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{{Short description|American actress (born 1933)}}
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| name               = Kim Novak
| image              = Kim Novak — 2014.jpg
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| caption            = Novak in 2014
| birth_name         = Marilyn Pauline Novak
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1933|02|13}}
| birth_place        = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], U.S.
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| alma_mater         = [[School of the Art Institute of Chicago]]
| occupation         = {{hlist|Actress|artist}}
| years_active       = 1954–1991, 2014
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| spouse             = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|[[Richard Johnson (actor)|Richard Johnson]]|1965|1966|end=div}}
* {{marriage|Robert Malloy|1976|2020|end=died}}
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| website            = {{URL|kimnovakartist.com}}
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'''Marilyn Pauline''' "'''Kim'''" '''Malloy''' (née '''Novak'''; born February 13, 1933) is an American retired actress and painter. Her contributions to cinema have been honored with two [[Golden Globe Award]]s, an [[Honorary Golden Bear]], a [[Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement]], and a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].

Novak began her career in 1954 after signing a contract with [[Columbia Pictures]], and quickly became one of Hollywood's top box office stars, appearing in ''[[Picnic (1955 film)|Picnic]]'' (1955), ''[[The Man with the Golden Arm]]'' (1955), and ''[[Pal Joey (film)|Pal Joey]]'' (1957). She gained prominence for her performance in [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s thriller ''[[Vertigo (film)|Vertigo]]'' (1958), which is recognized as one of the [[List of films considered the best|greatest films ever made]]. Other notable films include ''[[Bell, Book and Candle]]'' (1958), ''[[Strangers When We Meet (film)|Strangers When We Meet]]'' (1960), and ''[[Kiss Me, Stupid]]''  (1964).

Although at the time still young, Novak withdrew from acting by 1966 and has worked only sporadically in films since. She appeared in ''[[The Mirror Crack'd]]'' (1980), and had a regular role on the primetime series ''[[Falcon Crest]]'' (1986–1987).<ref name="TVGuide">[https://www.tvguide.com/News/Kim-Novak-TCM-Tribute-1062226.aspx TV Guide, March 5, 2013: ''Reclusive Film Legend Kim Novak Opens Up About Life, Regrets, and Her TCM Tribute''] Relinked June 20, 2014</ref> After a disappointing experience during the filming of ''[[Liebestraum (film)|Liebestraum]]'' (1991), she retired from acting.<ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Kim-Novak-surfaces-to-retrace-past-in-boxed-set-3254512.php SFGate, August 29, 2010: ''Kim Novak surfaces to retrace past in boxed set''] Relinked June 20, 2014</ref>

==Early life==
Marilyn Pauline Novak was born in Chicago, Illinois, on February 13, 1933.<ref name="Kleno16">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ifZkAAAAMAAJ&q=%2213%20February%201933%22 |first=Larry |last=Kleno |title=Kim Novak on Camera |publisher=A.S. Barnes |isbn=9780498024573 |page=16 |year=1980 |via=Google Books}}</ref> She is the second daughter of Joseph and Blanche (née Kral) Novak (who both appeared with her in the 1962 film ''[[The Notorious Landlady]]'').<ref name="Tribune">[http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/talking_pictures/2010/07/kim-novak-still-sounds-like-kim-novak-when-the-chicago-native-born-in-1933-calls-the-tribune-at-the-agreed-upon-time-with.htm Chicago Tribune, July 29, 2010: ''Kim Novak: The road from Chicago'']{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Relinked June 20, 2014</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Statesman Journal from Salem, Oregon on January 17, 1987 · Page 10|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/199739132/?terms=novak&match=1|access-date=July 17, 2021|website=Newspapers.com| date=January 17, 1987 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Miami News from Miami, Florida on August 3, 1984 · 10|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/302200483/?terms=blanche%20novak&match=1|access-date=July 17, 2021|website=Newspapers.com| date=August 3, 1984 |language=en}}</ref> Both of her parents were born in Chicago and of Czech descent.<ref name="Kleno16"/><ref>{{cite book|last1=Kashner|first1=Sam|first2=Jennifer|last2=Macnair |title= The bad & the beautiful: Hollywood in the fifties|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GC0X-2FGdx8C&pg=PA200|publisher=W.W. Norton & Company|year=2003|page=200|access-date=February 23, 2010|isbn=978-0-393-32436-5}}</ref><ref name="SS">{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20142557,00.html|title=Animal Magnetism – Personal Success, Kim Novak|first=Stephen M.|last=Silverman|work=People Magazine|date=October 21, 1996|access-date=February 23, 2011|author-link=Stephen M. Silverman|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214207/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20142557,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Novak|date=1959|title=Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1949|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q23S-3342|website=FamilySearch}}</ref> Joseph (1897–1987) was a history teacher who took a job as a [[train dispatcher|freight dispatcher]] on the [[Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad]] during the [[Great Depression]].<ref name="emanuellevy/profile/novak-kim">{{cite web |last1=Levy |first1=Emanuel |author1-link=Emanuel Levy |title=Movie Stars: Novak, Kim–World's Most Popular Actress, 1956-1958 |url=https://emanuellevy.com/profile/movie-stars-novak-kim-world-most-popular-star-1956-1958/ |website=[[Emanuel Levy]] |access-date=9 January 2023}}</ref> Novak was raised Catholic.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/kim-novaks-favorite-things-1465914295|title=Kim Novak's Favorite Things|first=Kim|last=Novak|date=June 14, 2016|work=The Wall Street Journal}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=September 2025}}

Novak attended William Penn Elementary, [[Farragut Career Academy|Farragut High School]],<ref name="Roger Ebert Interview">{{cite web|last=Ebert|first=Roger|title=Kim Novak on Hitchcock, Hollywood|url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F19961017%2FPEOPLE%2F10010340|publisher=RogerEbert.Com|access-date=November 5, 2011|date=October 17, 1996|archive-date=July 22, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722155501/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F19961017%2FPEOPLE%2F10010340|url-status=dead}}</ref> and [[Wilbur Wright College|Wright Junior College]]. She won two scholarships to the [[School of the Art Institute of Chicago]].<ref name="Rosenbaum">{{citation|last=Rosenbaum|first=Jonathan|author-link=Jonathan Rosenbaum|title=Kim Novak as Midwestern Independent (Goodbye Cinema, Hello Cinephilia)|publisher=[[University of Chicago Press]]|orig-year=2006|year=2010|url=https://www.jonathanrosenbaum.net/2018/11/kim-novak-as-midwestern-independent/|isbn=978-0-226-72665-6|access-date=June 11, 2016}}</ref>{{rp|71–74}}<ref name="TCM Classic Film Festival 2014 Bio">{{cite web|last=Cameron |first=Sue |title=Kim Novak, Elusive Legend |url=http://filmfestival.tcm.com/programs/special-guests/kim-novak/ |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |access-date=May 1, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140501183624/http://filmfestival.tcm.com/programs/special-guests/kim-novak/ |archive-date=May 1, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Turnquist|first=Kristi|title=Interview with actress Kim Novak, who lives in Oregon and is revisiting her cinematic past|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/O/index.ssf/2010/07/actress_kim_novak_who_lives_in.html|work=[[The Oregonian]]|access-date=November 5, 2011|date=July 31, 2010}}</ref>

