Kim Novak

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.

Known For

Falcon Crest

The Ed Sullivan Show

What's My Line?

The Oscars

The Steve Allen Show

Cinépanorama

Vertigo

Stars in the Ring

All Movies (56)

• Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas2026 · as Madeleine Elster (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Kim Novak's Vertigo2025 · as Self
• Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel2023 · as Self - Portrait Subject & Interviewee
• Sammy by Sammy: My Tale of the 60's2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• Rat Pack2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• I Am Alfred Hitchcock2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me2017 · as Self
• Made in Hollywood: Hitchcocks Blondinen2016 · as Self
• Kim Novak: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival2013
• Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten2013 · as Self (archive footage)
• Hollywood sul Tevere2009
• To Each His Own Cinema2007 · as Self (segment "47 Ans Après") (archive footage)
• Jenseits von Hollywood – Das Kino des Otto Preminger2006 · as Herself
• Hollywood Legenden2004 · as Self
• Heart of the Festival2002 · as Self (archive footage)
• Bride of Trailer Camp2001 · as (archive footage)
• Obsessed with Vertigo1997 · as Self
• Dark Galaxy1993 · as (archive footage)
• Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker1991 · as Molly (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Liebestraum1991 · as Lillian Anderson Munnsen
• The Children1990 · as Rose Sellars
• Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream1990 · as Self
• Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage1983 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Malibu1983 · as Billie Farnsworth
• The Mirror Crack'd1980 · as Lola Brewster
• Just a Gigolo1978 · as Helga von Kaiserling
• The White Buffalo1977 · as Poker Jenny Schermerhorn
• Satan's Triangle1975 · as Eva
• Tales That Witness Madness1973 · as Auriol (segment "Luau")
• The Third Girl from the Left1973 · as Gloria Joyce
• The Great Bank Robbery1969 · as Sister Lyda Kebanov (forger)
• The Legend of Lylah Clare1968 · as Lylah Clare / Elsa Brinkmann / Elsa Campbell
• Lionpower from MGM1967 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders1965 · as Moll Flanders
• Kiss Me, Stupid1964 · as Polly the Pistol
• Of Human Bondage1964 · as Mildred Rogers
• MGM 40th Anniversary1964
• Boys' Night Out1962 · as Cathy
• The Notorious Landlady1962 · as Carly Hardwicke
• Pepe1960 · as Kim Novak
• Strangers When We Meet1960 · as Margaret 'Maggie' Gault
• Middle of the Night1959 · as Betty Preisser
• Bell, Book and Candle1958 · as Gillian Holroyd
• The All-Star Christmas Show1958 · as Self
• Vertigo1958 · as Madeleine Elster / Judy Barton
• Pal Joey1957 · as Linda English
• Jeanne Eagels1957 · as Jeanne Eagels
• The Eddy Duchin Story1956 · as Marjorie Oelrichs Duchin
• The Man with the Golden Arm1955 · as Molly
• Picnic1955 · as Madge Owens
• 5 Against the House1955 · as Kay Greylek
• Son of Sinbad1955 · as Harem Girl
• Phffft1954 · as Janis
• A Star Is Born World Premiere1954 · as Self
• Pushover1954 · as Lona McLane
• The French Line1954 · as Model (uncredited)

All TV Shows (10)

• Falcon Crest1981 · as Kit Marlowe
• Please Turn the Page1977 · as Self
• V.I.P. Schaukel1971 · as Self
• Stars in the Ring1959 · as Self
• The Steve Allen Show1956 · as Self
• Cinépanorama1956 · as Self
• Reflets de Cannes1954 · as Self
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• What's My Line?1950 · as Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self