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Eva Novak‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1898-02-14

Popularity

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Eva Novak

Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

Eva Novak

Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1898-02-14

Popularity

star2.1

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.

Movie Credits

Apology for Murder

Apology for Murder‌
star4.8
calendar 1945

Making a Man

Making a Man‌
star0.0
calendar 1922

Wolves of the North

Wolves of the North‌
star0.0
calendar 1921

The Torrent

The Torrent‌
star2.0
calendar 1921

The Speed Maniac

The Speed Maniac‌
star0.0
calendar 1919

The Feud

The Feud‌
star0.0
calendar 1919

The Daredevil

The Daredevil‌
star0.0
calendar 1920

Desert Love

Desert Love‌
star0.0
calendar 1920

Up and Going

Up and Going‌
star0.0
calendar 1922

Chasing the Moon

Chasing the Moon‌
star0.0
calendar 1922

Phantom of the Desert

Phantom of the Desert‌
star0.0
calendar 1930

The Beautiful Sinner

The Beautiful Sinner‌
star0.0
calendar 1924

Wanted at Headquarters

Wanted at Headquarters‌
star0.0
calendar 1920

The Last Trail

The Last Trail‌
star0.0
calendar 1921

Blackmail

Blackmail‌
star4.0
calendar 1947

30 Below Zero

30 Below Zero‌
star0.0
calendar 1926

Duel at Apache Wells

Duel at Apache Wells‌
star4.0
calendar 1957

Tall Man Riding

Tall Man Riding‌
star5.5
calendar 1955

Hellfire

Hellfire‌
star5.8
calendar 1949

Sky High

Sky High‌
star5.5
calendar 1922

Racing for Life

Racing for Life‌
star0.0
calendar 1924

For the Term of His Natural Life

For the Term of His Natural Life‌
star6.0
calendar 1927

Say It with Babies

Say It with Babies‌
star5.0
calendar 1926

Boston Blackie

Boston Blackie‌
star6.0
calendar 1923

The Man from Hell's River

The Man from Hell's River‌
star0.0
calendar 1922

The Medicine Man

The Medicine Man‌
star5.0
calendar 1930

Sergeant Rutledge

Sergeant Rutledge‌
star7.1
calendar 1960

The Fatal Witness

The Fatal Witness‌
star6.2
calendar 1945

The King of the Kitchen

The King of the Kitchen‌
star5.0
calendar 1918

That Brennan Girl

That Brennan Girl‌
star5.3
calendar 1946

The Dixie Flyer

The Dixie Flyer‌
star0.0
calendar 1926

The Bells of St. Mary's

The Bells of St. Mary's‌
star6.8
calendar 1945

Four Faces West

Four Faces West‌
star5.6
calendar 1948

Irene

Irene‌
star4.0
calendar 1926

A Blind Pig

A Blind Pig‌
star0.0
calendar 1918

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance‌
star7.8
calendar 1962

The Northern Code

The Northern Code‌
star0.0
calendar 1925

Trailin'

Trailin'‌
star4.5
calendar 1921

Sunset Boulevard

Sunset Boulevard‌
star8.3
calendar 1950

I, Jane Doe

I, Jane Doe‌
star5.9
calendar 1948

Robin Hood Of Texas

Robin Hood Of Texas‌
star0.0
calendar 1947

All Jazzed Up

All Jazzed Up‌
star0.0
calendar 1919

The Blonde Bandit

The Blonde Bandit‌
star5.8
calendar 1949

3 Godfathers

3 Godfathers‌
star6.7
calendar 1948

The Testing Block

The Testing Block‌
star5.0
calendar 1920

Temptation

Temptation‌
star1.0
calendar 1923

Wild Seed

Wild Seed‌
star5.5
calendar 1965

No Man's Gold

No Man's Gold‌
star0.0
calendar 1926

The Man Life Passed By

The Man Life Passed By‌
star1.0
calendar 1923

The Belles of Liberty

The Belles of Liberty‌
star0.0
calendar 1918

The Battling Fool

The Battling Fool‌
star0.0
calendar 1924

The Triflers

The Triflers‌
star0.0
calendar 1924

Up in Mary's Attic

Up in Mary's Attic‌
star0.0
calendar 1920

O'Malley of the Mounted

O'Malley of the Mounted‌
star0.0
calendar 1921

Society Secrets

Society Secrets‌
star0.0
calendar 1921

The Tiger's Claw

The Tiger's Claw‌
star0.0
calendar 1923

The Rough Diamond

The Rough Diamond‌
star0.0
calendar 1921

Red Signals

Red Signals‌
star0.0
calendar 1927

Laughing at Danger

Laughing at Danger‌
star6.2
calendar 1924

The Smart Sex

The Smart Sex‌
star0.0
calendar 1921

Sally

Sally‌
star0.0
calendar 1925

Tv Credits

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour‌
star7.8
calendar 1962