Kim Novak
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
ActingBirthday
February 13, 1933Gender
FemaleKnown Movie Credits
52Place of birth
Chicago, Illinois, USAAlso known as
The Lavender Girl, Marilyn Pauline NovakCast credits
Vertigo
Madeleine Elster / Judy BartonThe Man with the Golden Arm
MollyBell, Book and Candle
Gillian HolroydSon of Sinbad
Harem GirlThe Mirror Crack'd
Lola BrewsterPushover
Lona McLaneJust a Gigolo
Helga von KaiserlingPal Joey
Linda EnglishBoys' Night Out
CathyTales That Witness Madness
Auriol (segment "Luau")The Eddy Duchin Story
Marjorie Oelrichs DuchinThe Children
Rose Sellars5 Against the House
Kay GreylekLiebestraum
Lillian Anderson MunnsenPicnic
Madge OwensThe White Buffalo
Poker Jenny SchermerhornThe Notorious Landlady
Carly HardwickePhffft
JanisKiss Me, Stupid
Polly the PistolPepe
Kim NovakStrangers When We Meet
Margaret 'Maggie' Gault