Novak, Ivana

Post by **Emiliano** » 08/09/2018, 18:36

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 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.

Filmography

1968

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Filmography to check

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

Post by **Emiliano** » 08/09/2018, 18:39

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, 18:42

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

Post by **Emiliano** » 08/09/2018, 18:44

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

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)

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.