During the summer break in her last semester of junior college, Novak went on a cross-country tour as a [[promotional model]] for ''Detroit Motor Products Corporation''{{'}}s Deepfreeze home freezer at trade shows.<ref name="TCM-Film-Festival-Kim-Novak-3-6">{{Cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/568364%7C0/Live-From-the-TCM-Film-Festival-Kim-Novak-3-6.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130310050800/http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/568364%7C0/Live-From-the-TCM-Film-Festival-Kim-Novak-3-6.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 10, 2013|title=Kim Novak: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival|website=Turner Classic Movies}}</ref><ref name="lflbhistory/Spark-of-Genius">{{cite web |title=A-Spark-of-Genius: Local Inventors and their Discoveries |url=https://lflbhistory.org/sites/default/files/assets/files/A-Spark-of-Genius-History-Center-of-Lake-Forest-Lake-Bluff.pdf |website=History Center of Lake Forest - Lake Bluff |access-date=9 January 2023}}</ref><ref name="lflb.passitdown/41803"/> Novak was pronounced "Miss Deepfreeze".<ref name="lflb.passitdown/41803">{{cite web |title=Willard Morrison: Idea Man in Shirtsleeves |url=https://lflb.passitdown.com/stories/41803 |website=History Center of Lake Forest - Lake Bluff |publisher=passitdown.com |access-date=9 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230109083819/https://lflb.passitdown.com/stories/41803 |archive-date=9 January 2023}}</ref><ref name="NYT-1"/>

==Acting career==
===1953–1958: Early films and breakthrough===
[[File:Kim Novak 1957.JPG|thumb|160px|left|Novak from the front cover of the ''[[New York Sunday News]]'' in 1957]]
In San Francisco, after the refrigerator company tour ended, Novak and two other models decided to travel to Los Angeles, to check out the film industry.<ref name="TCM-Film-Festival-Kim-Novak-3-6"/> In Los Angeles, the three, with her as Marilyn Novak,<ref name="afi/Catalog/51664"/> were [[Extra (acting)|extras]] in ''[[Son of Sinbad]]'' (filmed in 1953, released in 1955), and later, for ''[[The French Line]]'' (1953), starring [[Jane Russell]] at [[RKO Pictures|RKO]].<ref name="TCM-Film-Festival-Kim-Novak-3-6"/><ref name="afi/Catalog/51664">{{cite web |title=Son of Sinbad (1955) |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/51664 |website=Catalog |publisher=[[American Film Institute]] |access-date=9 January 2023}}</ref> In Los Angeles, Novak was discovered by an agent, who signed her to a long-term contract with [[Columbia Pictures]].<ref name="TCM">Stated in live interview with [[Robert Osborne]]; aired on [[Turner Classic Movies]] March 6, 2013.</ref> From the beginning of her career, she wanted to be an original and not another [[stereotype]]. Therefore, Novak fought with Columbia's CEO, [[Harry Cohn]], over the changing of her name. Cohn suggested the name "Kit Marlowe", arguing, "Nobody's gonna go see a girl with a [[Polack]] name!", but Novak insisted on keeping her name, saying, "I'm Czech, but Polish, Czech, no matter, it's my name!" They eventually settled on the name "Kim Novak" as a compromise.<ref name="Shales">{{cite news|last=Shales |first=Tom | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/review96/fkimnovak.htm |title=Kim Novak: No Fear of Falling |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=October 14, 1996 |access-date=February 27, 2014}}</ref>

Columbia intended for Novak to be their successor to [[Rita Hayworth]], their biggest star of the 1940s, whose career had declined; also, the studio was hopeful that Novak would bring them the same box-office success [[Marilyn Monroe]] brought [[20th Century-Fox]]. Novak's first role for the studio was in the [[film noir]] ''[[Pushover (film)|Pushover]]'' (1954), in which she received third billing below [[Fred MacMurray]] and [[Philip Carey]]. She then co-starred in the [[romantic comedy]] ''[[Phffft]]'' (1954) as Janis, a character who finds Robert Tracey ([[Jack Lemmon]]) "real cute". Both films were reasonably successful at the box office, and Novak received favorable reviews for her performances. In her third feature film, ''[[5 Against the House]]'' (1955), a gritty crime drama, she received second billing after [[Guy Madison]] but above [[Brian Keith]], all three above the title. It was only a minor critical and box-office success.

Novak then played Madge Owens in the film version of ''[[Picnic (1955 film)|Picnic]]'' (1955), from the [[William Inge]] play, co-starring [[William Holden]] and [[Rosalind Russell]]. Its director, [[Joshua Logan]], felt that it would be more in character for Novak to have red hair; she agreed to wear a red wig during filming. Logan says Harry Cohn suggested Novak appear in the film but did not insist upon it: the director tested her for the role several times and was delighted with her performance, feeling she was close to her character.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/00josh/page/5/mode/1up?q=picnic+|first=Joshua|last=Logan|year=1978|pages=5–21|title=Movie stars, real people and me|publisher=Bantam Doubleday Dell |isbn=9780440062585 }}</ref> ''Picnic'' was a resounding critical and box-office triumph, and Novak won a [[Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress|Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer]]. She was also nominated for the [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTA Film Award]] for Best Foreign Actress but did not win. She appeared as a mystery guest on the game show ''[[What's My Line?]]'' on February 5, 1956, to promote the film's opening at the [[Radio City Music Hall]]. Director [[Otto Preminger]] then cast her in ''[[The Man with the Golden Arm]]'' (1955), in which she played [[Frank Sinatra]]'s sultry ex-girlfriend. In a cast that included [[Eleanor Parker]], Novak received praise for being one of the film's bright spots, and the film was a box-office hit.

[[File:Kim Novak-Pal Joey 3.jpg|thumb|right|Novak singing "[[My Funny Valentine]]" in ''[[Pal Joey (film)|Pal Joey]]'' (1957)]]
Novak's next project, ''[[The Eddy Duchin Story]]'' (1956), cast her as [[Marjorie Oelrichs]], the wife of pianist [[Eddy Duchin]], played by [[Tyrone Power]]. Because the two leads did not get along during filming, Novak nearly considered backing out of the production but decided against it. At the time of its release, the film was a critical and box-office hit, with many suggesting that Novak's advertisements for No-Cal diet soda contributed positively to the film's success. Offered a choice for her next project, she selected the biopic ''[[Jeanne Eagels (film)|Jeanne Eagels]]'' (1957), in which she portrayed the [[Jeanne Eagels|stage and silent-screen actress]] who was addicted to heroin. Co-starring [[Jeff Chandler (actor)|Jeff Chandler]], the film was a largely fictional account of Eagels' life. The film drew negative reviews but turned a profit at the box office. Eagels' family sued Columbia over the way Eagels had been depicted in the movie.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/97099/Jeanne-Eagels/overview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080616030724/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/97099/Jeanne-Eagels/overview|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 16, 2008|title=Jeanne Eagels (1957)|last=Erickson|first=Hal|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|author-link=Hal Erickson (author)|date=2008|access-date=April 8, 2019}}</ref>

After appearing in a series of successful movies, Novak became one of the biggest box-office draws of 1957 and 1958. Columbia then placed her in a film adaptation of the musical ''[[Pal Joey (film)|Pal Joey]]'' (also 1957), based on the 1940 novel and [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] play, both written by [[John O'Hara]]. Playing Linda English, a naive showgirl, she co-starred opposite [[Frank Sinatra]] (again) and [[Rita Hayworth]]. Released in October, the film received favorable reviews; ''Variety'' called the film "strong, funny entertainment," although Novak's performance has generated a mixed reaction, partly because of noticeable lack of on-screen charisma. The movie was a box-office hit and has been considered one of Novak's better performances.

