Kim Novak

Also Credited As:

Marilyn Novak, Marilyn Pauline Novak
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Biography

The former model was originally envisioned as a replacement for Marilyn Monroe by Columbia chief Harry Cohn, but Novak floundered in her early roles, which required her to provide eye candy and little else. Later films like "Picnic" (1955) and "The Man with the Golden Arm" (1955) gave her the chance to display her dramatic and even vulnerable sides, but it was Alfred Hitchcock who provided her with an enduring showcase as the object of James …
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Job Title

Actor, Wardrobe, Hair & Makeup, Other

Born

Marilyn Pauline Novak on February 13, 1933 in Chicago, Illinois, USA

LATEST CREDITS

The Legend of Lylah Clare

Elsa Brinkmann/Lylah Clare

Boys' Night Out

Cathy

Middle of the Night

Betty Preisser

Of Human Bondage

Mildred Rogers

Satan's Triangle

Eva

The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders

Moll Flanders

Jeanne Eagels

Jeanne Eagels

The 61st Annual Academy Awards Presentation

Actor

The Notorious Landlady

Carlye Hardwicke

The Third Girl From the Left

Gloria Joyce

Pushover

Lona McLane

Five Against the House

Day Greylek

The Children

Rose Sellars

Kiss Me, Stupid

Polly

The Eddy Duchin Story

Marjorie Oelrichs

Strangers When We Meet

Maggie Gault

Bell, Book and Candle

Gillian Holroyd

The Great Bank Robbery

Lyda Kabanov

Vertigo

Madeleine Elster/Judy Barton

Just a Gigolo

Helga

Pal Joey

Linda English

The Man With the Golden Arm

Molly

The White Buffalo

Poker Jenny Schermerhorn

Picnic

Madge Owens

Phffft!

Janis