Actress. The sister of actress Jane Novak, she got her start in the early 1920s as one of Mack Sennett’s bathing beauties. Later she appeared opposite William S. Hart and continued doing her own stuntwork until 1921 when she married director/stuntman William Reed. With the advent of sound, Novak’s popularity faded, finishing out her career in Australia with her husband. She returned occasionally but almost unnoticeably in small, highly obscure character parts. (bio by: MC)