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Éva Márta Szőke Ivanovics (18 June 19271 August 1998), known professionally as Eva Bartok, was a Hungarian-British actress. She began acting in films in 1950, and her last credited appearance was in 1966. She acted in more than 40 American, British, German, Hungarian, French, and Israeli films. She is best known for appearances in ''
Blood and Black Lace ''Blood and Black Lace'' () is a 1964 '' giallo'' film directed by Mario Bava and starring Eva Bartok and Cameron Mitchell. The story concerns the brutal murders of a Roman fashion house's models, committed by a masked killer in a desperate ...
'', ''
The Crimson Pirate ''The Crimson Pirate'' is a 1952 Technicolor comedy-adventure film from Warner Bros. produced by Norman Deming and Harold Hecht, directed by Robert Siodmak, and starring Burt Lancaster, who also co-produced with Deming and Hecht. Co-starring in ...
'', ''
Operation Amsterdam ''Operation Amsterdam'' is a 1959 black and white British action film, directed by Michael McCarthy (film director), Michael McCarthy, and featuring Peter Finch, Eva Bartok and Tony Britton. It is based on a true story as described in the book ' ...
'', and ''
Ten Thousand Bedrooms ''Ten Thousand Bedrooms'' is a 1957 American romantic comedy film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Dean Martin, Anna Maria Alberghetti and Eva Bartok. Shot in Metrocolor and CinemaScope, it was Martin's first film in the wake of the dis ...
''.


Early life

Bartok was born Éva Márta Szőke Ivanovics in
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, Hungary, to a
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father and a Catholic mother. As a young child, she performed in school productions from the age of six, and later in charity events and for wounded soldiers during the
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. Following the outbreak of the war, her father stayed in
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. Bartok and her mother moved to live in Kecskemét, to the south of the city, where her mother had relatives. Her father would visit them on Sundays, but later disappeared without a trace during the Nazi period. To avoid persecution as the daughter of a Jewish father, the teenage Bartok was forced aged 15 to gain protection by marrying Géza Kovács, a Hungarian officer who had Nazi connections. Kovács disappeared following the occupation of Hungary by the Communists. Bartok was able to get her marriage
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, on the grounds of
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of a minor.


