Cast
Eva Novak
Acting
Cast
Eva Novak
Known for
Acting
Born
1898-02-14
From
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Died
1988-04-17
Also known as Eva Barbara Novak
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.
Sunset Boulevard
as Courtier (uncredited)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Townswoman (uncredited)
3 Godfathers
as Townswoman (uncredited)
That Brennan Girl
as Miss Novak - Elderly Woman (uncredited)
Society Secrets
as Louise
Red Signals
as Mark Bryson
Trailin'
as Sally Fortune
Sergeant Rutledge
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Desert Love
as Dolly Remington
Irene
as Eleanor Hadley
Four Faces West
as Mrs. Winston
The Bells of St. Mary's
as Nun (uncredited)
Robin Hood Of Texas
as Guest
Blackmail
as Mamie, the Maid
The Fatal Witness
as Elsie - Vera's Maid (uncredited)
The Triflers
as Beatrice Noyes
Hellfire
as Indian Woman (uncredited)
Apology for Murder
as Maid
Temptation
as Marjorie Baldwin
I, Jane Doe
as Jury Woman
Tall Man Riding
as Mrs. Henderson (uncredited)
The Feud
as Betty Summers / Betty Brown
Sally
as Rosie Lafferty
The Speed Maniac
as Pearl Matthews
Sky High
as Estelle Halloway - his ward
The Last Trail
as Winifred Samson
Wild Seed
as Mrs. Simms
Making a Man
as Patricia Owens
The Man Life Passed By
as Joy Moore
The Rough Diamond
as Gloria Gómez
The Tiger's Claw
as Harriet Halehurst
The Blonde Bandit
as Jail Matron
O'Malley of the Mounted
as Rose Lanier
The Northern Code
as Marie La Fane
Silk Husbands and Calico Wives
as Georgia Wilson
The Torrent
as Velma Patton
Wolves of the North
as Aurora Norris
The Medicine Man
as Hilda
Laughing at Danger
as Carolyn Hollister
Duel at Apache Wells
as Mrs. Munn (uncredited)
The Man Who Saw Tomorrow
as Vonia
Boston Blackie
as Mary Carter
The Fatal Mistake
as Ethel Bennett
The Daredevil
as Alice Spencer
Up in Mary's Attic
as Mary
Phantom of the Desert
as Mary Van Horn
All Jazzed Up
as Dainty Dotty
30 Below Zero
as Ann Ralston
The Testing Block
as Nelly Gray
The Sign of the Cucumber
Racing for Life
as Grace Danton
The Great Night
as Mollie Martin
Wanted at Headquarters
The King of the Kitchen
as Her niece
The Belles of Liberty
as Trixie
Women First
as Jennie Doon
The Smart Sex
as Rose
The Beautiful Sinner
as Alice Carter
No Man's Gold
as Jane Rogers
Listen Lester
as Mary Dodge
A Blind Pig
as The Sheriff's Daughter
The Romance of Runnibede
as Dorothy Winchester
Say It with Babies
Chasing the Moon
as Jane Norworth
For the Term of His Natural Life
as Sylvia Vickers
Up and Going
as Jackie McNabb
The Man from Hell's River
as Mabella
The Battling Fool
as Helen Chadwick
The Dixie Flyer
as Rose Rapley / Rose Jones
