- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 13, 1933
- Place of Birth
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Kim Novak
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 fi…
Filmography
movieProust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
2026 · Madeleine Elster (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieKim Novak's Vertigo
2025 · Self
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)
movieSammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
2017 · Self
movieMade in Hollywood: Hitchcocks Blondinen
2016 · Self
movieKim Novak: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
2013
Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten
movieStardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten
2013 · Self (archive footage)
movieHollywood sul Tevere
2009
movieTo Each His Own Cinema
2007 · Self (segment "47 Ans Après") (archive footage)
Jenseits von Hollywood – Das Kino des Otto Preminger
movieJenseits von Hollywood – Das Kino des Otto Preminger
2006 · Herself
Hollywood Legenden
movieHollywood Legenden
2004 · Self
movieHeart of the Festival
2002 · Self (archive footage)
Bride of Trailer Camp
movieBride of Trailer Camp
2001 · (archive footage)
movieObsessed with Vertigo
1997 · Self
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
movieRita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
1990 · Self
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
Please Turn the Page
tvPlease Turn the Page
1977 · Self
movieSatan's Triangle
1975 · Eva
movieTales That Witness Madness
1973 · Auriol (segment "Luau")
movieThe Third Girl from the Left
1973 · Gloria Joyce
V.I.P. Schaukel
tvV.I.P. Schaukel
1971 · Self
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
movieMGM 40th Anniversary
1964
movieBoys' Night Out
1962 · Cathy, Co-Costume Designer
movieThe Notorious Landlady
1962 · Carly Hardwicke, Costume Design
moviePepe
1960 · Kim Novak
movieStrangers When We Meet
1960 · Margaret 'Maggie' Gault
movieMiddle of the Night
1959 · Betty Preisser
tvStars in the Ring
1959 · Self
movieBell, Book and Candle
1958 · Gillian Holroyd
movieThe All-Star Christmas Show
1958 · Self
movieVertigo
1958 · Madeleine Elster / Judy Barton
moviePal Joey
1957 · Linda English
movieJeanne Eagels
1957 · Jeanne Eagels
tvThe Steve Allen Show
1956 · Self
movieThe Eddy Duchin Story
1956 · Marjorie Oelrichs Duchin
tvCinépanorama
1956 · Self
movieThe Man with the Golden Arm
1955 · Molly
moviePicnic
1955 · Madge Owens
movie5 Against the House
1955 · Kay Greylek
movieSon of Sinbad
1955 · Harem Girl
moviePhffft
1954 · Janis
movieA Star Is Born World Premiere
1954 · Self
moviePushover
1954 · Lona McLane
tvReflets de Cannes
1954 · Self
movieThe French Line
1954 · Model (uncredited)
tvThe Oscars
1953 · Self
tvWhat's My Line?
1950 · Self
tvThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self