Career

Following the end of the Second World War, Bartok decided to enter the acting profession, and successfully sat an examination at the Drama Centre in Budapest. One of the examiners was the director of the prominent Belvárosi Szinház theatre, and he was impressed enough to, in 1945, offer Bartok a three-year contract. She made her professional debut in a performance of J. B. Priestley's ''A Conway család'' (''
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''), which ran at the Belvárosi Szinház for three months. She also performed at the Nemzeti Kamara in 1947. She then performed in Gáspár Margit's ''Új Isten Thébában'' (''New God in Thebes'') in 1946, followed by
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's drama ''Hullámzó vőlegény'' in 1947,
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's ''Androkles és az oroszlánok'' ('' Androcles and the Lion''), and
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's ''A tisztességtudó utcalány'' (''
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''). She first appeared in front of the camera in the 1947 Hungarian film ''
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'' which was banned by the communist censors for political reasons. Feeling threatened and persecuted by the new
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regime in Hungary, she asked for help from Hollywood-based Hungarian producer Alexander Paal, who had been a friend of her father. Paal arranged a "passport marriage", and took her to London. Bartok was later able to smuggle her mother out of Hungary, via Austria and Germany, to eventually settle her in France. As one of its producers, Paal was able to arrange for Bartok to appear in the British-Italian international co-production drama film ''
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'' (which was released as ''A Tale of Five Women'' in the US). It was filmed in 1948, but due to financial difficulties, it was not released until 1951. As her surname would have been an hindrance to Western audiences, she changed her professional name to "Bartok", after the well-known Hungarian composer
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. After divorcing Paal, Eva was introduced though the Hungarian expatriate community to fellow emigre
Alexander Korda Sir Alexander Korda (; born Sándor László Kellner; ; 16 September 1893 – 23 January 1956)
, who arranged for her to be put under contract to
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. She received a small salary of £80 a month, and received the opportunity to audition for the studio's various film projects. At the same time, she undertook English language lessons. To assist in gaining parts on the advice of theatrical publicity agent William Wordsworth (who later became her third husband), she attracted attention by attending theatre premieres. As she had little money, she made most of her own dresses, displaying a flair for doing much with little. Bartok came to the attention of an Italian stage producer who was in London looking for an English actress. He asked her to join his company with the provision that she could learn enough Italian in three weeks to perform a monologue in a variety show that incorporated singing, dancing, comedians, magicians, acrobats and novelty acts. With Korda's permission Bartok flew to Rome to join the show's rehearsals prior to the show opening in December 1951 at the Teatro Manzoni in Milan. The show was a success and over the following four months there were performances in Florence, Venice, Genoa and other cities, ending with a six-week long run in Rome at the Teatro Quirino. In 1951, ''A Tale of Five Cities'' was finally released in the United Kingdom. It was seen by actor-producer
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and director
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, who were visiting England, looking for an actress to play opposite Lancaster as his romantic interest, Consuelo, in the upcoming production of the comedy-adventure film ''
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''. Impressed by Bartok's performance and appearance, they telegraphed her in Italy, asking for her to attend a screen test. Bartok, by now wary of countless unsuccessful auditions, replied: "No test. Send script." To her surprise, she was offered the role, and was asked to report for location shooting on the island of
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. In total, she spent over three months working on the project. Also in 1952, Bartok appeared alongside Richard Todd in ''
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''. The success of ''The Crimson Pirate'' bought Bartok numerous role offers, though most were either in "B" movies and German-language movies. In 1953, Bartok made her first German film, '' Rummelplatz Der Liebe (Circus of Love)'', starring opposite actor
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. Their on-screen chemistry led to a demand for more collaborations, which came one after another in rapid succession: ''
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'', ''Meines Vaters Pferde I. Teil Lena und Nicoline'', and ''
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''. In 1955, Bartok acted on the stage in ''The Lovers'', at the Opera House in Manchester, England. Directed by
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, it was an adaptation and translation of
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's novel, ''
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'', by Marcelle Maurette. In 1957, Bartok appeared in the musical ''
Ten Thousand Bedrooms ''Ten Thousand Bedrooms'' is a 1957 American romantic comedy film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Dean Martin, Anna Maria Alberghetti and Eva Bartok. Shot in Metrocolor and CinemaScope, it was Martin's first film in the wake of the dis ...
'', opposite
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. The movie was filmed in Italy and in Hollywood, and for a time, she resided in Los Angeles. Following that production, her best-known roles were in ''
The Doctor of Stalingrad ''The Doctor of Stalingrad'' ( also known as ''Battle Inferno'') is a 1958 German drama film directed by Géza von Radványi and starring O.E. Hasse, Eva Bartok and Hannes Messemer. It is an adaptation of the 1956 novel '' The Doctor of Stalingr ...
'', which was released in 1958, and in 1961's ', opposite
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. In 1955, Bartok published a novel, ''Fighting Shadows'', and in 1959, an autobiography, ''Worth Living For''.


Later life

Bartok had been introduced to the philosophy of
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, while being treated for ovarian cancer in the late 1950s. As her career declined in the mid-1960s, she began spending more and more involvement with the spiritual movement, and ended up spending three years studying Subud principles near Jakarta, Indonesia. She later taught its philosophy in a school she opened in Honolulu. In the last years of her life, she lived as a permanent paying guest in a small London hotel. She died on 1 August 1998 at St. Charles's Hospital in London.


