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Kim Novak

Kim Novak

Birthday: 1933-02-13 | 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).[3] 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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1991
Liebestraum

as    Lillian Anderson Munnsen

1980
The Mirror Crack'd

as    Lola Brewster

1979
Satan’s Triangle

as    Eva

1977
The White Buffalo

as    Poker Jenny Schermerhorn

1969
The Great Bank Robbery

as    Sister Lyda Kebanov (forger)

1968
The Legend of Lylah Clare

as    Lylah Clare / Elsa Brinkmann / Elsa Campbell

1965
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders

as    Moll Flanders

1964
Kiss Me, Stupid

as    Polly the Pistol

1962
The Notorious Landlady

as    Carly Hardwicke

1962
Boys' Night Out

as    Cathy

1960
Strangers When We Meet

as    Margaret 'Maggie' Gault

1958
Vertigo

as    Madeleine Elster / Judy Barton

1957
Pal Joey

as    Linda English

1956
The Eddy Duchin Story

as    Marjorie Oelrichs Duchin

1955
Son of Sinbad

as    Harem Girl

1955
5 Against the House

as    Kay Greylek

1955
Picnic

as    Madge Owens

1955
The Man with the Golden Arm

as    Molly

1954
Phffft

as    Janis

1954
Pushover

as    Lona McLane