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{{eastern name order|Szőke Ivanovics Éva Márta
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{{Infobox person
| name = Eva Bartok
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| birth_name = Éva Márta Szőke Ivanovics
| birth_date = {{birth date|1927|06|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[
| death_date = {{death date and age|1998|08|01|1927|06|18|df=y}}
| death_place = [[London]], England
| yearsactive = 1947–1966
| occupation = Actress
| spouse = {{Nowrap|Géza Kovács (annulled)<br/>[[Alexander Paal]] (1948–1950; divorced)<br/>William Wordsworth (1951–1955; divorced)<br/>[[Curd Jürgens]] (1955–1956; divorced)<br/> Dag Molin (1980–1983; divorced)<ref>{{cite web |last= Weikard |first= André |title=
| partner = [[Frank Sinatra]]<ref name=Vallance /><br/>[[David Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven]]
| children =
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'''Éva Márta Szőke Ivanovics''' (18 June 1927<ref>Some sources cite 1926, 1928, or 1929 as possible years of birth.</ref>{{spaced ndash}}1 August 1998), known professionally as '''Eva Bartok''', was a
==Early life==
Bartok was born Éva Márta Szőke Ivanovics in
Following the outbreak of the war, her father stayed in [[Budapest]]. 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
Kovács disappeared following the occupation of
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Following the end of the Second World War, Bartok decided to enter the acting profession, and successfully sat an
She then performed in Gáspár
She first appeared in front of the camera was in the 1947 Hungarian film ''
Feeling threatened and persecuted by the new [[Communism|Communist]] 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.
To assist in gaining parts on the advice of theatrical publicity agent William Wordsworth
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
In 1951, ''A Tale of Five Cities'' was finally released in the United Kingdom.
Also in 1952, Bartok appeared alongside Richard Todd in ''[[The Venetian Bird]]''.
The success of ''The Crimson Pirate'' bought Bartok numerous role offers, though most were either in
In 1955, Bartok acted on the stage in ''The Lovers'', at the Opera House in Manchester, England. Directed by [[Sam Wanamaker]], it was an adaptation and translation of [[Émile Zola]]'s novel, ''[[Thérèse Raquin]]'', by Marcelle Maurette.<ref name=IMDb>{{cite web |title= Eva Bartok |publisher=
In 1957, Bartok appeared in the musical ''[[Ten Thousand Bedrooms]]'', opposite [[Dean Martin]]. The movie was filmed in Italy and in Hollywood, and for a time, she resided in Los Angeles.
Following that production, her best
In 1955, Bartok published a novel, ''Fighting Shadows'', and in 1959, an autobiography, ''Worth Living For''.<ref name=LATimes/>▼
==Later life==
Bartok had been introduced to the philosophy of the [[Subud]] sect, 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 sect, and ended up spending three years studying with the sect near Jakarta, Indonesia.<ref name=AP/> 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.<ref name=LATimes>{{cite web |last= Oliver |first= Myrna |title= Eva Bartok; Acted in U.S., Foreign Films |
She died on 1 August 1998 at St. Charles's Hospital in London.<ref name=Vallance/><ref name=AP/>
▲In 1955 Bartok published a novel, ''Fighting Shadows'' and in 1959 an autobiography, ''Worth Living For''.<ref name=LATimes/>
==Personal life==
[[File:Eva Bartok 1958.jpg|thumb|Bartok with daughter, Deana Jürgens (1958)]]▼
Bartok was married from 1944 to Hungarian officer Géza Kovács, until it was [[annulment|annulled]] after the Second World War, on the grounds of [[coercion]] 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.<ref name=LATimes/> 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
She met the British aristocrat [[David Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven]], at a London dinner in 1952.<ref
Her relationship with Mountbatten ended after Bartok began a relationship with German actor [[Curd Jürgens]] when they acted in a movie together in Germany. Amidst great media interest, she married Jürgens on 13 August 1955 in [[Schliersee]], Germany.<ref name=NYT2>{{cite web |title= Eva Bartok Wed to Actor |
Three decades later, Bartok claimed Deana's biological father was actually [[Frank Sinatra]], as a result of a very brief affair in 1956 with him, following the
In 1980, Bartok married her fifth husband, the American producer Dag Molin, and lived with him in Los Angeles until their divorce in 1983.
