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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kim Novak, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Madeleine Elster / Judy Barton
Vertigo
Molly
The Man with the Golden Arm
Gillian Holroyd
Bell, Book and Candle
Harem Girl
Son of Sinbad
Lola Brewster
The Mirror Crack'd
Lona McLane
Pushover
Helga von Kaiserling
Schöner Gigolo, armer Gigolo
Linda English
Pal Joey
MGM 40th Anniversary
Self
Hollywood Legenden
Cathy
Boys' Night Out
Auriol (segment "Luau")
Tales That Witness Madness
Self (archive footage)
Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten
Self
Made in Hollywood: Hitchcocks Blondinen
Marjorie Oelrichs Duchin
The Eddy Duchin Story
Lillian Anderson Munnsen
Liebestraum
Rose Sellars
The Children
Kay Greylek
5 Against the House
Poker Jenny Schermerhorn
The White Buffalo
Madge Owens
Picnic
Carly Hardwicke
The Notorious Landlady
Janis
Phffft
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Polly the Pistol
Kiss Me, Stupid
Kim Novak
Pepe
Margaret 'Maggie' Gault
Strangers When We Meet
Lylah Clare / Elsa Brinkmann / Elsa Campbell
The Legend of Lylah Clare
Eva
Satan's Triangle
Moll Flanders
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
Mildred Rogers
Of Human Bondage
Betty Preisser
Middle of the Night
Jeanne Eagels
Jeanne Eagels
Sister Lyda Kebanov (forger)
The Great Bank Robbery
Self - Portrait Subject & Interviewee
Kim Novak, l'âme rebelle d'Hollywood
Gloria Joyce
The Third Girl from the Left
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Notre Dame de la Croisette
Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
I due Kennedy
Self
Obsessed with Vertigo
Self
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
Self
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Billie Farnsworth
Malibu
Molly (archive footage) (uncredited)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Herself
Jenseits von Hollywood – Das Kino des Otto Preminger
Kim Novak: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
Model (uncredited)
The French Line
Self
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
Self
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
Self (segment "47 Ans Après") (archive footage)
Chacun son cinema ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumiere s'eteint et que le film commence
Mildred Rogers in 'Of Human Bondage' (archive footage) (uncredited)
C'eravamo tanto amati
Self (archive footage)
Sammy by Sammy, mes années 60
(Archival)
Bride of Trailer Camp
Histoires de festival
(archive footage)
Infernalário: Logodédalo – Galáxia Dark
The All-Star Christmas Show
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
55
Gender
Female
Birthday
1933-02-13
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
The Lavender Girl