===1958: ''Vertigo''===
Director [[Alfred Hitchcock]] was working on his next film, ''[[Vertigo (film)|Vertigo]]'' (1958), when his leading actress, [[Vera Miles]], became pregnant and had to withdraw from the complex roles of Madeleine Elster and Judy Barton.<ref name="obsessed">"Obsessed with ''Vertigo''" (1996), directed by Harrison Engle, documentary included on many DVD releases</ref> Hitchcock approached [[Harry Cohn]] to offer Novak the female lead without even requesting a screen test. Though Cohn hated the script, he allowed Novak to read it because he considered Hitchcock to be a great director.<ref name="Rebello">{{cite news|url=http://www.labyrinth.net.au/~muffin/kim_novak_c.html |title=Interview with Kim Novak |last=Rebello |first=Stephen |work=labyrinth.net.au |date=April 17, 2004 |access-date=February 28, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707165745/http://www.labyrinth.net.au/~muffin/kim_novak_c.html |archive-date=July 7, 2014 }}</ref> Novak loved it, as she could identify with the character, and agreed to take part in the film without meeting Hitchcock. At the same time, she was striking for more money from Columbia and refused to show up for work on the set to protest her salary of $1,250 a week. Novak hired new agents to represent her and demanded an adjustment in her contract. Cohn, who was paid $250,000 for Novak to do ''Vertigo'', suspended her, but after a few weeks of negotiations, he relented and offered her a new contract.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uiYzAAAAIBAJ&pg=4607,4793787 |title= Kim Novak Explains Her Sit-Down Strike |last= Thomas |first= Bob |work= [[The Miami News]] |date= November 27, 1957 |access-date= February 28, 2014 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> She received a raise to $3,000 a week and told the press, "I don't like to have anyone take advantage of me."

[[File:Hitchcock Novak Vertigo Publicity.jpg|thumb|right|[[Alfred Hitchcock]] with Novak on the set of ''[[Vertigo (film)|Vertigo]]'' (1958)]]
Novak finally reported for work, and according to Hitchcock, she had "all sorts of preconceived notions" about her character, including what she would and would not wear.<ref name="Truffaut">{{cite book|last=Truffaut|first=François|title=Hitchcock / Truffaut (Édition définitive)|publisher= Éditions Gallimard|year=1993|page=277|isbn=978-2-07-073574-7}}</ref> Before shooting began, she told the director she did not like the grey suit and black shoes she was slated to wear, thinking them too heavy and stiff for her character. Novak later recalled, "I didn't think it would matter to him what kind of shoes I wore. I had never had a director who was particular about the costumes, the way they were designed, the specific colors. The two things he wanted the most were those shoes and that gray suit."<ref name="Rebello"/> Indeed, Hitchcock explained to Novak that the visual aspect of the film was even more important to him than the story, and insisted on her wearing the suit and the shoes that he had been planning for several months.<ref name="Truffaut"/> Novak learned to make it work for her, as she saw it as a symbol of her character.<ref name="Rebello"/> Nonetheless, Hitchcock allowed Novak the freedom to develop the character herself. As she later recalled: "It excites me to work on dual personalities because I think I have many myself. And I think that I was able to use so much of me in that movie. At first I was feeling insecure because I kept saying, "Is this right? How do you want me to play this character?" Hitchcock said: "I hired you and that's who I want, what you bring to this role. But what I do expect from you is to stand where I want you to, wear what I want you to and speak in the rhythm that I want you to." And he worked a long time with me to try to get the right rhythm."<ref name="obsessed"/> The role took on a personal significance for her, as she felt she went through the same thing as her character when she arrived in Hollywood: 

<blockquote>From my point of view, when I first read those lines where she says, "I want you to love me for me," and all the talking in that scene, I just identified with it so much because going to Hollywood as a young girl and suddenly finding they want to make you over totally, it's such a total change and it was like I was always fighting to show some of myself, feeling that I wanted to be there as well. It was like they'd do my hair and go and redo a bunch of things. So I really identified with the fact of someone that was being made over with the resentment, with wanting to. Needing approval and wanting to be loved and willing, eventually, to go to any lengths to get that by changing her hair and all of these different things. And then when Judy appears, it's another story and then when she has to go through that change. I really identified with the movie because it was saying, "Please, see who I am. Fall in love with me."<ref name="obsessed"/></blockquote>

[[File:Vertigo 1958 trailer embrace 2.jpg|thumb|[[James Stewart]] with Novak in ''Vertigo'']]
Novak described Hitchcock as a gentleman but found the experience of working with him to be strange. "I don't know if he ever liked me. I never sat down with him for dinner or tea or anything, except one cast dinner, and I was late to that. It wasn't my fault, but I think he thought I had delayed to make a star entrance, and he held that against me. During the shooting, he never really told me what he was thinking."<ref name="Roger Ebert Interview"/> The director was actually frustrated to have her instead of Vera Miles, as Novak learned later. "Hitchcock didn't like having me in his picture and he felt I was ruining it. It was only after the film was finished that I heard how much he thought I'd wrecked his picture. I felt I did a lot of good work in that movie, and I got some of the best notices of my career. But Hitchcock couldn't blame himself, so he blamed me."<ref name="Munn book">{{cite book|last=Munn|first=Michael|title=Jimmy Stewart: The Truth Behind The Legend|publisher= Fort Lee, New Jersey: Barricade Books Inc.|year=2006|page=237|isbn=978-1-56980-310-3}}</ref> Novak got along well with her co-star, James Stewart, who supported her during the filming of the movie. "He treated me so well. I learned a lot about acting from him. When we had emotional scenes, he had to prepare himself first by somehow going deep inside of himself, and you knew to leave him alone when he was like that. And when it was over, he wouldn't just walk away. He allowed himself to slowly come out of it. He'd hold my hand and I would squeeze his hand so that we both had time to come down from the emotion."<ref name="Munn book"/>