Personal life

Bartok was married from 1944 to Hungarian officer Géza Kovács, until it was
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after the Second World War, on the grounds of
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of a minor. Her second husband was the producer Alexander Paal, who had assisted her in her escape from Hungary in 1948. They divorced in 1951. She acquired British citizenship through her third marriage to English theatrical publicity agent William "Bill" Wordsworth in 1952. Wordsworth was the great-great-grandson of the poet of the same name. That marriage fell apart, with him claiming that she had deserted him within a month of their marriage, to move to Rome to make a movie in 1952, but the divorce was not finalised until 7 March 1955, with Bartok not contesting Wordsworth's application. She met the British aristocrat
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, at a London dinner in 1952. They embarked on a high-profile relationship that lasted for several years. Romaine, Marchioness of Milford Haven, cited Bartok in her divorce petition. Mountbatten was prominent part in the London demi-monde of the 1950s, which brought together a colourful mix of aristocrats and shadowy social climbers, such as osteopath
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. Her relationship with Mountbatten ended after Bartok began a relationship with German actor
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when they acted in a movie together in Germany. Amidst great media interest, she married Jürgens on 13 August 1955 in
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, Germany. It was Jürgens's third marriage. They divorced on 6 November 1956. Shortly after her marriage to Jürgens had ended, Bartok gave birth to a daughter, Deana, in London, on 7 October 1957. Three decades later, Bartok claimed Deana's biological father was actually
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, as a result of a very brief affair in 1956 with him, following the break-up of Sinatra's marriage to
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. Bartok had first met Frank Sinatra at a party while she was in Hollywood in 1955, while appearing in the film ''
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'', alongside
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. Sinatra never acknowledged that he was the father. In 1980, Bartok married her fifth husband, the American producer Dag Molin, and lived with him in Los Angeles until their divorce in 1983.


