Kim Novak
Known for: Acting
Born: February 13, 1933
Place of birth: 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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Filmography
58 movies · 10 TV shows, newest first
8.0
Kim Novak's Vertigo
2026
NR
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
2026
6.9
Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel
2023
NR
Sammy by Sammy: My Tale of the 60's
2022
9.0
Rat Pack
2022
7.3
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
2021
6.9
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
2017
NR
Made in Hollywood: Hitchcocks Blondinen
2016
NR
Kim Novak: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
2013NR
Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten
2013
NR
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009
6.4
To Each His Own Cinema
2007NR
Jenseits von Hollywood – Das Kino des Otto Preminger
20064.5
Hollywood Legenden
2004
6.7
Heart of the Festival
2002NR
Bride of Trailer Camp
2001
7.1
Obsessed with Vertigo
1997
NR
Dark Galaxy
1993
8.0
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
5.3
Liebestraum
1991
4.9
The Children
1990
7.0
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
1990
7.0
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
3.8
Malibu
1983
5.5
Falcon Crest
1981
6.1
The Mirror Crack'd
1980
5.0
Just a Gigolo
1978
6.0
The White Buffalo
19776.0
Please Turn the Page
1977
5.4
Satan's Triangle
1975
5.5
Tales That Witness Madness
1973
9.5
The Third Girl from the Left
19738.0
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
6.6
The Great Bank Robbery
1969
6.0
The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968
6.3
Lionpower from MGM
1967
5.7
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
1965
7.0
Kiss Me, Stupid
1964
6.1
Of Human Bondage
1964
8.0
MGM 40th Anniversary
1964
5.9
Boys' Night Out
1962
6.8
The Notorious Landlady
1962
6.4
Pepe
1960
6.4
Strangers When We Meet
1960
7.0
Middle of the Night
1959
5.3
Stars in der Manege
1959
6.6
Bell, Book and Candle
1958
6.0
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958
8.1
Vertigo
1958
6.3
Pal Joey
1957
6.2
Jeanne Eagels
1957
6.2
The Steve Allen Show
1956
6.3
The Eddy Duchin Story
1956
8.7
Cinépanorama
1956
7.1
The Man with the Golden Arm
1955
6.4
Picnic
1955
5.9
5 Against the House
1955
5.1
Son of Sinbad
1955
6.2
Phffft
1954
8.0
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
6.6
Pushover
1954
5.0
Reflets de Cannes
1954
4.5
The French Line
1954
7.0
The Oscars
1953
7.0
What's My Line?
1950
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948NR
The Fall: Part I
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The Fall: Part II
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