Eva Bartok

Born in a suburb of Budapest, Eva Bartok left her bourgeois surroundings when she married at the age of 15 (the first of four unions: later husbands included producer Alexander Paal and actor Curt Jurgens). Making her Hungarian film debut in 1947, Bartok appeared in her next film, the English A Tale of Five Women, three years later. She went on to play decorative leading ladies in the films of several nations, including the U.S.A. Her most famous Hollywood screen role was vis-à-vis Burt Lancaster in The Crimson Pirate. After penning her kiss-and-tell autobiography Worth Living For in 1959, Eva Bartok made only three more low-budget films before retiring to Indonesia. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

• Also Credited As:
  Eva Martha Sjoke
• Born:
  June 18, 1926 in Kecskemet, Hungary
• Died:
  August 1, 1998.
• Job Titles:
  Actor, Writer

Significant Others

• Companion: Frank Sinatra. had relationship in 1956
• Companion: . had five-year on-again, off-again relationship

Milestones

• 1941 Married at age 15 (date approximate)
• 1947 Film acting debut
• 1948 Moved to London; changed name to Eva Bartok
• 1952 Acted with Burt Lancaster in the adventure film "The Crimson Pirate"
• 1954 Acted in the British drama "Front Page Story"
• 1954 Starred opposite Curt Jurgens in the West German drama "Rummelplatz der Liebe/Circus of Love"
• 1955 Starred opposite Joseph Cotten in the West German-American comedy co-production "Special Delivery"
• 1956 Appeared on the CBS court dramatization program "On Trial" hosted by Joseph Cotten
• 1956 Starred in the Dean Martin musical comedy "Ten Thousand Bedrooms"
• 1956 Starred opposite Paul Douglas in the sci-fi drama "The Gamma People"
• 1957 Played Baroness Vera Opalinski in the West German war romance "Der Letzte Walzer/The Last Waltz"
• 1958 Acted opposite Curt Jurgens in the West German melodrama "Ohne Dich Wird es Nacht"
• 1959 Starred with Peter Finch in the war film "Operation Amsterdam"
• 1964 Starred in the French/Italian/West German stalker crime drama "Blood and Black Lace"
• Gave up acting to study with the Pak Subuh sect in Indonesia
• Imprisoned in a concentration camp during World War II
• Ran an arts center in Los Angeles and a gallery in San Francisco
• Returned to London in the early 1980's where she remained until her death in 1998
• Taught philosophy in a school she opened in Honolulu