Selected filmography

* ''
Prophet of the Fields ''Prophet of the Fields'' (Hungarian: ''Mezei próféta'') is a 1947 Hungarian drama film directed by Frigyes Bán and starring Eva Bartok, Árpád Lehotay and Gyula Benkö. It was made with the backing of the National Peasant Party and based o ...
'' (1947) *'' Madeleine'' (1950) Uncredited. *''
A Tale of Five Cities ''A Tale of Five Cities'' ( and released as ''A Tale of Five Women'' in the US) is a 1951 British-Italian international co-production comedy drama film directed by Romolo Marcellini, Emil E. Reinert, Wolfgang Staudte, Montgomery Tully, Irma ...
'' (1951) It had the alternative titles of ''Passaporto per l'oriente'' in Italy and ''A Tale of Five Women'' in the United States. *''
The Crimson Pirate ''The Crimson Pirate'' is a 1952 Technicolor comedy-adventure film from Warner Bros. produced by Norman Deming and Harold Hecht, directed by Robert Siodmak, and starring Burt Lancaster, who also co-produced with Deming and Hecht. Co-starring in ...
'' (1952) *''
Venetian Bird ''Venetian Bird'' (U.S. title ''The Assassin'') is a 1952 British thriller film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Richard Todd, Eva Bartok and John Gregson. The screenplay was adapted by Victor Canning from his 1950 Venetian Bird (novel), no ...
'' (1952). Released in the US as ''The Assassin''. *''
Spaceways ''Spaceways'' is a 1953 British science fiction murder mystery directed by Terence Fisher and starring Howard Duff, Eva Bartok and Alan Wheatley. It was produced by Michael Carreras for Hammer Film Productions Ltd. and Lippert Productions Inc ...
'' (1953) *''
Park Plaza 605 ''Park Plaza 605'' (U.S. title: ''Norman Conquest'') is a 1953 British second feature ('B') crime film directed by Bernard Knowles and starring Tom Conway, Eva Bartok, and Joy Shelton. It was written by Bertram Oster, Albert Fennell, Knowles ...
'' (1953). Also known as ''Norman Conquest''. *''
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'' (1953) Filmed in German under the title ''Der letzte Walzer''. *''
Circus of Love ''Circus of Love'' () is a 1954 drama film directed by Kurt Neumann and starring Eva Bartok, Curd Jürgens and Bernhard Wicki.Hayes p.152 It was made as a co-production between West Germany and the United States. It premiered at the Berlin Inter ...
'' (1954) Filmed in German under the title ''Rummelplatz Der Liebe''. *''Meines Vaters Pferde I. Teil Lena und Nicoline'' (1954) *''
Front Page Story ''Front Page Story'' (also known as ''Behind the Headlines'') is a 1954 British drama film directed by Gordon Parry and starring Jack Hawkins, Elizabeth Allan and Eva Bartok. It was written by Jack Howells and Jay Lewis. Plot Grant is a hard ...
'' (1954) *'' Victoria and Her Hussar'' (1954). Filmed in German under the title ''Victoria und ihr Husar''. *''
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'' (1954) *''
Break in the Circle ''Break in the Circle'' is a 1955 British crime film directed by Val Guest and starring Forrest Tucker, Eva Bartok, Marius Goring, Arnold Marle and Guy Middleton. It was written by Guest based on the 1951 novel ''Break in The Circle'' by Robin ...
'' (1955) *''
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'' (1955). Released in German with title ''Von Himmel Gefallen''. *'' Dunja'' (English: ''Her Crime Was Love'', 1955) *''
The Gamma People ''The Gamma People'' is a 1956 British-American black-and-white science fiction film, produced by John Gossage, directed by John Gilling, that stars Paul Douglas, Eva Bartok, and Leslie Phillips. The film, shot in Imst, Austria, was distributed ...
'' (1956) *''
Without You All Is Darkness ''Without You All Is Darkness'' (German: ''Ohne dich wird es Nacht'') is a 1956 West German drama film directed by and starring Curd Jürgens.DeGrazia & Furlough p.361 Eva Bartok, René Deltgen and Ursula Grabley also star. The film's sets were de ...
'' (1956). Filmed in German under the title '' Ohne dich wird es Nacht)''. *''
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'' (1956). Filmed in German under the title ''Durch die Wälder, durch die Auen''. *''
Ten Thousand Bedrooms ''Ten Thousand Bedrooms'' is a 1957 American romantic comedy film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Dean Martin, Anna Maria Alberghetti and Eva Bartok. Shot in Metrocolor and CinemaScope, it was Martin's first film in the wake of the dis ...
'' (1957) *''
The Doctor of Stalingrad ''The Doctor of Stalingrad'' ( also known as ''Battle Inferno'') is a 1958 German drama film directed by Géza von Radványi and starring O.E. Hasse, Eva Bartok and Hannes Messemer. It is an adaptation of the 1956 novel '' The Doctor of Stalingr ...
'' (1958). Filmed in German under the title ''Der Arzt von Stalingrad''. *' (a.k.a. ''Naked in the Night'', 1958) *''
Operation Amsterdam ''Operation Amsterdam'' is a 1959 black and white British action film, directed by Michael McCarthy (film director), Michael McCarthy, and featuring Peter Finch, Eva Bartok and Tony Britton. It is based on a true story as described in the book ' ...
'' (1959) *'' Twelve Hours by the Clock'' (1959) *''
SOS Pacific ''SOS Pacific'' is a 1959 British adventure drama film directed by Guy Green and starring Richard Attenborough, Pier Angeli, John Gregson, Eva Bartok and Eddie Constantine. The film was shot in black and white, but later underwent colourisatio ...
'' (1959) *''Ein Student ging vorbei'' (1960) *'' Beyond the Curtain'' (1960) *' (1960) *'' Blind Justice'' (1961). Filmed in German under the title ''Unter Ausschluß der Öffentlichkeit''. *' (1961) *' (1961) *' (English: ''Marriage Bureau Aurora'', 1962) *''Avventura al motel'' (1963) *''Ferien wie noch nie'' (1963) *''
Blood and Black Lace ''Blood and Black Lace'' () is a 1964 '' giallo'' film directed by Mario Bava and starring Eva Bartok and Cameron Mitchell. The story concerns the brutal murders of a Roman fashion house's models, committed by a masked killer in a desperate ...
'' (1964) *''Sabina'' (1966)


References


Further reading

* Discusses Bartok at some length. * *


External links

*
A tribute to Eva Bartok


cover story of ''
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'', 21 July 1954 {{DEFAULTSORT:Bartok, Eva 1927 births 1998 deaths Hungarian emigrants to England Hungarian film actresses Hungarian Subud members 20th-century Hungarian actresses Age controversies British film actresses 20th-century British actresses British people of Hungarian-Jewish descent Hungarian people of Jewish descent British expatriate actresses in the United States English expatriates in Indonesia