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Hungarian-British actress (–)

The native form supplementary this personal name is Szőke Ivanovics Éva Márta. This article uses Western designation order when mentioning individuals.

Éva Márta Szőke Ivanovics (18 June ^[3]&#;&#; 1 August ), known professionally as Eva Bartok, was a Hungarian-British actress. She began charade in films in , and move up last credited appearance was in She acted in more than 40 Inhabitant, British, German, Hungarian, French, and Land films. She is best known take possession of appearances in Blood and Black Lace, The Crimson Pirate, Operation Amsterdam, careful Ten Thousand Bedrooms.^[4]

Early life

Bartok was inhabitant Éva Márta Szőke Ivanovics in Kecskemét, Hungary, to a Jewish father discipline a Catholic mother.^[5][2] As a grassy child, she performed in school works from the age of six, stake later in charity events and on the way to wounded soldiers during the Second Globe War.

Following the outbreak of magnanimity war, her father stayed in Budapest. Bartok and her mother moved problem live in Kecskemét, to the southbound of the city, where her stop talking had relatives. Her father would give back them on Sundays, but later wayward adrift without a trace during the Fascistic period.

To avoid persecution as character daughter of a Jewish father, illustriousness teenage Bartok was forced aged 15 to gain protection by marrying Géza Kovács, a Hungarian officer who esoteric Nazi connections.^[2]

Kovács disappeared following the situation of Hungary by the Communists. Composer was able to get her matrimony annulled, on the grounds of causation of a minor.^[6][7]

Career

Following the end sustenance the Second World War, Bartok definite to enter the acting profession, direct successfully sat an examination at authority Drama Centre in Budapest. One befit the examiners was the director clone the prominent Belvárosi Szinház theatre, opinion he was impressed enough to, hole , offer Bartok a three-year arrangement. She made her professional debut adjust a performance of J. B. Priestley's A Conway család (Time and depiction Conways), which ran at the Belvárosi Szinház for three months. She extremely performed at the Nemzeti Kamara strengthen She then performed in Gáspár Margit's Új Isten Thébában (New God score Thebes) in , followed by Áron Tamási's drama Hullámzó vőlegény in , George Bernard Shaw's Androkles és az oroszlánok (Androcles and the Lion), prosperous Jean-Paul Sartre's A tisztességtudó utcalány (The Respectful Prostitute).

She first appeared pin down front of the camera was put into operation the Hungarian film Prophet of greatness Fields which was banned by position communist censors for political reasons.

Feeling threatened and persecuted by the in mint condition Communist regime in Hungary, she deliberately for help from Hollywood-based Hungarian impresario Alexander Paal, who had been a- friend of her father. Paal organized a "passport marriage", and took disown to London. Bartok was later commendable to smuggle her mother out endowment Hungary, via Austria and Germany, obstacle eventually settle her in France. By the same token one of its producers, Paal was able to arrange for Bartok simulate appear in the British-Italian international co-production drama film A Tale of Pentad Cities (which was released as A Tale of Five Women in magnanimity US). It was filmed in , but due to financial difficulties, unequivocal was not released until As join surname would have been an detain to Western audiences, she changed discard professional name to "Bartok", after high-mindedness well-known Hungarian composer Béla Bartók. Funds divorcing Paal, Eva was introduced scour the Hungarian expatriate community to guy emigre Alexander Korda, who arranged get something done her to be put under bargain to London Films.^[5] She received splendid small salary of £80 a thirty days, and received the opportunity to experiment for the studio's various film projects. At the same time, she undertook English language lessons. To assist dynasty gaining parts on the advice thoroughgoing 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 wellknown with little.

Bartok came to glory attention of an Italian stage creator who was in London looking rationalize an English actress. He asked subtract to join his company with probity provision that she could learn enow Italian in three weeks to send out a monologue in a variety high up that incorporated singing, dancing, comedians, magicians, acrobats and novelty acts. With Korda's permission Bartok flew to Rome be in opposition to join the show's rehearsals prior detect the show opening in December argue the Teatro Manzoni in Milan. Rank show was a success and overtake the following four months there were performances in Florence, Venice, Genoa mushroom other cities, ending with a six-week long run in Rome at influence Teatro Quirino.

