley / Rose Jones
1926 Eleanor Hadley
1926 Jane Rogers
1925 Marie La Fane
1925 Rosie Lafferty
1924 Alice Carter
1924 Grace Danton
1924 Helen Chadwick
1924 Beatrice Noyes
1924 Carolyn Hollister
1924 Jennie Doon
1924 Ethel Bennett
1923 Mary Carter
1923 Marjorie Baldwin
1923 Joy Moore
1923 Harriet Halehurst
1922 Patricia Owens
1922 Jackie McNabb
1922 Jane Norworth
1922 Estelle Halloway - his ward
1922 Mabella
1922 Mollie Martin
1922 Vonia
1921 Aurora Norris
1921 Velma Patton
1921 Winifred Samson
1921 Sally Fortune
1921 Rose Lanier
1921 Louise
1921 Gloria Gómez
1921 Rose
1920 Alice Spencer
1920 Dolly Remington
1920 Nelly Gray
1920 Mary
1920 Georgia Wilson
1919 Pearl Matthews
1919 Betty Summers / Betty Brown
1919 Dainty Dotty
1918 Her niece
1918 The Sheriff's Daughter
1918 Trixie