Kim novak pictures biography

American actress Kim Novak was best known for her dual performance as Madeleine Elster and Judy Barton in Alfred Hitchcock’s psychological thriller Vertigo (1958). She played both women as part of a plot to trick an acrophobic former detective (played by Jimmy Stewart), with whom Barton falls in love.

Although not a commercial success at the time of its release, Vertigo and Novak’s performance are now celebrated as significant contributions to cinema history.

Marilyn Pauline Novak was born on February 13, 1933, in Chicago, Illinois.

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While working as a model, she vacationed in California, where she auditioned to be an extra in The French Line (1954), a film starring Jane Russell. She won the role and subsequently was offered a contract with Columbia Pictures.

Executives advised her to change her name so that she was not compared to Marilyn Monroe—then a rising star—and she chose Kim. During that time she also took acting lessons.

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