Jane Novak

Jane Novak was an American actress of the silent film era. She was the sister of actress Eva Novak, and niece of actress Anne Schaefer.

Jane Novak was born Johana B. Novak in St. Louis, Missouri to Bohemian immigrant Joseph Novak and wife Barbara. Her father died when she was a child and her mother was left to raisechildren. Novak attended School Sisters of Notre Dame convent school in St. Louis, but ran away with a friend with whom she created a vaudeville act. Although she returned home her aunt, actress Anne Schaefer, invited her to California where she began acting in motion pictures in 1913 at the age of 17. The actress began in a stage stock company with her uncle in St. Louis. Novaks career extended into the sound film medium, appeared in a total of 115 movies in her career.

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