Kim Novak
Acting
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
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movieProust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
2026
Madeleine Elster (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieKim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel
2023
Self - Portrait Subject & Interviewee
movieSammy by Sammy: My Tale of the 60's
2022
Self (archive footage)
movieRat Pack
2022
Self (archive footage)
movieI Am Alfred Hitchcock
2021
Self (archive footage)
Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten
2013
Self (archive footage)
movieTo Each His Own Cinema
2007
Self (segment "47 Ans Après") (archive footage)
movieHeart of the Festival
2002
Self (archive footage)
Bride of Trailer Camp
2001
(archive footage)
movieDark Galaxy
1993
(archive footage)
moviePreminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
Molly (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieLiebestraum
1991
Lillian Anderson Munnsen
movieThe Children
1990
Rose Sellars
movieHollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieMalibu
1983
Billie Farnsworth
tvFalcon Crest
1981
Kit Marlowe
movieThe Mirror Crack'd
1980
Lola Brewster
movieJust a Gigolo
1978
Helga von Kaiserling
movieThe White Buffalo
1977
Poker Jenny Schermerhorn
movieTales That Witness Madness
1973
Auriol (segment "Luau")
movieThe Third Girl from the Left
1973
Gloria Joyce
movieThe Great Bank Robbery
1969
Sister Lyda Kebanov (forger)
movieThe Legend of Lylah Clare
1968
Lylah Clare / Elsa Brinkmann / Elsa Campbell
movieLionpower from MGM
1967
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThe Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
1965
Moll Flanders
movieKiss Me, Stupid
1964
Polly the Pistol
movieOf Human Bondage
1964
Mildred Rogers
movieThe Notorious Landlady
1962
Carly Hardwicke
moviePepe
1960
Kim Novak
movieStrangers When We Meet
1960
Margaret 'Maggie' Gault
movieMiddle of the Night
1959
Betty Preisser
movieBell, Book and Candle
1958
Gillian Holroyd
movieVertigo
1958
Madeleine Elster / Judy Barton
moviePal Joey
1957
Linda English
movieJeanne Eagels
1957
Jeanne Eagels
movieThe Eddy Duchin Story
1956
Marjorie Oelrichs Duchin
moviePicnic
1955
Madge Owens
movie5 Against the House
1955
Kay Greylek
movieSon of Sinbad
1955
Harem Girl
moviePhffft
1954
Janis
moviePushover
1954
Lona McLane
movieThe French Line
1954
Model (uncredited)
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
Costume & Make-Up2
movieBoys' Night Out
1962
Co-Costume Designer
movieThe Notorious Landlady
1962
Costume Design