The film had mixed reviews at the time of its release and broke even at the box office, but has since been re-evaluated and is widely considered one of the director's best works. In the 2012 British Film Institute's ''[[Sight & Sound]]'' critics' poll, ''Vertigo'' was voted as the [[List of films considered the best|best film of all time]].<ref name="bbc">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19078948|title=Vertigo is named 'greatest film of all time'|work=BBC News |date=August 2, 2012 |access-date=August 18, 2012}}</ref><ref name="BFI2012">{{cite web |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/news/50-greatest-films-all-time |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120802102928/http://www.bfi.org.uk/news/50-greatest-films-all-time |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 2, 2012 |title=BFI's Sight & Sound Critics' poll 2012 |publisher=BFI |access-date=August 4, 2012}}</ref> Novak surprised film critics. [[Bosley Crowther]], writing for ''[[The New York Times]],'' described her as "really quite amazing",<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9905EEDD1031E73BBC4151DFB3668383649EDE |title= Vertigo,' Hitchcock's Latest; Melodrama Arrives at the Capitol |last=Crowther |first= Bosley |work=The New York Times |date=May 29, 1958 |access-date=June 10, 2014}}</ref> and the ''Variety'' review noted that she was "interesting under Hitchcock's direction" and "nearer an actress than she was in either ''Pal Joey'' or ''Jeanne Eagels."''<ref>{{cite news |url= https://variety.com/1958/film/reviews/vertigo-2-1200419207/ |title= Review: 'Vertigo' |work=Variety |date=1958 |access-date=June 10, 2014}}</ref> Film critic [[David Thomson (film critic)|David Thomson]] thought it was "one of the major female performances in the cinema"<ref>David Thomson ''The New Biographical Dictionary of Film'', London: Little, Brown, 2002, p. 640</ref> and film director [[Martin Scorsese]] called it "extraordinary", adding that Novak's work was "so brave and emotionally immediate".<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/film/1999/mar/05/martinscorsese |title= Why Vertigo is truly great |last=Scorsese |first= Martin |work=The Guardian |date=March 5, 1999 |access-date=June 10, 2014}}</ref> However, Novak was disappointed by her performance when she watched the film in 2013. "I was really disappointed. Both characters were exaggerated. They'll always remember me in ''Vertigo'', and I'm not that good in it, but I don't blame me because there are a couple of scenes where I was wonderful."<ref name="Orlando">{{cite news |url= http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/blogs/tv-guy/os-kim-novak-a-talk-with-tcms-star-of-the-month-20130904,0,4265708.post |title= Kim Novak: A talk with TCM's Star of the Month |last= Boedeker |first= Hal |work= [[Orlando Sentinel]] |date= April 17, 2004 |access-date= September 4, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140306111418/http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/blogs/tv-guy/os-kim-novak-a-talk-with-tcms-star-of-the-month-20130904,0,4265708.post |archive-date= March 6, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===1958–1965: Career decline and other ventures===
[[File:Kim Novak - Publicity still (1959).png|thumb|left|160px|Publicity photo for ''[[Middle of the Night (film)|Middle of the Night]]'' (1959)]]
Novak again worked with Stewart in [[Richard Quine]]'s ''[[Bell, Book and Candle]]'' (also 1958), a comedy tale of modern-day witchcraft also starring [[Jack Lemmon]] and [[Ernie Kovacs]] that proved to be a box-office success. She then starred opposite [[Fredric March]] in the acclaimed romantic drama ''[[Middle of the Night (film)|Middle of the Night]]'' (1959), which she has described as not only her favorite of her films, but also cites her performance in the film as her best.

Novak starred opposite [[Kirk Douglas]] in the romantic drama ''[[Strangers When We Meet (film)|Strangers When We Meet]]'' (1960), which drew mixed reviews but was a success financially. [[Richard Quine]] was the director, as well as her fiancé at the time. The studio planned to give them the house that was built as part of the storyline during the filming as a wedding gift, but their wedding never occurred. Instead, during the last film that Quine and she made together, the British mystery/comedy ''[[The Notorious Landlady]]'' (1962) with [[Jack Lemmon]] and [[Fred Astaire]], she discovered and purchased her future home by the sea near [[Big Sur]] in central California. It became her retreat and sanctuary after leaving Hollywood.

Novak made an independent five-picture deal, with producer [[Martin Ransohoff]] and [[Filmways Pictures]] to co-produce, but it proved to be a bad choice owing to clashes with personalities over scripts. Their first endeavor, the comedy ''[[Boys' Night Out (film)|Boys' Night Out]]'' (1962), was unsuccessful.<ref>Ben Mankiewicz, ''Turner Classic Movies,'' aired July 26, 2009.</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/69539/boys-night-out#articles-reviews |title= Boys' Night Out (1962) |last= Nixon|first= Rob|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |access-date=March 1, 2014}}</ref> After her Hollywood house survived the big [[Bel Air Fire]] of 1961, it was finally lost a few years later when it was swept away with most of her belongings in a mudslide in 1966.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hollywood.com/news/brief/312695/newsmakers-vertigo-star-s-home-burns?page=all|title=NEWSMAKERS: 'Vertigo' Star's Home Burns|last=Ryfle|first=Steve|work=Hollywood.com|date=March 19, 2001|access-date=May 1, 2014}}</ref> During the interim, she made [[W. Somerset Maugham]]'s drama ''[[Of Human Bondage (1964 film)|Of Human Bondage]]'' (1964) with [[Laurence Harvey]] in Ireland.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=757&dat=19631012&id=ID1OAAAAIBAJ&pg=6569,2994980 |title= Hollywood Today |last= Graham|first= Sheila|work=[[The Virgin Islands Daily News]] |date= October 12, 1963 |access-date=March 1, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1368&dat=19641023&id=33dQAAAAIBAJ&pg=4715,3389873 |title= Ho, Hum, Kim Is In Love Again |last= Wilson |first= Earl |work= [[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]] |date= October 23, 1964 |access-date= March 1, 2014 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> This third film adaptation of the famous story went over schedule and budget, and it also failed.

The sex comedy ''[[Kiss Me, Stupid]]'' (1964) with [[Dean Martin]] followed for director [[Billy Wilder]]. Actor [[Peter Sellers]] had originally been selected and begun filming, but he had suffered a heart attack, so [[Ray Walston]] substituted at the last minute. The film had problems getting released because of conflicts with the [[Legion of Decency]]. The film opened to scathing reviews and while it made money, it did not help Novak's career. Years later it was rediscovered and acclaimed for its forward thinking and got rave reviews, particularly for Novak's performance as "Polly the Pistol".

Novak starred in the historical comedy ''[[The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders]]'' (1965) in England with British actor [[Richard Johnson (actor)|Richard Johnson]].<ref>"Most Popular Film Star." Times [London, England] December 31, 1965: 13. The Times Digital Archive. Web. September 16, 2013.</ref> Inspired by the similar movie ''[[Tom Jones (1963 film)|Tom Jones]]'', it drew negative reviews but was a moderate success at the box office. Novak married Johnson in 1965 and divorced him in the spring of 1966. The divorce was amicable and they remained friendly.

