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Eva Novak is a Actor American born on 14 february 1898 at St. Louis (USA)

Eva Novak

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Birth name Eva Barbara Novak
Nationality USA
Birth 14 february 1898 at St. Louis (USA)
Death 17 april 1988 (at 90 years) at Woodland Hills (USA)

Eva Barbara Novak (February 14, 1898 – April 17, 1988) was an American film actress, who was quite popular during the silent film era. She was the younger sister of actress Jane Novak and daughter of Joseph, an immigrant from Bohemia, and Barbara Novak.

She was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and started her film acting career in 1917, with her first film role being 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 10 films in which she starred opposite Tom Mix.

In 1921, she married stuntman William Reed, whom she met while on location for a film. She 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 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.

Biography

Nièce d'Anne Schaefer (1870-1957) et sœur de Jane Novak (1896-1990), toutes deux également actrices, Eva Novak entame sa carrière au cinéma durant la période du muet — comme sa sœur ainée — et contribue à cent-vingt-sept films (dont de nombreux courts métrages à ses débuts et des westerns), majoritairement américains, le premier étant Roped Into Scandal de Craig Hutchinson (court métrage de 1917, avec Bert Roach).

De cette période du muet, mentionnons aussi Desert Love de Jacques Jaccard (1920, avec Tom Mix et Francelia Billington), Society Secrets de Leo McCarey (1921, avec Gertrude Claire et Clarissa Selwynne), Gaspard le loup d'Irving Cummings (1922, avec Wallace Beery dans le rôle-titre et le réalisateur), ainsi que La Bonne Étoile de Victor Schertzinger (1923, avec Percy Marmont et sa sœur Jane).

Ayant épousé le cascadeur William Reed et le couple résidant en Australie vers la fin des années 1920, elle joue ainsi durant cette période dans quelques films australiens, le dernier (son ultime muet) étant The Romance of Runnibede de Scott R. Dunlap (1928).

Avec le passage au parlant, elle apparaît encore dans près de quarante films (souvent dans des petits rôles non crédités), depuis The Medicine Man de Scott Pembroke (1930, avec Jack Benny et Betty Bronson) jusqu'à Graine sauvage de Brian G. Hutton (1965, avec Michael Parks et Ross Elliott). Entretemps, citons Le Destin du fugitif d'Alfred E. Green (1948, avec Joel McCrea et Frances Dee) et Guet-apens chez les Sioux de Lewis R. Foster (1956, avec Linda Darnell et Dale Robertson).

Pour la télévision américaine, elle se produit dans cinq séries à partir de 1958, dont La Grande Caravane (un épisode, 1962) et Suspicion (un épisode, 1963). Elle tient son ultime rôle à l'écran dans un épisode de Laredo, diffusé en 1966.

Eva Novak meurt à 90 ans, en 1988. Elle et sa sœur Jane (décédée moins de deux ans plus tard) vivaient retirées à Woodland Hills et sont enterrées ensemble au cimetière de la Mission de San Fernando à Los Angeles.

Usually with

John Ford
John Ford
(3 films)
Jack Perrin
Jack Perrin
(5 films)
Leo McCarey
Leo McCarey
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Eva Novak (38 films)

