Ivana Novak

Post by **Emiliano** » 08/09/2018, 16:36

Ivana Novak in La terrificante notte del Demonio (1971)

With a pretty face, big and expressive green eyes and her typical swollen hair, the gorgeous Ivana Gibilisco, alias Ivana Novak (like Kim Novak), began at the cinema in the Sixties with the comedies of Franco & Ciccio, passes through the costume drama, than went to horror flick, and ended up acting in the vein of the "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.^[1]

^{[1] my personal searches}

FILMOGRAPHY

1968

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

1969
Indovina chi viene a merenda? (credited) .... Annelore Bauer
Satiricosissimo (as Ivana Nowak) .... Servant of Poppea
Zingara (uncredited) .... Gypsy

1970
Il magnifico Robin Hood (credited) .... Marianne
La belva (credited) .... Maud, the farmer

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

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

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

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

FILMOGRAPHY TO CHECK

Paolo e Francesca (1969)
Io monaca... per tre carogne e sette peccatrici (1972)

Post by **Emiliano** » 08/09/2018, 16:39

Early roles in Brutti di notte (1968) as Waitress

With Didi Perego in I 2 deputati (1968) as Lina, maid of Francesco Grassiani

Had a blonde wig in Indovina chi viene a merenda? (1968) as Annelore Bauer

Almost an appearance in Satiricosissimo (1970) as Servant of Poppea

Post by **Emiliano** » 08/09/2018, 16:42

Short uncredited role in Poliziotti violenti (1976) as School teacher

Post by **Emiliano** » 08/09/2018, 16:44

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

Post by **Emiliano** » 08/09/2018, 16:48

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

Post by **Emiliano** » 08/09/2018, 16:53

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.