1933-02-13 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.
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Kim Novak, l'âme rebelle d'Hollywood | Self - Portrait Subject & Interviewee | 2023-03-05 |
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Rat Pack | Self (archive footage) | 2022-01-11 |
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I Am Alfred Hitchcock | Self | 2021-05-02 |
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Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me | Self | 2017-09-11 |
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Made in Hollywood: Hitchcocks Blondinen | Self | 2016-01-01 |
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Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten | Self (archive footage) | 2013-02-23 |
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Kim Novak: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival | 2013-03-06 | |
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Chacun son cinema ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumiere s'eteint et que le film commence | Self (segment "47 Ans Après") (archive footage) | 2007-10-31 |
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Jenseits von Hollywood – Das Kino des Otto Preminger | Herself | 2006-01-01 |
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Hollywood Legenden | Self | 2004-01-01 |
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Obsessed with Vertigo | Self | 1997-10-04 |
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Liebestraum | Lillian Anderson Munnsen | 1991-09-13 |
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Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | Molly (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1991-10-28 |
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Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream | Self | 1990-01-01 |
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The Children | Rose Sellars | 1990-05-18 |
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1983-02-25 |
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Notre Dame de la Croisette | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1983-02-23 |
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Malibu | Billie Farnsworth | 1983-01-23 |
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The Mirror Crack'd | Lola Brewster | 1980-09-19 |
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Schöner Gigolo, armer Gigolo | Helga von Kaiserling | 1978-11-16 |
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The White Buffalo | Poker Jenny Schermerhorn | 1977-05-01 |
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Satan's Triangle | Eva | 1975-01-14 |
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C'eravamo tanto amati | Mildred Rogers in 'Of Human Bondage' (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1974-12-21 |
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Tales That Witness Madness | Auriol (segment "Luau") | 1973-10-31 |
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The Third Girl from the Left | Gloria Joyce | 1973-10-16 |
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The Great Bank Robbery | Sister Lyda Kebanov (forger) | 1969-06-24 |
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I due Kennedy | Self (archive footage) | 1969-11-18 |
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The Legend of Lylah Clare | Lylah Clare / Elsa Brinkmann / Elsa Campbell | 1968-08-21 |
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The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders | Moll Flanders | 1965-05-26 |
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MGM 40th Anniversary | 1964-04-01 | |
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Of Human Bondage | Mildred Rogers | 1964-09-23 |
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Kiss Me, Stupid | Polly the Pistol | 1964-12-22 |
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Boys' Night Out | Cathy | 1962-06-21 |
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The Notorious Landlady | Carly Hardwicke | 1962-04-13 |
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Pepe | Kim Novak | 1960-12-21 |
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Strangers When We Meet | Margaret 'Maggie' Gault | 1960-06-29 |
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Middle of the Night | Betty Preisser | 1959-05-20 |
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Bell, Book and Candle | Gillian Holroyd | 1958-12-25 |
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Vertigo | Madeleine Elster / Judy Barton | 1958-05-28 |
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Pal Joey | Linda English | 1957-10-25 |
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Jeanne Eagels | Jeanne Eagels | 1957-08-02 |
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The Eddy Duchin Story | Marjorie Oelrichs Duchin | 1956-05-02 |
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The Man with the Golden Arm | Molly | 1955-12-26 |
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Son of Sinbad | Harem Girl | 1955-06-02 |
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5 Against the House | Kay Greylek | 1955-06-10 |
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Picnic | Madge Owens | 1955-11-18 |
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Phffft | Janis | 1954-11-10 |
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A Star Is Born World Premiere | Self | 1954-09-28 |
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The French Line | Model (uncredited) | 1954-02-08 |
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Pushover | Lona McLane | 1954-07-14 |