Kim Novak
Acting
- Born:
- 1933-02-13
- Place of birth:
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
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
Filmography
Kim Novak's Vertigo
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel
Sammy by Sammy: My Tale of the 60's
Rat Pack
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
Made in Hollywood: Hitchcocks Blondinen
Kim Novak: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten
Hollywood sul Tevere
To Each His Own Cinema
Jenseits von Hollywood – Das Kino des Otto Preminger
Hollywood Legenden
Heart of the Festival
Bride of Trailer Camp
Obsessed with Vertigo
Dark Galaxy
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Liebestraum
The Children
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Malibu
Falcon Crest
The Mirror Crack'd
Just a Gigolo
The White Buffalo
Please Turn the Page
Satan's Triangle
Tales That Witness Madness
The Third Girl from the Left
V.I.P. Schaukel
The Great Bank Robbery
The Legend of Lylah Clare
Lionpower from MGM
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
Kiss Me, Stupid
Of Human Bondage
MGM 40th Anniversary
Boys' Night Out
The Notorious Landlady
Pepe
Strangers When We Meet
Middle of the Night
Stars in der Manege
Bell, Book and Candle
The All-Star Christmas Show
Vertigo
Pal Joey
Jeanne Eagels
The Steve Allen Show
The Eddy Duchin Story
Cinépanorama
The Man with the Golden Arm
Picnic
5 Against the House
Son of Sinbad
Phffft
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Pushover
Reflets de Cannes
The French Line
The Oscars
What's My Line?
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Fall: Part I
The Fall: Part II