In 1965, Novak was cast as the female lead in the occult-themed mystery ''[[Eye of the Devil]]'', co-starring [[David Niven]], [[Donald Pleasence]] and [[Sharon Tate]]. The film's premise intrigued Novak, but she found the filming difficult and unpleasant. Novak was forced to leave the film after she fell off a horse, resulting in serious injuries which took time to recover from and she was replaced by [[Deborah Kerr]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/1967/film/reviews/eye-of-the-devil-1200421651/|title=Eye of the Devil|date=January 1, 1968}}</ref>

===1966–1991: Acting sporadically===
By the end of 1966, she was emotionally drained and no longer wanted to live the life of a Hollywood movie star, in the glare of the spotlight with the press scrutinizing her every move.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001571/bio|title=Kim Novak|website=IMDb}}</ref> When a mudslide took her Bel Air home and cost her entire life's savings in bulldozer fees, she moved away from Hollywood to [[Big Sur]]. From then on, acting became a job and was no longer a career of choice. Novak preferred to concentrate on her first love, the visual arts, often writing poetry to accompany her paintings, and even writing some song lyrics. [[Harry Belafonte]] and [[the Kingston Trio]] recorded some of her folk songs in the 1960s.<ref name="TCM Classic Film Festival 2014 Bio"/>

Novak returned to the screen for ''[[The Legend of Lylah Clare]]'' (1968), starring [[Peter Finch]] and [[Ernest Borgnine]], and directed by [[Robert Aldrich]]. She played a dual role, portraying a person who becomes possessed by a look-alike film actress who gets made over by her obsessive-compulsive director lover. Robert Aldrich asked Novak to do a German accent for that role, but she felt it was unbelievable and over the top, so she did not want to do it, and he never insisted. At the premiere, Novak was shocked to hear her voice had been dubbed by a German actress in many scenes. Aldrich had never told her, nor had he given her the opportunity to dub it herself. The film was aggressively scorned by critics and Novak drew some of the worst reviews of her career. It was also a box office disaster. She was extremely upset and regretted having starred in the film.<ref name="Shales"/><ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/1021/the-legend-of-lylah-clare#articles-reviews |title= The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968) |last= Miller |first= Frank |work=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |access-date=March 1, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.richardrushfield.com/rr-articles/novak/ |title= The Lost Picture Show: Kim Novak's Forgotten Shoot |last= Rushfield |first= Richard |work= richardrushfield.com |date= January 22, 2006 |access-date= March 1, 2014 |archive-date= March 18, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130318070939/http://www.richardrushfield.com/rr-articles/novak/ |url-status= dead }}</ref> The last film Novak made in the '60s was the Western comedy ''[[The Great Bank Robbery (1969 film)|The Great Bank Robbery]]'' (1969), opposite [[Zero Mostel]], [[Clint Walker]], and [[Claude Akins]].

After nearly four years that she described as a "self-imposed vacation", Novak agreed to take part in two projects. She returned to the screen with a role in the horror [[anthology]] film ''[[Tales That Witness Madness]]'' (1973). Novak also starred as Las Vegas chorus girl Gloria Joyce, a character with whom she could identify, in the made-for-TV movie, ''[[The Third Girl From the Left]]'' (1973), with her real-life boyfriend at the time, [[Michael Brandon]].<ref>{{cite news |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qLlFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6131,4103537 |title= Screenplay Lures Kim Novak |work=[[The Robesonian]] |date= October 14, 1973 |access-date=March 1, 2014}}</ref> Novak admitted a preference for TV films as she thought they were faster to shoot than features. She described movie scripts of that time as offensive, saying she disliked the unnecessary sex she found in most of them. In 1975, Novak took part in the ABC movie ''[[Satan's Triangle]]'' because she was intrigued by the story, which dealt in the supernatural.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IqMgAAAAIBAJ&pg=1315,1089261 |title= Kim Novak Spends Most Of Her Time Away From Hollywood |last= Thomas|first= Bob|work= Lewiston Evening Journal |date= January 9, 1975 |access-date=March 1, 2014}}</ref> Novak had a small role in ''[[The White Buffalo (film)|The White Buffalo]]'' (1977), a Western starring [[Charles Bronson]], and she ended the decade by playing Helga in ''[[Just a Gigolo (1978 film)|Just a Gigolo]]'' (1979), opposite [[David Bowie]]. Both films were flops, but Novak was not blamed due to her minor roles in them.

In 1980, Novak played fictional actress Lola Brewster in the British mystery-thriller ''[[The Mirror Crack'd]]'', based on the story by [[Agatha Christie]]. She co-starred alongside [[Angela Lansbury]], [[Tony Curtis]], [[Rock Hudson]], and [[Elizabeth Taylor]]. She enjoyed making the film and got along with her co-stars and the film was moderately successful. Novak did not appear in any feature films during the remainder of the 1980s. Her acting credits during the decade included the ensemble television movie ''[[Malibu (film)|Malibu]]''<ref name="NYT">{{cite web|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=TV: 'MALIBU,' FOUR HOURS, TWO PARTS|first=Walter|last=Goodman|date=January 23, 1983|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/01/23/arts/tv-malibu-four-hours-two-parts.html}}</ref> (1983) and the pilot episode of ''[[The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'' (1985). Producers of the successful primetime soap opera ''[[Falcon Crest]]'' offered Novak a role in their series similar to her character in ''Vertigo''.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GEBPAAAAIBAJ&pg=5432,4544835 |title= Actress Kim Novak Ponders Her Future On TV's Falcon Crest |work=[[The Blade (Toledo)|The Toledo Blade]] |date= June 16, 1987 |access-date=February 28, 2014}}</ref> She appeared as the secretive "[[Falcon Crest#Kit Marlowe|Kit Marlowe]]" in 19 episodes from 1986 to 1987. It was Novak's idea to name her character Kit Marlowe, as it was the stage name that Columbia had wanted her to use when she started in the business.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EuJNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1538,1673203 |title= Kim Novak name on 'Falcon Crest' has a trivia story |work=[[The Free Lance–Star]] |date= June 16, 1987 |access-date=February 28, 2014}}</ref> The former Marilyn Pauline Novak wryly described this turn of events as effectively being Cohn's revenge on her from beyond the grave.

