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Kim Novak

Kim Novak

Known For Acting
Birthday Feb 13, 1933 (92)
Birthplace Chicago, Illinois, USA
Popularity 9 (history)
Updated Apr 21, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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.

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Filmography

Liebestraum

Liebestraum

1991

as Lillian Anderson Munnsen

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

1991

as Molly (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Children

The Children

1990

as Rose Sellars

Malibu

Malibu

1983

as Billie Farnsworth

The Mirror Crack'd

The Mirror Crack'd

1980

as Lola Brewster

The White Buffalo

The White Buffalo

1977

as Poker Jenny Schermerhorn

Satan's Triangle

Satan's Triangle

1975

as Eva

The Third Girl from the Left

The Third Girl from the Left

1973

as Gloria Joyce

Tales That Witness Madness

Tales That Witness Madness

1973

as Auriol (segment "Luau")

The Great Bank Robbery

The Great Bank Robbery

1969

as Sister Lyda Kebanov (forger)

The Legend of Lylah Clare

The Legend of Lylah Clare

1968

as Lylah Clare / Elsa Brinkmann / Elsa Campbell

Of Human Bondage

Of Human Bondage

1964

as Mildred Rogers

Kiss Me, Stupid

Kiss Me, Stupid

1964

as Polly the Pistol

Boys' Night Out

Boys' Night Out

1962

as Cathy

The Notorious Landlady

The Notorious Landlady

1962

as Carly Hardwicke

Strangers When We Meet

Strangers When We Meet

1960

as Margaret 'Maggie' Gault

Pepe

Pepe

1960

as Kim Novak

Middle of the Night

Middle of the Night

1959

as Betty Preisser

Vertigo

Vertigo

1958

as Madeleine Elster / Judy Barton

Bell, Book and Candle

Bell, Book and Candle

1958

as Gillian Holroyd

Jeanne Eagels

Jeanne Eagels

1957

as Jeanne Eagels

Pal Joey

Pal Joey

1957

as Linda English

The Eddy Duchin Story

The Eddy Duchin Story

1956

as Marjorie Oelrichs Duchin

Picnic

Picnic

1955

as Madge Owens

5 Against the House

5 Against the House

1955

as Kay Greylek

Son of Sinbad

Son of Sinbad

1955

as Harem Girl

Pushover

Pushover

1954

as Lona McLane

Phffft

Phffft

1954

as Janis

The French Line

The French Line

1954

as Model (uncredited)

Boys' Night Out

Boys' Night Out

1962

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Television Credits

Falcon Crest

as Kit Marlowe

Episodes: 19

First Aired: Dec 04, 1981

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Rosa

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 29, 1985

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Madeleine Elster / Judy Barton (archive footage) (uncredited)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1955

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jun 20, 1948

The Oscars

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Mar 19, 1953

The Steve Allen Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 24, 1956

Stars in der Manege

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 11, 1959

V.I.P. Schaukel

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 09, 1971

What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 02, 1950

Bitte umblättern

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 20, 1977

Cinépanorama

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 04, 1956

Reflets de Cannes

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 25, 1954

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2025 1 15 25 8
2025 2 9 18 1
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