Acting · Chicago, Illinois, USA · Born February 13, 1933
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.
MovieProust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
2026
as Madeleine Elster (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieKim Novak's Vertigo
2025
as Self
MovieKim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel
2023
as Self - Portrait Subject & Interviewee
MovieSammy by Sammy: My Tale of the 60's
2022
as Self (archive footage)
MovieRat Pack
2022
as Self (archive footage)
MovieI Am Alfred Hitchcock
2021
as Self (archive footage)
MovieSammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
2017
as Self
MovieMade in Hollywood: Hitchcocks Blondinen
2016
as Self
MovieKim Novak: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
2013
Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten
2013
as Self (archive footage)
MovieHollywood sul Tevere
2009
MovieTo Each His Own Cinema
2007
as Self (segment "47 Ans Après") (archive footage)
Jenseits von Hollywood – Das Kino des Otto Preminger
2006
as Herself
Hollywood Legenden
2004
as Self
MovieHeart of the Festival
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Bride of Trailer Camp
2001
as (archive footage)
MovieObsessed with Vertigo
1997
as Self
MovieDark Galaxy
1993
as (archive footage)
MoviePreminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
as Molly (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieLiebestraum
1991
as Lillian Anderson Munnsen
MovieThe Children
1990
as Rose Sellars
MovieRita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
1990
as Self
MovieHollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieMalibu
1983
as Billie Farnsworth
TVFalcon Crest
1981
as Kit Marlowe
MovieThe Mirror Crack'd
1980
as Lola Brewster
MovieJust a Gigolo
1978
as Helga von Kaiserling
MovieThe White Buffalo
1977
as Poker Jenny Schermerhorn
Please Turn the Page
1977
as Self
MovieSatan's Triangle
1975
as Eva
MovieTales That Witness Madness
1973
as Auriol (segment "Luau")
MovieThe Third Girl from the Left
1973
as Gloria Joyce
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
as Self
MovieThe Great Bank Robbery
1969
as Sister Lyda Kebanov (forger)
MovieThe Legend of Lylah Clare
1968
as Lylah Clare / Elsa Brinkmann / Elsa Campbell
MovieLionpower from MGM
1967
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieThe Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
1965
as Moll Flanders
MovieKiss Me, Stupid
1964
as Polly the Pistol
MovieOf Human Bondage
1964
as Mildred Rogers
MovieMGM 40th Anniversary
1964
MovieBoys' Night Out
1962
as Cathy
MovieThe Notorious Landlady
1962
as Carly Hardwicke
MoviePepe
1960
as Kim Novak
MovieStrangers When We Meet
1960
as Margaret 'Maggie' Gault
MovieMiddle of the Night
1959
as Betty Preisser
TVStars in the Ring
1959
as Self
MovieBell, Book and Candle
1958
as Gillian Holroyd
MovieThe All-Star Christmas Show
1958
as Self
MovieVertigo
1958
as Madeleine Elster / Judy Barton
MoviePal Joey
1957
as Linda English
MovieJeanne Eagels
1957
as Jeanne Eagels
TVThe Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self
MovieThe Eddy Duchin Story
1956
as Marjorie Oelrichs Duchin
TVCinépanorama
1956
as Self
MovieThe Man with the Golden Arm
1955
as Molly
MoviePicnic
1955
as Madge Owens
Movie5 Against the House
1955
as Kay Greylek
MovieSon of Sinbad
1955
as Harem Girl
MoviePhffft
1954
as Janis
MovieA Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
as Self
MoviePushover
1954
as Lona McLane
TVReflets de Cannes
1954
as Self
MovieThe French Line
1954
as Model (uncredited)
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
TVWhat's My Line?
1950
as Self
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