In 1989, Novak appeared along with James Stewart as a presenter at the [[61st Academy Awards]]. Asked in the press room about a possible comeback, Novak said that if someone sent her a script she really wanted to do, with a part she felt she could not turn down, she would be happy to go back to work on the big or little screen. At the same time, Novak turned down plenty of offers for movies, as well as an opportunity to appear in a second season of ''Falcon Crest'', to write her autobiography, tentatively titled ''Through My Eyes''.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-03-15-tv-10676-story.html |title= Kim Novak Ponders Her Future On 'Falcon Crest' |last= Buck |first= Jerry |work=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |date=March 15, 1987 |access-date=February 22, 2016}}</ref> Novak decided to re-establish contact with her agent and seek challenging roles after she realized she was not satisfied artistically. She said at the time, "I feel that I didn't live up to what I should have done with it. In other words, I'm glad I made the move away from Hollywood: I don't regret that. I know that was a major thing and a good thing. But by the same token, it was like unfinished business."<ref name="NYT-1">{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1990/08/19/movies/film-once-again-ready-on-the-set-for-kim-novak.html?pagewanted=all |title= FILM; Once Again, Ready on the Set For Kim Novak|last= Forsberg |first= Myra |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 19, 1990 |access-date=February 22, 2016}}</ref> She returned to film with the leading role of Rose Sellers in the drama ''[[The Children (1990 film)|The Children]]'' (1990) opposite [[Ben Kingsley]] and [[Britt Eckland]].<ref name="NYT-1"/> A British-German coproduction based on an [[Edith Wharton]] novel, the film premiered at the [[London Film Festival]] and received good reviews. Leonard Maltin praised the acting and felt Novak's performance was "excellent". However, following disputes between the director [[Tony Palmer (director)|Tony Palmer]] and the distributor over editing and music, the film was pulled from release and never distributed.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.indiewire.com/2015/07/we-may-finally-get-to-see-this-lost-film-starring-sir-ben-kingsley-and-kim-novak-60561/ |title= We May Finally Get to See This Lost Film Starring Sir Ben Kingsley and Kim Novak|last= Mattlin |first= Meredith |work=[[Indiewire]] |date=July 6, 2015 |access-date=July 31, 2017}}</ref>

Director [[Mike Figgis]] offered Novak the role of a terminally ill writer with a mysterious past in his thriller ''[[Liebestraum (film)|Liebestraum]]'' (1991) opposite [[Kevin Anderson (actor)|Kevin Anderson]] and [[Bill Pullman]]. Novak loved the script and thought it was going to be an important picture. However, her collaboration with Figgis was tense and the two had conflicts from the beginning. Novak agreed to do the film under the impression she was going to play the whole character, but Figgis felt she was unable to play the flashback role the way he wanted, and hired actress Sarah Fearon for those scenes.<ref name="NYT-1"/> The two clashed on the set, as their visions of the script differed and were in many ways diametrically opposed. Although she considered him to be a brilliant director, she felt the story was too personal for him, as it was about his own life, and Novak was playing his mother. She was also unhappy, as she felt he wanted her to act like a puppet. "He wanted what he thought Hitchcock had made over. But Hitchcock didn't do that. Figgis didn't know Hitchcock. So he treated me the way he thought Hitchcock must have, tried to manipulate me into doing exactly... I went crazy."<ref name="Sheehan Interview">{{cite news |url= http://id3481.securedata.net/henrysheehan/interviews/mno/kim-novak.html |title= Kim Novak|last= Sheehan |first= Henry |work=Henry Sheehan |date=1996 |access-date=February 22, 2016}}</ref> Novak later said she was hurt and distraught, as "It was such a painful thing for me because it took me right back to Harry Cohn and all that time. And back into saying, Look, for God's sake, haven't you heard it enough? We don't want you to do anything. Just be 'Kim Novak.' That movie pained me more than any movie in the world could do."<ref name="Sheehan Interview"/> Novak later told ''[[Movieline]]'' in 2005 she felt she had been "unprofessional" not to obey her director. "I know he thinks I'm a total bitch. That role was fabulous, full of depth. When I interpreted it the way I thought was evident in the incredible script, he said, 'We're not making a Kim Novak movie, just say the lines. If you continue to play the role this way, I'm going to cut you out of the movie,' and he pretty much did that."<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www1.excite.com/home/entertainment/celeb/liz_smith/0,13969,08_05_2005_1_-4,00.html |title= Excite - Liz Smith |last= Smith |first= Liz |work= excite.com |date= August 5, 2005 |access-date= March 1, 2014 |archive-date= December 1, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171201033059/http://www1.excite.com/home/entertainment/celeb/liz_smith/0,13969,08_05_2005_1_-4,00.html |url-status= dead }}</ref>
Novak was supposed to do a comedy with the French director [[Claude Berri]], also starring [[Peter Falk]], and a remake of ''Bell, Book and Candle'' with [[Sharon Stone]].<ref name="NYT-1"/> Neither film was made, and following the difficult experience with ''Liebestraum,'' she has usually cited that experience as the reason for her decision to retire from the film industry.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Kim-Novak-surfaces-to-retrace-past-in-boxed-set-3254512.php|title=Kim Novak surfaces to retrace past in boxed set|first=Ruthe|last=Stein|date=August 29, 2010|website=SFGate}}</ref> In 2004, she told the [[Associated Press]]:<blockquote>I got so burned out on that picture that I wanted to leave the business, but then if you wait long enough you think, "Oh, I miss certain things." The making of a movie is wonderful. What's difficult is afterward when you have to go around and try to sell it. The actual filming, when you have a good script—which isn't often—nothing beats it.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.seattlepi.com/ae/movies/article/Rustic-Oregon-life-is-a-real-picnic-for-Kim-Novak-1144800.php |title= Rustic Oregon life is a real picnic for Kim Novak |last= Thomas |first= Bob |work= seattlepi.com |date=May 14, 2004 |access-date=March 1, 2014}}</ref></blockquote>

