Kim Novak

AKA:
Marilyn Novak Marilyn Pauline Novak
Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
02/13/1933
Birthplace:
Chicago, Illinois
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biography
This blonde beauty broke into films in 1954 and went on to display some talent when given the opportunity. Kim Novak had just embarked on a modeling career when she landed a walk-on in RKO's "The French Line" (1954) and was snapped up by Columbia talent director Max Arnow for a long-term contract. While studio head Harry Cohn attempted to fashion her into a clone of Marilyn Monroe, she proved to be more of a coolly elegant Grace Kelly type. Her first major roles, as a gun moll who seduces Fred MacMurray in "Pushover" and as Jack Lemmon's problematic girlfriend "Phffft!" (both 1954) didn't Continued
Credits
Cathy
1962
Carlye Hardwicke
1962
Maggie Gault
1960
Madeleine Elster/Judy Barton
1958
Linda English
1957
Madge Owens
Janis
Mrs Anderssen
Poker Jenny Schermerhorn
Marjorie Oelrichs
Rose Sellars
Lona McLane
Lyda Kabanov
Gillian Holroyd
1958
Jeanne Eagels
Elsa Brinkmann/Lylah Clare
Betty Preisser
Mildred Rogers
milestones
Year
Milestone
1953 
Toured the USA as 'Miss Deep Freeze' to help promote Thor refrigerators
1954 
Made first film appearance, a bit part in the Jane Russell vehicle "The French Line"
1954 
Signed with Columbia Pictures, played first leading roles in "Pushover" and "Phfft!"
1954 
Made TV debut on "Light's Diamond Jubilee" (a four-network celebration of the light bulb)
1955 
Acted in "Picnic" and "The Man With the Golden Arm"
Continued