Novak, Ivana


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Novak, Ivana

Post by Emiliano » 08/09/2018, 18:36

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Ivana Novak in La terrificante notte del Demonio (1971)

Ivana Gibilisco, alias Ivana Novak (like Kim Novak), begins to appear on the silver screen in the late sixties in the Franco & Ciccio comedies, passes through the costume drama, than went to horror flick, and ended up acting in the vein of Crime / "poliziotteschi". She often played small but meaningful roles, in which her sensual presence always stood out.

Retired completely from the entertainment world in the late seventies, she had a daughter, Amanda. In the 2010s she worked in a boutique in Rome.

Filmography

1968
  1. Brutti di notte .... Waitress (credited)
  2. I 2 deputati .... Lina, maid of Francesco Grassiani (credited)
  3. Il magnaccio .... Worker in car sales store (uncredited)

    1969
  4. Indovina chi viene a merenda? .... Annelore Bauer (credited)
  5. Zingara .... Gypsy (uncredited)

    1970
  6. Il magnifico Robin Hood .... Marianne (credited)
  7. La belva .... Maud, the farmer (credited)
  8. Satiricosissimo .... Slave of Poppea (credited as Ivana Nowak)

    1971
  9. La terrificante notte del demonio .... Corinne (credited)

    1972
  10. ...e si salvò solo l'aretino Pietro con una mano avanti e l'altra dietro .... Concetta (credited)
  11. Confessioni segrete di un convento di clausura .... Innkeeper's wife (credited)
  12. Continuavano a chiamarli i due piloti più matti del mondo .... Marisa Torricelli (credited)
  13. Io monaca... per tre carogne e sette peccatrici .... Liane Le Clair, one of the female prisoners (credited)
  14. La grande avventura di Scaramouche .... Angela (credited)
  15. La rossa dalla pelle che scotta .... Mala (credited)
  16. Sette orchidee macchiate di rosso .... Asylum nurse (uncredited)

    1973
  17. Giorni d'amore sul filo di una lama .... Giovanna Silva (credited)
  18. Le amorose notti di Alì Babà .... Ibidissan (credited)

    1976
  19. La polizia è sconfitta .... Policewoman disguised as a prostitute (credited)
  20. Le seminariste .... Prefetto's wife (credited)
  21. Napoli violenta .... Undercover policewoman (credited)
  22. Poliziotti violenti .... School teacher (uncredited)

Filmography to check
  • Paolo e Francesca (1969)
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Re: Ivana Novak

Post by Emiliano » 08/09/2018, 18:39

With Didi Perego in I 2 deputati (1968) as Lina, maid of Francesco Grassiani
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Had a blonde wig in Indovina chi viene a merenda? (1968) as Annelore Bauer
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Re: Ivana Novak

Post by Emiliano » 08/09/2018, 18:42

Short uncredited role in Poliziotti violenti (1976) as School teacher
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Re: Ivana Novak

Post by Emiliano » 08/09/2018, 18:44

A more substantial part with many speechs in Le seminariste (1976) as Prefetto's wife
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Re: Ivana Novak

Post by Emiliano » 08/09/2018, 18:48

In Napoli violenta (1976) she plays the part of an undercover policewoman who punches the criminals (and takes a few slaps)
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Re: Ivana Novak

Post by Emiliano » 08/09/2018, 18:53

In La polizia è sconfitta (1977) she plays again the part of an undercover policewoman and has an exchange of slaps with Nello Pazzafini. This is probably her last known role.
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Re: Ivana Novak

Post by Emiliano » 08/09/2018, 18:58

Again in her memorable role in La terrificante notte del demonio (1971) as Corinne, the bisexual lover
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Re: Ivana Novak

Post by Emiliano » 08/09/2018, 19:06

Ivana in these days (2016) from her public Facebook profile.
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Re: Ivana Novak

Post by mortimer » 10/09/2018, 12:37

An uncredited early role of Ivana as a car shop worker in Il magnaccio (1969).
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Re: Ivana Novak

Post by Emiliano » 10/09/2018, 14:20

An important role with Farley Granger in La rossa dalla pelle che scotta (1972) as Mala
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