==Partial filmography==
Among the films that Bartok acted in are:<ref name=IMDb/>
[[File:Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957) still 2.JPG|thumb|upright=1.4|[[Film still|Publicity still]] for ''[[Ten Thousand Bedrooms]]'', with [[Dean Martin]] holding [[Anna Maria Alberghetti]], and [[Dewey Martin (actor)|Dewey Martin]] holding Bartok]]▼
▲[[File:Eva Bartok 1958.jpg|thumb|Bartok with daughter, Deana Jürgens (1958)]]
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▲[[File:Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957) still 2.JPG|thumb|upright=1.4|[[Film still|Publicity still]] for ''[[Ten Thousand Bedrooms]]'' with [[Dean Martin]] holding [[Anna Maria Alberghetti]], and [[Dewey Martin (actor)|Dewey Martin]] holding Bartok]]
* ''[[Prophet of the Fields]]'' (1947)
*''[[Madeleine (1950 film)|Madeleine]]'' (1950) Uncredited.▼
▲*''Madeleine'' (1950) Uncredited.
*''[[A Tale of Five Cities]]'' (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]]'' (1952)
*''[[Venetian Bird]]'' (1952). Released in the US as ''The Assassin''.
*''[[Spaceways]]'' (1953)
*''[[Park Plaza 605]]'' (1953).
*''[[Circus of Love]]'' (1953) Filmed in German under the title ''Rummelplatz Der Liebe''.▼
*''[[The Last Waltz (1953 film)|The Last Waltz]]'' (1953) Filmed in German under the title ''Der letzte Walzer''.
*''Meines Vaters Pferde I. Teil Lena und Nicoline'' (1954)
*''[[Front Page Story]]'' (1954)
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*''[[Orient Express (1954 film)|Orient Express]]'' (1954)
*''[[Break in the Circle]]'' (1955)
*''[[Special Delivery (1955 film)|Special Delivery]]'' (1955). Released in German with title ''Von Himmel Gefallen''.
*''[[Dunja (film)|Dunja]]'' (English: ''Her Crime Was Love'', 1955)
*''[[The Gamma People]]'' (1956)
*
*''[[Through the Forests and Through the Trees]] (1956). Filmed in German under the title ''Durch die Wälder, durch die Auen''.
*''[[Ten Thousand Bedrooms]]'' (1957)
*''[[The Doctor of Stalingrad]]'' (1958). Filmed in German under the title ''Der Arzt von Stalingrad''.
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*''[[Operation Amsterdam]]'' (1959)
*''[[Twelve Hours by the Clock]]'' (1959)
*''[[SOS Pacific]]'' (1959)
*''Ein Student ging vorbei'' (1960)
*''[[Beyond the Curtain]]'' (1960)
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*''{{ill|It Can't Always Be Caviar|de|Es muß nicht immer Kaviar sein (Film)}}'' (1961)
*''{{ill|This Time It Must Be Caviar|de|Diesmal
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*''Avventura al motel'' (1963)
*''Ferien wie noch nie'' (1963)
*''[[Blood and Black Lace]]'' (1964)
*''Sabina'' (1966)
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==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite book |last= Banville |first= John |
*{{cite book |last= Bartok |first= Eva |title= Worth Living For |location= |publisher= [[G. P. Putnam's Sons|
*{{cite book |last= Lamparski |first= Richard |title=
==External links==
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* [http://evabartok.tripod.com A tribute to Eva Bartok]
* [http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-28957027.html "Talent ist nicht alles"], cover story of ''[[Der Spiegel]]'', 21 July 1954 {{in lang|de}}
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