Kim Novak

Acting

Born Feb 13, 1933

From Chicago, Illinois, USA

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.

Kim Novak

Known For

Vertigo

The Mirror Crack'd

Picnic

To Each His Own Cinema

Boys' Night Out

The White Buffalo

The Man with the Golden Arm

Strangers When We Meet

Bell, Book and Candle

Pepe

Filmography — Acting

Vertigo

The Mirror Crack'd

Picnic

To Each His Own Cinema

Boys' Night Out

The White Buffalo

The Man with the Golden Arm

Strangers When We Meet

Bell, Book and Candle

Pepe

Pushover

Rat Pack

Liebestraum

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

Pal Joey

The Legend of Lylah Clare

Kiss Me, Stupid

The Notorious Landlady

Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me

I Am Alfred Hitchcock

The Eddy Duchin Story

Middle of the Night

The Children

5 Against the House

Phffft

Lionpower from MGM

The Great Bank Robbery

A Star Is Born World Premiere

Just a Gigolo

The All-Star Christmas Show

Malibu

Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel

Notre Dame de la Croisette

Jeanne Eagels

The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders

Heart of the Festival

Tales That Witness Madness

The French Line

Obsessed with Vertigo

Satan's Triangle

Hollywood Legenden

Bride of Trailer Camp

Son of Sinbad

Sammy by Sammy: My Tale of the 60's

Of Human Bondage

The Third Girl from the Left

Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten

Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream

Dark Galaxy

Hollywood sul Tevere

Jenseits von Hollywood – Das Kino des Otto Preminger

Made in Hollywood: Hitchcocks Blondinen

Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas

MGM 40th Anniversary

Kim Novak: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival

Kim Novak's Vertigo