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Actress

Wild Seed
Wild Seed (1965)
, 1h39
Directed by Brian G. Hutton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Michael Parks, Celia Kaye, Ross Elliott, Woodrow Chambliss, Rupert Crosse, Eva Novak
Roles Mrs. Simms
Rating67% 3.384883.384883.384883.384883.38488
17-year-old Daphne Simms (Kaye) learns of her biological father from letters left by her deceased mother. She runs away from her New York home and adopted parents in search of her father in Los Angeles. Unaware of the dangers on the road she attempts to hitchhike but learns a valuable lesson early on. A seemingly nice middle-aged man offers her a ride then takes her into a deserted area where he tries to take advantage of her. She manages to escape but is left in the darkness in the middle of nowhere. She manages to find the main road and eventually reaches a gas station where she sits and plans her next move. It is here she meets Fargo (Parks). Initially wary of his attention they eventually spark up a conversation. Though it appears that Fargo’s intentions are to hustle her for money, she agrees to allow him to help her get to California. However, through run-ins with hobos and the police and a bout of illness while on their journey a close friendship is formed and they begin to have feelings for each other.
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, 2h3
Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Western
Actors John Wayne, James Stewart, Vera Miles, Lee Marvin, Edmond O'Brien, Woody Strode
Roles Townswoman (uncredited)
Rating80% 4.047874.047874.047874.047874.04787
Senator Ransom "Ranse" Stoddard (James Stewart) and his wife Hallie (Vera Miles) arrive by train in the frontier town of Shinbone, in an unnamed western state, to attend the funeral of Tom Doniphon (John Wayne). As they make their way toward the undertaker's establishment to pay their respects to the deceased, a reporter (Joseph Hoover) and his editor, Maxwell Scott (Carleton Young) approach and ask Stoddard to explain why a United States Senator would make the long journey from Washington just to attend the funeral of a local rancher.
Sergeant Rutledge, 1h51
Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime, Western
Themes Films about racism
Actors Woody Strode, Jeffrey Hunter, Constance Towers, Billie Burke, Juano Hernández, Willis Bouchey
Roles Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Rating73% 3.69493.69493.69493.69493.6949
The film revolves around the court-martial of 1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge (Strode), a "Buffalo Soldier" of the 9th U.S. Cavalry. His defense is handled by Lt. Tom Cantrell (Hunter), Rutledge's troop officer. The story is told through a series of flashbacks, expanding the testimony of witnesses as they describe the events following the murder of Rutledge's Commanding Officer, Major Dabney, and the rape and murder of Dabney's daughter, for which Rutledge is the accused.
Duel at Apache Wells, 1h9
Directed by Joseph Kane
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Anna Maria Alberghetti, Ben Cooper, Jim Davis, Harry Shannon, Francis McDonald, Frank Puglia
Roles Mrs. Munn (uncredited)
Rating60% 3.000563.000563.000563.000563.00056
After years of absence, Johnny Shattuck (Ben Cooper) returns home, only to find a gang after his father's ranch and his girlfriend (Anna Maria Alberghetti).
Tall Man Riding, 1h23
Directed by Lesley Selander
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Randolph Scott, Dorothy Malone, Peggie Castle, William Ching, Robert Barrat, John Dehner
Roles Mrs. Henderson (uncredited)
Rating62% 3.1442353.1442353.1442353.1442353.144235
Larry Madden est en quête de vengeance. Il veut évincer le propriétaire d'un ranch Tucker Ordway. Ce dernier l'aurait des années plus tôt humilié en public, et brisé la relation de Madden avec Corinna Ordway, sa fille.
Havana Rose, 1h17
Directed by William Beaudine
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Musical films
Actors Estelita Rodríguez, Bill Williams, Hugh Herbert, Florence Bates, Fortunio Bonanova, Tom Kennedy
Roles Matron
Rating66% 3.3390653.3390653.3390653.3390653.339065
The daughter of a Latin-American ambassador in Washington D.C. accidentally wrecks her father's attempts to secure an important loan agreement. She does everything she can to try to put things right.
Sunset Boulevard, 1h50
