Kim Novak

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.

Known For

Filmography — Acting

Vertigo
8.1
1958

Vertigo

Madeleine Elster / Judy Barton

The Mirror Crack'd
6.1
1980

The Mirror Crack'd

Lola Brewster

Picnic
6.3
1955

Picnic

Madge Owens

To Each His Own Cinema
6.5
2007

To Each His Own Cinema

Self (segment "47 Ans Après") (archive footage)

Boys' Night Out
5.8
1962

Boys' Night Out

Cathy

The White Buffalo
6.0
1977

The White Buffalo

Poker Jenny Schermerhorn

The Man with the Golden Arm
7.2
1955

The Man with the Golden Arm

Molly

Strangers When We Meet
6.3
1960

Strangers When We Meet

Margaret 'Maggie' Gault

Bell, Book and Candle
6.5
1958

Bell, Book and Candle

Gillian Holroyd

Pepe
6.3
1960

Pepe

Kim Novak

Pushover
6.5
1954

Pushover

Lona McLane

Rat Pack
9.0
2022

Rat Pack

Self (archive footage)

Liebestraum
5.2
1991

Liebestraum

Lillian Anderson Munnsen

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
6.5
1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
7.7
1991

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

Molly (archive footage) (uncredited)

Pal Joey
6.2
1957

Pal Joey

Linda English

The Legend of Lylah Clare
5.9
1968

The Legend of Lylah Clare

Lylah Clare / Elsa Brinkmann / Elsa Campbell

Kiss Me, Stupid
7.0
1964

Kiss Me, Stupid

Polly the Pistol

The Notorious Landlady
6.7
1962

The Notorious Landlady

Carly Hardwicke

Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
6.9
2017

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

Self

I Am Alfred Hitchcock
7.3
2021

I Am Alfred Hitchcock

Self (archive footage)

The Eddy Duchin Story
6.2
1956

The Eddy Duchin Story

Marjorie Oelrichs Duchin

Middle of the Night
7.0
1959

Middle of the Night

Betty Preisser

The Children
3.8
1990

The Children

Rose Sellars

5 Against the House
5.9
1955

5 Against the House

Kay Greylek

Phffft
6.1
1954

Phffft

Janis

Lionpower from MGM
4.5
1967

Lionpower from MGM

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Great Bank Robbery
6.3
1969

The Great Bank Robbery

Sister Lyda Kebanov (forger)

A Star Is Born World Premiere
8.0
1954

A Star Is Born World Premiere

Self

Just a Gigolo
5.0
1978

Just a Gigolo

Helga von Kaiserling

The All-Star Christmas Show
6.0
1958

The All-Star Christmas Show

Self

Malibu
2.3
1983

Malibu

Billie Farnsworth

Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel
7.0
2023

Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel

Self - Portrait Subject & Interviewee

Notre Dame de la Croisette
6.0
1983

Notre Dame de la Croisette

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jeanne Eagels
6.0
1957

Jeanne Eagels

Jeanne Eagels

The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
5.4
1965

The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders

Moll Flanders

Heart of the Festival
4.0
2002

Heart of the Festival

Self (archive footage)

Tales That Witness Madness
5.4
1973

Tales That Witness Madness

Auriol (segment "Luau")

The French Line
3.9
1954

The French Line

Model (uncredited)

Obsessed with Vertigo
7.0
1997

Obsessed with Vertigo

Self

Satan's Triangle
5.3
1975

Satan's Triangle

Eva

2.0
2004

Hollywood Legenden

Self

2001

Bride of Trailer Camp

(archive footage)

Son of Sinbad
4.7
1955

Son of Sinbad

Harem Girl

Sammy by Sammy: My Tale of the 60's
2022

Sammy by Sammy: My Tale of the 60's

Self (archive footage)

Of Human Bondage
6.0
1964

Of Human Bondage

Mildred Rogers

The Third Girl from the Left
9.0
1973

The Third Girl from the Left

Gloria Joyce

2013

Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten

Self (archive footage)

Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
6.5
1990

Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream

Self

Dark Galaxy
1993

Dark Galaxy

(archive footage)

Hollywood sul Tevere
2009

Hollywood sul Tevere

2006

Jenseits von Hollywood – Das Kino des Otto Preminger

Herself

Made in Hollywood: Hitchcocks Blondinen
2016

Made in Hollywood: Hitchcocks Blondinen

Self

Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
2026

Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas

Madeleine Elster (archive footage) (uncredited)

MGM 40th Anniversary
10.0
1964

MGM 40th Anniversary

Kim Novak: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
2013

Kim Novak: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival

Kim Novak's Vertigo
2025

Kim Novak's Vertigo

Self