Kim Novak
Acting • Born 1933-02-13
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.
Filmography
66 credits
Vertigo
Movie • 1958
Madeleine Elster / Judy Barton
The Man with the Golden Arm
Movie • 1955
Molly
Bell, Book and Candle
Movie • 1958
Gillian Holroyd
Son of Sinbad
Movie • 1955
Harem Girl
The Mirror Crack'd
Movie • 1980
Lola Brewster
Pushover
Movie • 1954
Lona McLane
Just a Gigolo
Movie • 1978
Helga von Kaiserling
Pal Joey
Movie • 1957
Linda English
MGM 40th Anniversary
Movie • 1964
Hollywood Legenden
Movie • 2004
Self
Boys' Night Out
Movie • 1962
Cathy
Tales That Witness Madness
Movie • 1973
Auriol (segment "Luau")
Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten
Movie • 2013
Self (archive footage)
Made in Hollywood: Hitchcocks Blondinen
Movie • 2016
Self
The Eddy Duchin Story
Movie • 1956
Marjorie Oelrichs Duchin
Liebestraum
Movie • 1991
Lillian Anderson Munnsen
The Children
Movie • 1990
Rose Sellars
5 Against the House
Movie • 1955
Kay Greylek
The White Buffalo
Movie • 1977
Poker Jenny Schermerhorn
Picnic
Movie • 1955
Madge Owens
The Notorious Landlady
Movie • 1962
Carly Hardwicke
Phffft
Movie • 1954
Janis
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie • 1983
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kiss Me, Stupid
Movie • 1964
Polly the Pistol
Pepe
Movie • 1960
Kim Novak
Strangers When We Meet
Movie • 1960
Margaret 'Maggie' Gault
The Legend of Lylah Clare
Movie • 1968
Lylah Clare / Elsa Brinkmann / Elsa Campbell
Satan's Triangle
Movie • 1975
Eva
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
Movie • 1965
Moll Flanders
Middle of the Night
Movie • 1959
Betty Preisser
Of Human Bondage
Movie • 1964
Mildred Rogers
Jeanne Eagels
Movie • 1957
Jeanne Eagels
The Great Bank Robbery
Movie • 1969
Sister Lyda Kebanov (forger)
Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel
Movie • 2023
Self - Portrait Subject & Interviewee
The Third Girl from the Left
Movie • 1973
Gloria Joyce
Notre Dame de la Croisette
Movie • 1983
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rat Pack
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Obsessed with Vertigo
Movie • 1997
Self
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
Movie • 1990
Self
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Movie • 1954
Self
Malibu
Movie • 1983
Billie Farnsworth
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Movie • 1991
Molly (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jenseits von Hollywood – Das Kino des Otto Preminger
Movie • 2006
Herself
Kim Novak: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
Movie • 2013
The French Line
Movie • 1954
Model (uncredited)
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
Movie • 2017
Self
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
To Each His Own Cinema
Movie • 2007
Self (segment "47 Ans Après") (archive footage)
Sammy by Sammy: My Tale of the 60's
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Bride of Trailer Camp
Movie • 2001
(archive footage)
Dark Galaxy
Movie • 1993
(archive footage)
The All-Star Christmas Show
Movie • 1958
Self
Lionpower from MGM
Movie • 1967
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kim Novak's Vertigo
Movie • 2025
Self
Heart of the Festival
Movie • 2002
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood sul Tevere
Movie • 2009
Falcon Crest
TV • 1981
Kit Marlowe
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
The Steve Allen Show
TV • 1956
Self
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Stars in the Ring
TV • 1959
Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
TV • 1971
Self
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self - Mystery Guest
Please Turn the Page
TV • 1977
Self
Cinépanorama
TV • 1956
Self
Reflets de Cannes
TV • 1954
Self