Kim Novak
Born February 13, 1933 (Age: 93)
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
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
Made in Hollywood: Hitchcocks Blondinen
2016
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as Self
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Age: 82
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009
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as
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Age: 76
No Image
Jenseits von Hollywood – Das Kino des Otto Preminger
2006
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as Herself
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Age: 72
No Image
Hollywood Legenden
2004
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as Self
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Age: 70
No Image
Bride of Trailer Camp
2001
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as (archive footage)
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Age: 68
Obsessed with Vertigo
1997
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as Self
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Age: 64
Dark Galaxy
1993
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as (archive footage)
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Age: 59
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
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as Molly (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Age: 58
Liebestraum
1991
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as Lillian Anderson Munnsen
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Age: 58
The Children
1990
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as Rose Sellars
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Age: 57
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
1990
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as Self
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Age: 56
The Mirror Crack'd
1980
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as Lola Brewster
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Age: 46
Just a Gigolo
1978
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as Helga von Kaiserling
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Age: 45
Tales That Witness Madness
1973
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as Auriol (segment "Luau")
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Age: 40
The Third Girl from the Left
1973
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as Gloria Joyce
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Age: 40
The Great Bank Robbery
1969
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as Sister Lyda Kebanov (forger)
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Age: 36
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
1965
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as Moll Flanders
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Age: 32
Kiss Me, Stupid
1964
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as Polly the Pistol
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Age: 31
Of Human Bondage
1964
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as Mildred Rogers
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Age: 31
MGM 40th Anniversary
1964
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as
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Age: 31
Boys' Night Out
1962
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as Cathy
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Age: 29
The Notorious Landlady
1962
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as Carly Hardwicke
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Age: 29
Pepe
1960
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as Kim Novak
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Age: 27
Strangers When We Meet
1960
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as Margaret 'Maggie' Gault
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Age: 27
Middle of the Night
1959
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as Betty Preisser
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Age: 26
Bell, Book and Candle
1958
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as Gillian Holroyd
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Age: 25
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958
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as Self
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Age: 25
Vertigo
1958
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as Madeleine Elster / Judy Barton
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Age: 25
The Eddy Duchin Story
1956
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as Marjorie Oelrichs Duchin
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Age: 23
The Man with the Golden Arm
1955
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as Molly
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Age: 22
Picnic
1955
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as Madge Owens
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Age: 22
5 Against the House
1955
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as Kay Greylek
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Age: 22
Son of Sinbad
1955
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as Harem Girl
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Age: 22
Phffft
1954
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as Janis
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Age: 21
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
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as Self
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Age: 21
Pushover
1954
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as Lona McLane
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Age: 21
The French Line
1954
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as Model (uncredited)
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Age: 20