Kim Novak
Known For
Acting
Born
1933-02-13 in 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.
Most Known For
Falcon Crest
as Kit Marlowe
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
The Oscars
as Self
The Steve Allen Show
as Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
Cinépanorama
as Self
Vertigo
as Madeleine Elster / Judy Barton
Pushover
as Lona McLane
Stars in the Ring
as Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self
Liebestraum
as Lillian Anderson Munnsen
Reflets de Cannes
as Self
Please Turn the Page
as Self
The Mirror Crack'd
as Lola Brewster
The Man with the Golden Arm
as Molly
The White Buffalo
as Poker Jenny Schermerhorn
Picnic
as Madge Owens
Bell, Book and Candle
as Gillian Holroyd
To Each His Own Cinema
as Self (segment "47 Ans Après") (archive footage)
The Notorious Landlady
as Carly Hardwicke