Kim Novak

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Kim Novak

Kim Novak (born February 13, 1933 in Chicago , Illinois ; actually Marilyn Pauline Novak ) is an American film actress . Her career peaked in the 1950s and 1960s. She had her best-known role as the mysterious blonde in Alfred Hitchcock's classic film Vertigo - From the Realm of the Dead .

Life

Kim Novak (2004)

The child of Czech immigrants first worked as a model and was then discovered for the film during a stay in Hollywood. Novak had her first film appearance in 1954 in the RKO film The Alluring Venus at the side of Jane Russell . She played her first major role in the same year in the comedy Phffft , in which the blonde played a Monroe- like role type at Jack Lemmon's side . In 1955 she had her final breakthrough with the lead role in Picnic at the side of Hollywood star William Holden . Another box office success followed with Otto Preminger's drama The Man with the Golden Arm (1955), in which she played the lover of a drug addict, played by Frank Sinatra . The following year she partnered with Tyrone Power in the biography Loved Forever, about the life of jazz musician Eddy Duchin . As early as 1956, Kim Novak was listed at number 9 in the annual Quigley's Top Ten Money Making Stars Poll .

To see again with Sinatra and Rita Hayworth , Novak was in the musical film Pal Joey in 1957 , in which she played the dancer Linda English. She played another title role in the biography of Jeanne Eagels about the short life of the drug addict actress. She had one of her best-known appearances in Hitchcock's psychological thriller Vertigo - From the Realm of the Dead (1958) as a mysterious woman who seems to exist twice. Although the film failed at the box office, many critics consider it to be one of the best films of all time. With her film partner in Vertigo , James Stewart , Novak appeared in the fantasy comedy My Bride is Psychic in the role of a witch in love that same year . She was able to record another success at the side of Fredric March in the film drama Mitten der Nacht (1959); In retrospect, she described her portrayal in this film as her best.

Novak has worked with director Richard Quine on several films , such as Strangers When We Meet Each Other (1960) and Noch Zimmer frei (1962). After success at the side of such well-known partners as Frank Sinatra, James Stewart, Kirk Douglas and James Garner , where she mostly played the cool blonde, it became quieter around her in the mid-1960s. Although she played a movie star in Billy Wilder's cynical comedy Küss mich, Dummkopf (1964) in 1964, it only became a success with critics and audiences decades later. Even Big Lie Lylah Clare (1968), directed by Robert Aldrich flopped. After these failures, Novak only made sporadic films. She only had in the Miss Marple film Mord im Spiegel (1980) alongside Tony Curtis , Rock Hudson , Liz Taylor and Angela Lansbury a much-noticed appearance. She was also hired as a guest star for a season of the then very successful US series Falcon Crest . In 1991 she made her last film with Liebestraum .

The novel Kim Novak never bathed in the Sea of ​​Galilee by the Swedish writer Håkan Nesser works with an allusion to her person . In the book, which was released as a film under the same title in 2005, the character Ewa Kaludis, played by Helena af Sandeberg , is said to have a strong resemblance to Novak in her outward appearance.

Private

Novak and director Richard Quine became a couple while filming Strangers When We Meet in 1959 . The modernist house built in the film (by Carl Anderson and Ross Bellah ) was to be bequeathed to Novak and Quine as a wedding gift after filming was completed. However, since the marriage plans had failed, Quine later moved into the house alone.

From 1965 until the divorce in 1966 she was married to the British actor Richard Johnson (1927-2015). She has been married to the doctor Robert Malloy since 1976. She is said to have had relationships with Sammy Davis, Jr. and Michael Brandon . Kim Novak now lives largely withdrawn on a farm in Oregon , but still appears occasionally at film festivals. She was a guest of honor at the Cannes International Film Festival in 2013. She also made an appearance at the 2014 Academy Awards .

Filmography (selection)

Awards

In 1955 she was awarded the Golden Globe for best young actress , in 1957 she received the "Henrietta Award", another special award of this film prize. At the 1997 Berlinale she was honored with the Honorary Golden Bear for her life's work. Kim Novak has also had a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame since 1960 . She also immortalized her hand and footprints in front of the TCL Chinese Theater in 2012 .

literature

Web links

Commons : Kim Novak  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The order of the box office magnets on this list was based on their rating by the cinema owners.
  2. ↑ Traumfrauen edition No. 18: Kim Novak - Strangers when we meet from: Süddeutsche Zeitung Cinemathek, Munich 2008.
  3. ↑ Prizes & Awards 1997. In: Berlinale.de. Berlin International Film Festival, accessed on June 10, 2019 .
  4. ↑ WORLD: The celebrity birthdays of February 13, 2013: Kim Novak . February 12, 2013 ( welt.de [accessed June 10, 2019]).
personal data
SURNAME Novak, Kim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Novak, Marilyn Pauline (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film actress
DATE OF BIRTH February 13, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago , Illinois , United States