Kim Novak
Known for Acting · 66 credits
- Born
- 1933-02-13 (age 93)
- Place of birth
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Also known as
- The Lavender Girl · Marilyn Pauline Novak · کیم نواک
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (10)
Falcon Crest
1981
as Kit Marlowe
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self
Cinépanorama
1956
as Self
Stars in the Ring
1959
as Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
as Self
Please Turn the Page
1977
as Self
Reflets de Cannes
1954
as Self
Movies (56)
Vertigo
1958
as Madeleine Elster / Judy Barton
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
as Self (segment "47 Ans Après") (archive footage)
The White Buffalo
1977
as Poker Jenny Schermerhorn
Rat Pack
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Pushover
1954
as Lona McLane
The Mirror Crack'd
1980
as Lola Brewster
The Man with the Golden Arm
1955
as Molly
Malibu
1983
as Billie Farnsworth
Picnic
1955
as Madge Owens
Bell, Book and Candle
1958
as Gillian Holroyd
Pal Joey
1957
as Linda English
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
as Molly (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pepe
1960
as Kim Novak
The Notorious Landlady
1962
as Carly Hardwicke
Liebestraum
1991
as Lillian Anderson Munnsen
Strangers When We Meet
1960
as Margaret 'Maggie' Gault
Just a Gigolo
1978
as Helga von Kaiserling
Kiss Me, Stupid
1964
as Polly the Pistol
The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968
as Lylah Clare / Elsa Brinkmann / Elsa Campbell
Middle of the Night
1959
as Betty Preisser
Phffft
1954
as Janis
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
as Self
The Children
1990
as Rose Sellars
Boys' Night Out
1962
as Cathy
The Eddy Duchin Story
1956
as Marjorie Oelrichs Duchin
Jeanne Eagels
1957
as Jeanne Eagels
The Great Bank Robbery
1969
as Sister Lyda Kebanov (forger)
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
1965
as Moll Flanders
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Satan's Triangle
1975
as Eva
Tales That Witness Madness
1973
as Auriol (segment "Luau")
Heart of the Festival
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
1990
as Self
The French Line
1954
as Model (uncredited)
Hollywood Legenden
2004
as Self
5 Against the House
1955
as Kay Greylek
Lionpower from MGM
1967
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Obsessed with Vertigo
1997
as Self
The Third Girl from the Left
1973
as Gloria Joyce
Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Son of Sinbad
1955
as Harem Girl
Of Human Bondage
1964
as Mildred Rogers
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009
Sammy by Sammy: My Tale of the 60's
2022
as Self (archive footage)
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958
as Self
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
2017
as Self
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
2026
as Madeleine Elster (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kim Novak's Vertigo
2025
as Self
Jenseits von Hollywood – Das Kino des Otto Preminger
2006
as Herself
Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel
2023
as Self - Portrait Subject & Interviewee
Bride of Trailer Camp
2001
as (archive footage)
Made in Hollywood: Hitchcocks Blondinen
2016
as Self
Kim Novak: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
2013
Dark Galaxy
1993
as (archive footage)
MGM 40th Anniversary
1964
About 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… With 66 credits spanning from 1948 to 2026, Kim Novak has appeared in 56 films and 10 TV shows.
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- Vertigo (1958) — as Madeleine Elster / Judy Barton
- To Each His Own Cinema (2007) — as Self (segment "47 Ans Après") (archive footage)
- The White Buffalo (1977) — as Poker Jenny Schermerhorn
- Rat Pack (2022) — as Self (archive footage)
- Pushover (1954) — as Lona McLane
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