Marilyn Pauline Novak (born February 13, 1933), known professionally as Kim Novak, is an American retired film and television actress.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Kim Novak's Vertigo
Character:Self
Release Date:31/08/2025
Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel
Character:Self - Portrait Subject & Interviewee
Release Date:05/03/2023
Sammy by Sammy: My Tale of the 60's
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:30/01/2022
Rat Pack
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:11/01/2022
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:02/05/2021
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
Character:Self
Release Date:11/09/2017
Made in Hollywood: Hitchcocks Blondinen
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2016
Kim Novak: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
Character:
Release Date:06/03/2013
Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:23/02/2013
To Each His Own Cinema
Character:Self (segment "47 Ans Après") (archive footage)
Release Date:31/10/2007
Jenseits von Hollywood – Das Kino des Otto Preminger
Character:Herself
Release Date:01/01/2006
Hollywood Legenden
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2004
Bride of Trailer Camp
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:21/06/2001
Obsessed with Vertigo
Character:Self
Release Date:04/10/1997
Dark Galaxy
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1993
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Character:Molly (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:28/10/1991
Liebestraum
Character:Lillian Anderson Munnsen
Release Date:13/09/1991
The Children
Character:Rose Sellars
Release Date:18/05/1990
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1990
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:25/02/1983
Notre Dame de la Croisette
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:23/02/1983
Malibu
Character:Billie Farnsworth
Release Date:23/01/1983
The Mirror Crack'd
Character:Lola Brewster
Release Date:06/02/1980
Just a Gigolo
Character:Helga von Kaiserling
Release Date:16/11/1978
The White Buffalo
Character:Poker Jenny Schermerhorn
Release Date:01/05/1977
Satan's Triangle
Character:Eva
Release Date:14/01/1975
Tales That Witness Madness
Character:Auriol (segment "Luau")
Release Date:31/10/1973
The Third Girl from the Left
Character:Gloria Joyce
Release Date:16/10/1973
The Great Bank Robbery
Character:Sister Lyda Kebanov (forger)
Release Date:24/06/1969
The Legend of Lylah Clare
Character:Lylah Clare / Elsa Brinkmann / Elsa Campbell
Release Date:21/08/1968
Lionpower from MGM
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:01/01/1967
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
Character:Moll Flanders
Release Date:26/05/1965
Kiss Me, Stupid
Character:Polly the Pistol
Release Date:22/12/1964
Of Human Bondage
Character:Mildred Rogers
Release Date:23/09/1964
MGM 40th Anniversary
Character:
Release Date:01/04/1964
Boys' Night Out
Character:Cathy
Release Date:21/06/1962
The Notorious Landlady
Character:Carly Hardwicke
Release Date:13/04/1962
Pepe
Character:Kim Novak
Release Date:21/12/1960
Strangers When We Meet
Character:Margaret 'Maggie' Gault
Release Date:29/06/1960
Middle of the Night
Character:Betty Preisser
Release Date:20/05/1959
Bell, Book and Candle
Character:Gillian Holroyd
Release Date:25/12/1958
The All-Star Christmas Show
Character:Self
Release Date:01/12/1958
Vertigo
Character:Madeleine Elster / Judy Barton
Release Date:09/05/1958
Pal Joey
Character:Linda English
Release Date:25/10/1957
Jeanne Eagels
Character:Jeanne Eagels
Release Date:02/08/1957
The Eddy Duchin Story
Character:Marjorie Oelrichs Duchin
Release Date:02/05/1956
The Man with the Golden Arm
Character:Molly
Release Date:26/12/1955
Picnic
Character:Madge Owens
Release Date:18/11/1955
5 Against the House
Character:Kay Greylek
Release Date:10/06/1955
Son of Sinbad
Character:Harem Girl
Release Date:02/06/1955
Phffft
Character:Janis
Release Date:10/11/1954
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Character:Self
Release Date:28/09/1954
Pushover
Character:Lona McLane
Release Date:14/07/1954
The French Line
Character:Model (uncredited)
Release Date:08/02/1954
Television Appearances
Falcon Crest
Character:Kit Marlowe
Please Turn the Page
Character:Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
Character:Self
Stars in the Ring
Character:Self
The Steve Allen Show
Character:Self
Cinépanorama
Character:Self
Reflets de Cannes
Character:Self
The Oscars
Character:Self
What's My Line?
Character:Self - Mystery Guest
The Ed Sullivan Show
Character:Self
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