Portrait of Jane Novak

Acting

Jane Novak

Career

Active from 1914 to 1942, busiest in 1916 with 9 main titles.

Leading roles
54
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Poster for Behind the Door
Behind the Door
GoodWatch score71/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 5 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Jane Novak Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.0, average 5.4
  • Tech & Humanity
    0.0, average 1.6
  • Fantasy
    0.6, average 1.7
  • Biographical
    0.0, average 1.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Early Cinema 6
  • Historical Drama 5
  • Silent Film Era 4
  • Historical Setting 3
  • Silent Era Romance 3
  • Melodrama 3
  • Silent Film 3
  • Intrigue 2
  • Class Conflict 2
  • Melodramatic 2
  • Social Injustice 2
  • Progressive Era 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

74
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1950s

2 titles ยท average score 75
Scared Stiff
Scared Stiff (1953)
GoodWatch score 69

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

The Furies
The Furies (1950)
GoodWatch score 82

as Party Guest (uncredited)

1940s

6 titles ยท average score 72
The File on Thelma Jordon
The File on Thelma Jordon (1949)
GoodWatch score 67

as Mrs. Blackwell

Desert Fury
Desert Fury (1947)
GoodWatch score 65

as Mrs. Lindquist

Man of Courage
Man of Courage (1943)

as Mrs. Black

Gallant Lady
Gallant Lady (1942)

as Lucy Walker

The Yanks Are Coming
The Yanks Are Coming (1942)

as Flora

Foreign Correspondent
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
GoodWatch score 83

as Miss Benson (uncredited)

1930s

2 titles
Ghost Town
Ghost Town (1936)

as Rose

Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood Boulevard (1936)

as Mrs. Steinman

1920s

29 titles ยท average score 67
Redskin
Redskin (1929)
GoodWatch score 65

as Judith Stearns

Closed Gates
Closed Gates (1927)

as Alice Winston

The Danger Signal
The Danger Signal (1926)

as Mary Browning

Whispering Canyon
Whispering Canyon (1926)

as Antonia Lee

The Blackguard
The Blackguard (1925)

as Princess Marie Idourska

The Prude's Fall
The Prude's Fall (1925)

as Beatrice Audley

Lazybones
Lazybones (1925)
GoodWatch score 70

as Agnes Fanning

Jealous Husbands
Jealous Husbands (1923)

as Alice Martinez

The Snowshoe Trail
The Snowshoe Trail (1922)

as Virginia Tremont

Thelma
Thelma (1922)

as Thelma Guildmar

Three Word Brand
Three Word Brand (1921)

as Ethel Barton

Isobel or the Trail's End
Isobel or the Trail's End (1920)

as Isobel Dean

1910s

35 titles ยท average score 67
Behind the Door
Behind the Door (1919)
GoodWatch score 71

as Alice Morse

Wagon Tracks
Wagon Tracks (1919)
GoodWatch score 64

as Jane Washburn

The Money Corral
The Money Corral (1919)

as Rose

Treat 'Em Rough
Treat 'Em Rough (1919)

as Mary Radford

His Debt
His Debt (1919)

as Gloria Manning

Selfish Yates
Selfish Yates (1918)

as Mary Adams

The Tiger Man
The Tiger Man (1918)

as Ruth Ingram

The Temple Of Dusk
The Temple Of Dusk (1918)

as Ruth Vale

Just Nuts
Just Nuts (1915)

as The Pretty Girl

A Little Brother of the Rich
A Little Brother of the Rich (1915)

as Sylvia Castle

Willie Runs the Park
Willie Runs the Park (1915)

as The Pretty Girl

Graft
Graft (1915)

as Dorothy Maxwell