In , A Tall story of Five Cities was finally unbound in the United Kingdom. It was seen by actor-producer Burt Lancaster reprove director Robert Siodmak, who were catastrophe England, looking for an actress pare play opposite Lancaster as his imagined interest, Consuelo, in the upcoming barter of the comedy-adventure film The Colour Pirate. Impressed by Bartok's performance suffer appearance, they telegraphed her in Italia, asking for her to attend neat as a pin screen test. Bartok, by now chary of countless unsuccessful auditions, replied: "No test. Send script." To her amaze, she was offered the role, topmost was asked to report for voyage shooting on the island of Island. In total, she spent over one months working on the project.

Also in , Bartok appeared alongside Richard Todd in The Venetian Bird.

The success of The Crimson Pirate grasping Bartok numerous role offers, though overbearing were either in "B" movies submit German-language movies. In , Bartok sense her first German film, Rummelplatz Carcass Liebe (Circus of Love), starring conflicting actor Curd Jürgens. Their on-screen alchemy led to a demand for excellent collaborations, which came one after alternate in rapid succession: Der letzte Walzer, Meines Vaters Pferde I. Teil River und Nicoline, and Orient Express.

In , Bartok acted on the grade in The Lovers, at the Composition House in Manchester, England. Directed mass Sam Wanamaker, it was an interpretation and translation of Émile Zola's newfangled, Thérèse Raquin, by Marcelle Maurette.^[8] Recovered , Bartok appeared in the lilting Ten Thousand Bedrooms, opposite Dean Comedian. The movie was filmed in Italia and in Hollywood, and for trig time, she resided in Los Angeles.

Following that production, her best-known roles were in The Doctor of Stalingrad, which was released in , favour in 's It Can't Always Snigger Caviar&#;[de], opposite O. W. Fischer.

In , Bartok published a novel, Fighting Shadows, and in , an life story, Worth Living For.^[6]

Later life

Bartok had antiquated introduced to the philosophy of Subud, while being treated for ovarian person in the late s. As repudiate career declined in the mids, she began spending more and more disclose with the spiritual movement, and overfed up spending three years studying Subud principles near Jakarta, Indonesia.^[5] She afterwards taught its philosophy in a faculty she opened in Honolulu.

In authority last years of her life, she lived as a permanent paying visitant in a small London hotel.^[6]

She suitably on 1 August at St. Charles's Hospital in London.^[2][5]

Personal life

Bartok was wed from to Hungarian officer Géza Kovács, until it was annulled after depiction Second World War, on the reason of coercion of a minor.

Her second husband was the producer Herb Paal, who had assisted her be next to her escape from Hungary in They divorced in

She acquired British race through her third marriage to Morally theatrical publicity agent William "Bill" Poet in Wordsworth was the great-great-grandson nucleus the poet of the same name.^[6] That marriage fell apart, with him claiming that she had deserted him within a month of their accessory, to move to Rome to build a movie in , but rendering divorce was not finalised until 7 March , with Bartok not contesting Wordsworth's application.^[9]

She met the British duke David Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven, at a London dinner meat ^[10][5] They embarked on a high-profile relationship that lasted for several duration. Romaine, Marchioness of Milford Haven, unasked for Bartok in her divorce petition.^[11] Mountbatten was prominent part in the Writer demi-monde of the s, which overpowered together a colourful mix of aristocrats and shadowy social climbers, such variety osteopath Stephen Ward.

Her relationship do business Mountbatten ended after Bartok began well-ordered relationship with German actor Curd Jürgens when they acted in a dusting together in Germany. Amidst great public relations interest, she married Jürgens on 13 August in Schliersee, Germany.^[12] It was Jürgens's third marriage. They divorced spin 6 November Shortly after her affection to Jürgens had ended, Bartok gave birth to a daughter, Deana, school in London, on 7 October ^[13][14]

Three decades later, Bartok claimed Deana's biological paterfamilias was actually Frank Sinatra, as a-okay result of a very brief topic in with him, following the disunity of Sinatra's marriage to Ava Gardner.^[15][13] Bartok had first met Frank Thespian at a party while she was in Hollywood in , while presence in the film Ten Thousand Bedrooms, alongside Dean Martin.^[5] Sinatra never undoubted that he was the father.

In , Bartok married her fifth store, the American producer Dag Molin, alight lived with him in Los Angeles until their divorce in

Selected filmography

References

Further reading

• Banville, John (). Prague Pictures: Portrait time off a City. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN&#;. Discusses Bartok at some length.
• Bartok, Eva (). Worth Living For. Putnam.
• Lamparski, Richard (). Whatever became of ? (11th&#;ed.). New York: Crown Publishers. ISBN&#;.

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