Directed by Billy Wilder, Charles C. Coleman, Gerd Oswald
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Noir, Romance
Themes Films about films, Films about writers, Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about television, Mise en scène d'un scénariste, Films about psychiatry
Actors William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Fred Clark
Roles Courtier (uncredited)
Rating83% 4.199394.199394.199394.199394.19939
At a Sunset Boulevard mansion, the body of Joe Gillis floats in the swimming pool. In a flashback, Joe relates the events leading to his death.
Hellfire
Hellfire (1949)
, 1h30
Directed by R. G. Springsteen
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Marie Windsor, Wild Bill Elliott, Forrest Tucker, Jim Davis, H. B. Warner, Paul Fix
Rating66% 3.3334453.3334453.3334453.3334453.333445
Drifting gambler Zeb Smith promises a dying preacher who saved his life that he'll fulfill the preacher's lifelong goal to build a church.
3 Godfathers, 1h46
Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Themes Christmas films, Le désert
Actors John Wayne, Harry Carey, Jr., Pedro Armendáriz, Ward Bond, Mildred Natwick, Jane Darwell
Roles Townswoman (uncredited)
Rating69% 3.497683.497683.497683.497683.49768
Cattle rustlers Robert Hightower (John Wayne), Pedro "Pete" Rocafuerte (Pedro Armendáriz), and William Kearney (Harry Carey, Jr.) rob a bank in the town of Welcome, Arizona, but Kearney suffers a bullet wound and they have to flee into the desert, pursued by the posse of Sheriff Buck Sweet (Ward Bond), who puts a bullet in their water bag. They eventually lose their horses in a desert storm and end up walking. In their search for water, they come across a water hole, which has, however, been destroyed by the misguided efforts of a bumbling tenderfoot. In his covered wagon left nearby lies his wife (actually Sheriff Sweet's niece), who is pregnant and about to give birth. With the help of the trio, she has a boy, whom she names Robert William Pedro after her benefactors. Before dying, she extracts a promise from his three godfathers that they will take care of him. Moved by her plight, the three desperados uphold their promise despite the acute lack of water.
Four Faces West, 1h30
Directed by Alfred E. Green
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Actors Joel McCrea, Joseph Calleia, Frances Dee, Charles Bickford, William Conrad, Dan White
Roles Mrs. Winston
Rating70% 3.533493.533493.533493.533493.53349
Ross McEwen pulls an unusual bank job in the New Mexico town of Santa Maria, taking the banker Frenger with him, then letting him go a few miles away, minus boots but with an I.O.U. for the $2,000 he robbed.
Blackmail
Blackmail (1947)
, 1h7
Directed by Lesley Selander
Origin USA
Genres Action, Crime, Romance
Actors Adele Mara, William Marshall, Ricardo Cortez, Grant Withers, Richard Fraser, Stephanie Bachelor
Roles Mamie, the Maid
Rating55% 2.7962852.7962852.7962852.7962852.796285
A shamus is approached by an entertainment executive to stop a blackmail plot against him.
Robin Hood Of Texas, 1h11
Directed by Lesley Selander
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Gene Autry, Lynne Roberts, Sterling Holloway, Adele Mara, John Kellogg, Ray Walker
Roles Guest
Rating57% 2.861042.861042.861042.861042.86104
Duke Mantel et ses hors-la-loi pillent une banque et s'enfuient, mais Mantel double ses complices en prenant le large avec le butin, et se dirige, par hasard, vers le ranch de Gene Autry, qui, ne sachant rien de ce qui s'est passé, l'accueille cordialement. Mais le reste de la bande retrouve la trace de son chef et attaque le ranch.
Night and Day, 2h8
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Documentary, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Cary Grant, Alexis Smith, Monty Woolley, Mary Martin, Jane Wyman, Dorothy Malone
Roles une infirmière
Rating60% 3.048443.048443.048443.048443.04844
La vie du compositeur américain Cole Porter, depuis ses années à Yale dans les années 10 jusqu'à son apogée durant les années 40.
That Brennan Girl, 1h35
Directed by Alfred Santell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors James Dunn, Mona Freeman, William Marshall, June Duprez, Frank Jenks, Charles Arnt
Roles Miss Novak - Elderly Woman (uncredited)
Rating63% 3.1858253.1858253.1858253.1858253.185825
On Mother's Day, 1946, a woman known as Ziggy Brennan looks back on her life.