Actor
Kim Novak
Born 13 February 1933 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Kim Novak (born 1933) is an American actress who became a major Columbia Pictures star in the 1950s. She is best remembered for her dual role in Hitchcock's Vertigo, and for Picnic and Pal Joey. She stepped back from acting in the 1960s and later retired.
Key films
Vertigo (1958)On Cinespective
Her dual role as Madeleine and Judy in Hitchcock's thriller is her most celebrated performance.
Picnic (1955)
Critically acclaimed small-town drama opposite William Holden that established her as a leading star.
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
Early hit alongside Frank Sinatra in a groundbreaking drama about drug addiction.
Pal Joey (1957)
Popular musical with Frank Sinatra and Rita Hayworth that showed her box-office appeal.
Bell, Book and Candle (1958)
Romantic fantasy comedy reuniting her with James Stewart, in which she plays a modern witch.
Key awards
- 1997 Honorary Golden Bear, Berlin International Film Festival
- 2012 Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement, Venice Film Festival
- 2012 Honorary César
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 56
- 1954Pushover · as Lona McLaneActor
- 1954Phffft · as JanisActor
- 1954The French Line · as Model (uncredited)Actor
- 1954A Star Is Born World Premiere · as SelfActor
- 1955The Man with the Golden Arm · as MollyActor
- 1955Picnic · as Madge OwensActor
- 19555 Against the House · as Kay GreylekActor
- 1955Son of Sinbad · as Harem GirlActor
- 1956The Eddy Duchin Story · as Marjorie Oelrichs DuchinActor
- 1957Pal Joey · as Linda EnglishActor
- 1957Jeanne Eagels · as Jeanne EagelsActor
- 1958Vertigo · as Madeleine Elster / Judy BartonActor
- 1958Bell, Book and Candle · as Gillian HolroydActor
- 1958The All-Star Christmas Show · as SelfActor
- 1959Middle of the Night · as Betty PreisserActor
- 1960Pepe · as Kim NovakActor
- 1960Strangers When We Meet · as Margaret 'Maggie' GaultActor
- 1962The Notorious Landlady · as Carly HardwickeActor
- 1962Boys' Night Out · as CathyActor
- 1964Kiss Me, Stupid · as Polly the PistolActor
- 1964Of Human Bondage · as Mildred RogersActor
- 1964MGM 40th AnniversaryActor
- 1965The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders · as Moll FlandersActor
- 1967Lionpower from MGM · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)Actor
- 1968The Legend of Lylah Clare · as Lylah Clare / Elsa Brinkmann / Elsa CampbellActor
- 1969The Great Bank Robbery · as Sister Lyda Kebanov (forger)Actor
- 1973Tales That Witness Madness · as Auriol (segment "Luau")Actor
- 1973The Third Girl from the Left · as Gloria JoyceActor
- 1975Satan's Triangle · as EvaActor
- 1977The White Buffalo · as Poker Jenny SchermerhornActor
- 1978Just a Gigolo · as Helga von KaiserlingActor
- 1980The Mirror Crack'd · as Lola BrewsterActor
- 1983Malibu · as Billie FarnsworthActor
- 1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)Actor
- 1990The Children · as Rose SellarsActor
- 1990Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream · as SelfActor
- 1991Liebestraum · as Lillian Anderson MunnsenActor
- 1991Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker · as Molly (archive footage) (uncredited)Actor
- 1993Dark Galaxy · as (archive footage)Actor
- 1997Obsessed with Vertigo · as SelfActor
- 2001Bride of Trailer Camp · as (archive footage)Actor
- 2002Heart of the Festival · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2004Hollywood Legenden · as SelfActor
- 2006Jenseits von Hollywood – Das Kino des Otto Preminger · as SelfActor
- 2007To Each His Own Cinema · as Self (segment "47 Ans Après") (archive footage)Actor
- 2009Hollywood sul TevereActor
- 2013Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2013Kim Novak: Live from the TCM Classic Film FestivalActor
- 2016Made in Hollywood: Hitchcocks Blondinen · as SelfActor
- 2017Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me · as SelfActor
- 2021I Am Alfred Hitchcock · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2022Rat Pack · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2022Sammy by Sammy: My Tale of the 60's · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2023Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel · as Self - Portrait Subject & IntervieweeActor
- 2026Kim Novak's Vertigo · as SelfActor
- 2026Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas · as Madeleine Elster (archive footage) (uncredited)Actor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.