===1992–present: Retirement===
After her retirement from acting, Novak made only rare public appearances and turned down most offers she received.<ref name="SFGate-2013-interview">{{cite news |url= http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Kim-Novak-returning-to-S-F-to-share-her-art-3625341.php#photo-3043718 |title= Kim Novak returning to S.F. to share her art |last= Stein |first= Ruthe |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |date= October 14, 2013|access-date=March 1, 2014}}</ref> In 1996, ''Vertigo'' was given a restoration by [[Robert A. Harris]] and [[James C. Katz]] and re-released to theaters. Novak enjoyed their work so much, she agreed to make appearances at screenings of the film, something she had refused when Universal asked her in 1984.<ref name="Shales"/> She also took part in ''Obsessed with Vertigo,'' a documentary retracing the making and restoration of the film. In 1997, Novak received an Honorary Golden Bear Award for lifetime achievement at the [[47th Berlin International Film Festival]].<ref name="Berlinale">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1997/03_preistr_ger_1997/03_Preistraeger_1997.html |title=Berlinale: 1997 Prize Winners |access-date=April 21, 2015 |work=Berlinale |archive-date=November 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111234912/http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1997/03_preistr_ger_1997/03_Preistraeger_1997.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2003, Novak was presented with the [[Eastman Kodak]] Archives Award for her major contribution to film. Prior honorees include [[Greta Garbo]], [[Audrey Hepburn]], [[James Stewart]], [[Martin Scorsese]], and [[Meryl Streep]]. During that time, Novak received several offers to do some major films and to appear on high-profile television shows. She made an appearance on ''[[Larry King Live]]'' in 2004, where she stated she would consider returning to the screen "if it was the right role."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0401/05/lkl.00.html |title=Interview With Kim Novak |date=May 26, 2013|access-date=January 5, 2004|work=CNN Larry King Live}}</ref> In 2010, Novak was the recipient of a special tribute from the [[American Cinematheque]] in Hollywood, where her films were shown at [[Grauman's Egyptian Theatre]]. She made a rare personal appearance with a Q&A onstage between a showing of ''Pal Joey'' and ''Bell, Book and Candle'', earning a two-minute-long standing ovation upon her entrance.<ref name="egyptiantheatre.com">{{cite web|url=http://egyptiantheatre.com/archive1999/2010/Egyptian/Kim_Novak_ET2010.htm|title=Platinum Career: A Tribute to Kim Novak|date=2010|access-date=May 1, 2014|archive-date=July 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717230039/http://egyptiantheatre.com/archive1999/2010/Egyptian/Kim_Novak_ET2010.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In April 2012, Novak was honored at the [[Turner Classic Movies|TCM]] Classic Film Festival, where she introduced a screening of ''Vertigo''. She joined in conversation with [[Robert Osborne]] for a Q&A session in which she discussed her career and personal life. The hour-long interview aired on TCM as ''Kim Novak: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival'' on March 6, 2013. Novak broke down in tears while discussing ''Liebestraum.'' As she nearly sobbed in front of the audience, Novak said, "I couldn't do a movie after that. I've never done a movie after that. I just couldn't do a movie after that."<ref name="TCM"/> The interview was an eye-opener for many fans who had wondered why Novak made so few films. Acknowledging that she never reached her potential as an actress, Novak revealed to the audience that she was [[Bipolar disorder|bipolar]] and explained, "I was not diagnosed until much later. I go through more of the depression than the mania part."<ref name="LA Times">{{cite news| url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2012/04/kim-novak-says-shes-bipolar-regrets-leaving-hollywood.html | work=Los Angeles Times | date=April 13, 2012 |title=Kim Novak says she's bipolar, regrets leaving Hollywood}}</ref> "I don't think I was ever cut out to have a Hollywood life," Novak also commented. "Did I do the right thing, leaving? Did I walk out when I shouldn't have? That's when I get sad."<ref name="LA Times"/> On the possibility of acting again, Novak said in another interview, with the fashion website ''LifeGoesStrong,'' "Who knows what the future holds? It would take an awful lot to lure me out there, but I would never say never."<ref>[http://style.lifegoesstrong.com/article/legend-kim-novak-her-tips-aging-lasting-beauty-and-life-advice Kim Novak: Her Tips on Aging, Lasting Beauty and Life Advice] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402061112/http://style.lifegoesstrong.com/article/legend-kim-novak-her-tips-aging-lasting-beauty-and-life-advice |date=April 2, 2013 }}</ref> Also during the TCM Festival, Novak was honored in a handprint and footprint ceremony at [[Grauman's Chinese Theatre]].<ref name="The Hollywood Reporter">{{cite news| url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/kim-novak-the-artist-vertigo-297191 |title='Vertigo' Star Kim Novak to Be Honored at TCM Classic Film Festival |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=March 6, 2012 |access-date=April 4, 2012}}</ref> That same year, Novak received the San Francisco Cinematic Icon Award from the [[San Francisco Museum and Historical Society]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.sfgate.com/style/article/Kim-Novak-tribute-at-Old-Mint-3686944.php |title=Kim Novak tribute at Old Mint |work=Sfgate |date=July 9, 2012 |access-date=April 23, 2015}}</ref>

After years of seclusion, Novak started to make public appearances more frequently as she felt her body of work was being more appreciated.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2016/02/10/a-talk-with-kim-novak-i-think-im-appreciated-more-now/ |title= Kim Novak Opens Up: 'I Think I'm Appreciated More Now' |last= Meline |first= Gabe |work= [[KQED Inc.|KQED]] |date= February 10, 2016 |access-date= August 9, 2017}}</ref>
In 2013, she was recognized as the guest of honor by the [[Cannes Film Festival]] and attended the [[2013 Cannes Film Festival|2013 Festival]], where she introduced a new restored version of ''Vertigo''.<ref name="Cannes">{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/article/59678.html |title=Kim Novak, Guest of Honour at the 66th Festival de Cannes |date=April 22, 2013 |access-date=August 16, 2013 |work=Cannes |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616030119/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/article/59678.html |archive-date=June 16, 2013 }}</ref> She also took part in the festival's closing ceremony as a presenter, earning a standing ovation upon her entrance.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/todd-mccarthys-cannes-awards-analysis-558724 |title=Todd McCarthy's Cannes Awards Analysis |date=May 26, 2013|access-date=April 21, 2015|work=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref>
In 2014, she was a presenter at the [[86th Academy Awards]]. That same year, she appeared at the TCM Classic Film Festival, where she unveiled her painting ''Vertigo / Vortex of Delusion'' commissioned by the TCM network as part of their 20th anniversary.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.kimnovakartist.com/vertigo-vortex-delusion/#.WYsX5YppyCQ |title= Vertigo / Vortex of Delusion |last= Novak |first= Kim |work= KimNovakArtist.com |access-date= August 9, 2017}}</ref> Novak also introduced a screening of her 1958 movie, ''Bell Book and Candle'', during the Festival. Also in 2014, Novak was invited by [[Cunard Line]] to be a speaker on board during a New York-to-London cruise on ''[[RMS Queen Mary 2]]''. She introduced screenings of ''Vertigo'' and ''Bell, Book and Candle,'' and did a Q&A session with Hollywood expert Sue Cameron, who is also her manager.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cruiseline.co.uk/Cunard-To-Welcome-Kim-Novak-Aboard-Queen-Mary-2-This-July |title=CUNARD TO WELCOME KIM NOVAK ABOARD QUEEN MARY 2 THIS JULY|date=May 26, 2013|access-date=May 28, 2014|work=Cruise Line}}</ref> That same year, Novak appeared with both of her art mentors, Harley Brown and Richard McKinley, for a solo show of her paintings at the [[Butler Institute of American Art]].<ref name="Youngstown Live">{{cite news|url=http://youngstownlive.com/going-on/kim-novak-pastel-paintings-butler-institute-american-art |work=Youngstown Live |title=Kim Novak: Pastel Paintings - Butler Institute of American Art |access-date=May 1, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502002153/http://youngstownlive.com/going-on/kim-novak-pastel-paintings-butler-institute-american-art |archive-date=May 2, 2014 }}</ref>

