Kim Novak
Acting
Born: February 13, 1933 (age 93) · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Highest Rated
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
Vertigo
1958
Bell, Book and Candle
1958
The Man with the Golden Arm
1955
The Mirror Crack'd
1980
Kiss Me, Stupid
1964
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
The White Buffalo
1977
Picnic
1955
Pal Joey
1957
The Oscars
1953
Pushover
1954
Falcon Crest
1981
Photos (8)
Movies (37)
Vertigo
Madeleine Elster / Judy Barton
The Mirror Crack'd
Lola Brewster
The Man with the Golden Arm
Molly
Pushover
Lona McLane
Bell, Book and Candle
Gillian Holroyd
The White Buffalo
Poker Jenny Schermerhorn
Picnic
Madge Owens
Pal Joey
Linda English
Tales That Witness Madness
Auriol (segment "Luau")
Kiss Me, Stupid
Polly the Pistol
Liebestraum
Lillian Anderson Munnsen
The Eddy Duchin Story
Marjorie Oelrichs Duchin
The Notorious Landlady
Carly Hardwicke
The Legend of Lylah Clare
Lylah Clare / Elsa Brinkmann / Elsa Campbell
Boys' Night Out
Cathy
Middle of the Night
Betty Preisser
5 Against the House
Kay Greylek
Just a Gigolo
Helga von Kaiserling
Jeanne Eagels
Jeanne Eagels
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
Moll Flanders
Strangers When We Meet
Margaret 'Maggie' Gault
Pepe
Kim Novak
The Children
Rose Sellars
Phffft
Janis
The Great Bank Robbery
Sister Lyda Kebanov (forger)
Of Human Bondage
Mildred Rogers
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Molly (archive footage) (uncredited)
Son of Sinbad
Harem Girl
The French Line
Model (uncredited)
Satan's Triangle
Eva
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
Madeleine Elster (archive footage) (uncredited)
Malibu
Billie Farnsworth
Dark Galaxy
(archive footage)
The Third Girl from the Left
Gloria Joyce
MGM 40th Anniversary
1964
Kim Novak: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
2013
TV Shows (1)
Self / Appearances (22)
The Oscars
Self · 2 eps
What's My Line?
Self · 1 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · 3 eps
The Steve Allen Show
Self · 1 eps
Cinépanorama
Self · 1 eps
Stars in der Manege
Self · 1 eps
Reflets de Cannes
Self · 1 eps
Heart of the Festival
Self (archive footage)
To Each His Own Cinema
Self (segment "47 Ans Après") (archive footage)
Kim Novak's Vertigo
Self
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Self
The All-Star Christmas Show
Self
Lionpower from MGM
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Obsessed with Vertigo
Self
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
Self
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
Self
Made in Hollywood: Hitchcocks Blondinen
Self
Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel
Self - Portrait Subject & Interviewee
Sammy by Sammy: My Tale of the 60's
Self (archive footage)