Eva Novak

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Eva Novak
Born	14 February 1898 St. Louis, Missouri United States
Died	17 April 1988 Woodland Hills, Los Angeles United States
Years active	1917-1966

Eva Novak (14 February 1898 – 17 April 1988), was an American film actress, being quite popular during the silent film era. She was the sister of actress Jane Novak.

She was born in St. Louis, Missouri, starting her film acting career in 1917, with her first film role being in Roped to Scandal, followed by another seven films that same year. She would appear in seventeen 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 Tom Mix.

In 1921 she married stuntman William Reed, meeting while on location for a film, and being interested in stunt performing herself, having been taught by Tom Mix to perform many of her own stunts. From 1921 to 1928 she appeared in and starred in 48 films. 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 to 1965, retiring in the latter. She was residing in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles at the time of her death from pneumonia, on April 17th, 1988.

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[edit] External links

Eva Novak at the Internet Movie Database
Eva Novak at Find A Grave

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NAME	Novak, Eva
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Actor
DATE OF BIRTH	14 February 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH	St. Louis, Missouri United States
DATE OF DEATH	17 April 1988
PLACE OF DEATH	Woodland Hills, Los Angeles United States