Kim Novak
Age: N/A | From: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: The Lavender Girl , Marilyn Pauline Novak
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 38
TV Involvements: 5
Most Famous Work
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 Famous Work
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
(1955) Madeleine Elster / Judy Barton (archive footage) (uncredited)
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
(1985) Rosa
Bitte umblättern
(1977) Self
Stars in der Manege
(1959) Self
The Oscars
(1953) Self
Vertigo
(1958) Madeleine Elster / Judy Barton
Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten
(2013) Self (archive footage)
Picnic
(1955) Madge OwensActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Self - Portrait Subject & Interviewee | |
| 2022 | Kim Novak (Images d'archives) | |
| 2021 | Self | |
| 2017 | Self | |
| 2016 | Self | |
| 2013 | N/A | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2007 | Self (segment "47 Ans Après") (archive footage) | |
| 2006 | Herself | |
| 2004 | Self | |
| 1997 | Self | |
| 1991 | Molly (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Lillian Anderson Munnsen | ||
| 1990 | Rose Sellars | |
| Self | ||
| 1985 | Rosa | |
| 1983 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | ||
| Billie Farnsworth | ||
| 1981 | N/A | |
| 1980 | Lola Brewster | |
| 1978 | Helga von Kaiserling | |
| 1977 | Poker Jenny Schermerhorn | |
| Self | ||
| 1975 | Eva | |
| 1974 | Herself | |
| 1973 | Auriol (segment "Luau") | |
| Gloria Joyce | ||
| 1971 | Self | |
| 1969 | Self | |
| Sister Lyda Kebanov (forger) | ||
| 1968 | Lylah Clare / Elsa Brinkmann / Elsa Campbell | |
| 1965 | Moll Flanders | |
| 1964 | Polly the Pistol | |
| Mildred Rogers | ||
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1962 | Cathy | |
| Carly Hardwicke | ||
| 1960 | Kim Novak | |
| Margaret 'Maggie' Gault | ||
| 1959 | Betty Preisser | |
| Self | ||
| 1958 | Gillian Holroyd | |
| Madeleine Elster / Judy Barton | ||
| 1957 | Linda English | |
| Jeanne Eagels | ||
| 1956 | Self | |
| Marjorie Oelrichs Duchin | ||
| Self | ||
| 1955 | Molly | |
| Madge Owens | ||
| Madeleine Elster / Judy Barton (archive footage) (uncredited) | ||
| Kay Greylek | ||
| Harem Girl | ||
| 1954 | Janis | |
| Self | ||
| Lona McLane | ||
| Model (uncredited) | ||
| 1953 | Self | |
| 1950 | Self - Mystery Guest | |
| 1948 | Self | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Costume & Make-Up
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Co-Costume Designer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |