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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 13, 1933
Place of Birth:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Kim Novak
Biography
Marilyn Pauline Novak (born February 13, 1933), known professionally as Kim Novak, is an American retired film and television actress.
She began her career in 1954 after signing with Columbia Pictures. There, she became a successful actress, starring in a string of movies, among them the critically acclaimed Picnic (1955). She later starred in such popular successes as The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) and Pal Joey (1957). However, she is perhaps best known today for her "dual role" as both Judy Barton and Madeleine Elster in Alfred Hitchcock's classic thriller Vertigo (1958). Novak was popular in box office popularity polls, and she starred opposite several top leading men of the era, including James Stewart, William Holden, Frank Sinatra, Tyrone Power, and Kirk Douglas.
Although still young, her career declined in the early 1960s, and after several years in a series of lackluster films, she withdrew from acting in 1966. She has only sporadically returned since. She later returned to the screen in The Mirror Crack'd (1980), and had a regular role on the prime time series Falcon Crest (1986–87). After a disappointing experience during the filming of Liebestraum (1991), she has permanently retired from acting, stating she has no desire to return.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel | Self - Portrait Subject & Interviewee |
| 2022 | Rat Pack | Self (archive footage) |
| 2022 | Sammy by Sammy: My Tale of the 60's | Self (archive footage) |
| 2021 | I Am Alfred Hitchcock | Self |
| 2017 | Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me | Self |
| 2016 | Made in Hollywood: Hitchcocks Blondinen | Self |
| 2013 | Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten | Self (archive footage) |
| 2013 | Kim Novak: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival | |
| 2007 | To Each His Own Cinema | Self (segment "47 Ans Après") (archive footage) |
| 2006 | Jenseits von Hollywood – Das Kino des Otto Preminger | Herself |
| 2004 | Hollywood Legenden | Self |
| 2001 | Bride of Trailer Camp | (Archival) |
| 1997 | Obsessed with Vertigo | Self |
| 1991 | Liebestraum | Lillian Anderson Munnsen |
| 1991 | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | Molly (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1990 | The Children | Rose Sellars |
| 1990 | Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream | Self |
| 1983 | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1983 | Notre Dame de la Croisette | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1983 | Malibu | Billie Farnsworth |
| 1980 | The Mirror Crack'd | Lola Brewster |
| 1978 | Just a Gigolo | Helga von Kaiserling |
| 1977 | The White Buffalo | Poker Jenny Schermerhorn |
| 1975 | Satan's Triangle | Eva |
| 1974 | We All Loved Each Other So Much | Mildred Rogers in 'Of Human Bondage' (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1973 | Tales That Witness Madness | Auriol (segment "Luau") |
| 1973 | The Third Girl from the Left | Gloria Joyce |
| 1969 | The Great Bank Robbery | Sister Lyda Kebanov (forger) |
| 1969 | The Two Kennedys | Self (archive footage) |
| 1968 | The Legend of Lylah Clare | Lylah Clare / Elsa Brinkmann / Elsa Campbell |
| 1965 | The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders | Moll Flanders |
| 1964 | MGM 40th Anniversary | |
| 1964 | Kiss Me, Stupid | Polly the Pistol |
| 1964 | Of Human Bondage | Mildred Rogers |
| 1962 | Boys' Night Out | Cathy |
| 1962 | The Notorious Landlady | Carly Hardwicke |
| 1960 | Pepe | Kim Novak |
| 1960 | Strangers When We Meet | Margaret 'Maggie' Gault |
| 1959 | Middle of the Night | Betty Preisser |
| 1958 | Vertigo | Madeleine Elster / Judy Barton |
| 1958 | Bell, Book and Candle | Gillian Holroyd |
| 1957 | Pal Joey | Linda English |
| 1957 | Jeanne Eagels | Jeanne Eagels |
| 1956 | The Eddy Duchin Story | Marjorie Oelrichs Duchin |
| 1955 | The Man with the Golden Arm | Molly |
| 1955 | Son of Sinbad | Harem Girl |
| 1955 | 5 Against the House | Kay Greylek |
| 1955 | Picnic | Madge Owens |
| 1954 | Pushover | Lona McLane |
| 1954 | Phffft | Janis |
| 1954 | A Star Is Born World Premiere | Self |
| 1954 | The French Line | Model (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Falcon Crest | Kit Marlowe |
| 1977 | Please Turn the Page | Self |
| 1971 | V.I.P. Schaukel | Self |
| 1959 | Stars in the Ring | Self |
| 1956 | The Steve Allen Show | Self |
| 1956 | Cinépanorama | Self |
| 1954 | Reflets de Cannes | Self |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self |