In 2015, Novak attended the [[Febiofest|22nd Febiofest international film festival]], where she received the Kristián Award for her contribution to world cinema and also had an exhibition of her paintings at the [[Strahov Monastery]].<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.praguepost.com/142-culture/46081-kim-novak-shows-her-paintings |title= Kim Novak shows her paintings at Strahov |last= Johnston |first= Raymond |work= [[The Prague Post]] |date= March 21, 2015 |access-date= August 9, 2017}}</ref> She hosted special screenings of ''Vertigo'' featuring live performances of [[Bernard Herrmann]]'s score by members of the [[Toronto Symphony Orchestra]] at the [[2015 Toronto International Film Festival]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/tiff/2015/09/20/tiff-on-sept-20-kim-novak-hosts-alfred-hitchcock-and-tiff-peoples-choice.html |title=TIFF on Sept. 20: Kim Novak hosts Alfred Hitchcock, and TIFF People's Choice |date=September 20, 2015|access-date=September 21, 2015|work=Febiofest}}</ref> and by members of the [[San Francisco Symphony]] at the [[Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall]] in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfexaminer.com/kim-novak-offers-perspectives-on-vertigo/|title=Kim Novak offers perspectives on 'Vertigo'|date=February 9, 2016|access-date=February 13, 2016|work=The San Francisco Examiner|archive-date=February 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160210094429/http://www.sfexaminer.com/kim-novak-offers-perspectives-on-vertigo/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Also in 2016, Novak was invited by Turner Classic Movies to be a guest on their Caribbean Cruise where she sold five of her paintings and was able to raise nearly $7,000 for the prevention of teenage suicide with the auction of a framed [[giclée]] of her.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.facebook.com/KimNovakActress/posts/1235651773181772  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/631092706971018/1235651773181772 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|title= Kim Novak's Caribbean TCM cruise |last= Novak |first= Kim |work=Facebook |date=March 22, 2016 |access-date=March 22, 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In 2018, Novak joined in conversation with [[Larry King]] for a Q&A session at the [[Grauman's Egyptian Theatre]], in celebration of ''Vertigo'''s 60th Anniversary.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=997332034480627712|user=SidGrauman|title="Thank you Kim and Larry for a fantastic evening! Now for Vertigo in 70mm (a print that came in from the UK). Trivia: PAL JOEY co-starring Kim Novak originally premiered at the Egyptian Theatre. Kim Novak is part of our history many times over."|date=May 17, 2018|access-date=May 26, 2016|author=AmericanCinematheque}}</ref> That same year, she was the recipient of a special sold-out tribute from the [[Castro Theatre]].<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.sfchronicle.com/movies/article/Vertigo-star-Kim-Novak-talks-Hitchcock-12931509.php |title= 'Vertigo' star Kim Novak talks Hitchcock, #MeToo at sold-out Castro celebration|last= Bravo |first= Tony |work=[[The San Francisco Chronicle]] |date=May 21, 2018 |access-date=May 26, 2018}}</ref>

In 2020, Novak gave a rare interview for ''[[CBS News Sunday Morning]]''. That same year, she appeared in the first documentary devoted to her, ''Kim Novak : The Golden Age Rebel''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/movies/kim-novak-life-at-90-how-she-wants-to-be-remembered-exclusive/|title=Kim Novak on Turning 90 and How She'll Be Remembered: 'My Life Has Grown Richer the Longer I've Been Around'|first=Liz|last=McNeil|work=People Magazine|date=February 13, 2020|access-date=August 21, 2025}}</ref>

In 2025, Novak received the [[Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement]] at the [[82nd Venice International Film Festival|Venice Film Festival]], where she also presented a new documentary about her, ''[[Kim Novak's Vertigo]]'', directed by [[Alexandre O. Philippe]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2025/film/festivals/kim-novak-venice-film-festival-golden-lion-1236423197/|first=Nick|last=Vivarelli|title=Kim Novak to Be Honored at Venice Film Festival With Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=June 9, 2025}}</ref>

==Honors==
[[File:Kim Novak signature, handprint and footprint - Grauman's Chinese Theatre.JPG|thumb|Novak was honored in a handprint and footprint ceremony at [[Grauman's Chinese Theatre]] in 2012.]]
In 1955, Novak won the [[Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress|Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Female]]. Two years later she won another Golden Globe for World Favorite Female Actress. On February 8, 1960, Novak was awarded a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]], at 6332 [[Hollywood Boulevard]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/kim-novak/|work=LA Times Hollywood Star Project|title=Hollywood Star Project: Kim Novak|date=2010|access-date=May 1, 2014}}</ref> In 1995, Novak was ranked 92nd by ''Empire Magazine'' on a list of the 100 sexiest stars in film history. Novak was honored with a [[Golden Bear]] for Lifetime Achievement at the [[47th Berlin International Film Festival]] in 1997 and was presented with the [[Eastman Kodak]] Archives Award for her major contribution to film in 2003. In 2012, Novak was honored in a handprint and footprint ceremony at [[Grauman's Chinese Theatre]].<ref name="The Hollywood Reporter"/> That same year, she received the ''S.F. Cinematic Icon Award'' from the [[San Francisco Museum and Historical Society]] for her screen contributions in San Francisco with ''Pal Joey'' and ''Vertigo''. Her contribution to world cinema was also rewarded with the ''Kristián Award'' she was given at the [[Febiofest|22nd Febiofest international film festival]] in 2015.

Novak influenced many actors, as well as fashion designers with the roles she played. [[Naomi Watts]] stated that her character interpretation in ''[[Mulholland Drive (film)|Mulholland Drive]]'' (2001) was influenced by the look and performances of Novak in ''Vertigo''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lynchnet.com/mdrive/interview.html|title=Naomi Watts interview |publisher=Lynchnet.com|access-date=December 20, 2012}}</ref> [[Renée Zellweger]] said that Novak was "pure magic" and dressed up as her character from ''Vertigo'' for a photo shoot for the March 2008 issue of ''Vanity Fair''.<ref>{{cite magazine |url= https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/photos/2008/03/iconic-hitchcock-film-stills#6 |title= The Hitchcock Hollywood Portfolio |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=March 2008 |access-date=February 20, 2016}}</ref> [[Nicole Kidman]] wrote Novak a letter saying she was "an inspiration to me and to women everywhere. Your cinematic body of work speaks for yourself, but so does the other side of Kim Novak – the free spirit who left Hollywood to live atop the hills of Big Sur. Kim Novak the painter and llama farmer. You are an icon whose screen presence is unmatched, and yet you've lived your life with dignity and authenticity, and the courage to follow your heart wherever it takes you."<ref>{{cite news |url= http://icsfilm.org/features/tcm-fest-2012-the-whirlpool-in-kim-novaks-eyes/ |title= TCM Fest 2012 – The Whirlpool in Kim Novak's Eyes |last=Striegel |first= Steve |work=International Cinephile Society |date=May 2, 2012 |access-date=February 20, 2016}}</ref> In 2005, British fashion designer [[Alexander McQueen]] named his first [[It Bag]] ''The Novak,'' saying, "I'm drawn to Kim Novak in the same way that Hitchcock was. She had an air of uptightness you wouldn't want to cross."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/fashion/article7023669.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615173149/http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/fashion/article7023669.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 15, 2011|work=The Times|location=London|title=How ''The Times'' tracked Alexander McQueen's career|date=February 11, 2010|access-date=May 7, 2010}}</ref>

==Personal life==
In the mid-1950s, Novak had relationships with [[Ramfis Trujillo]], son of Dominican dictator [[Rafael Trujillo|Rafael Leónidas Trujillo]], and in 1957 with [[Sammy Davis Jr.]]<ref name="Rosenbaum" /> A BBC documentary said that to end her relationship with a black man, [[Columbia Pictures]] chief [[Harry Cohn]] had mobsters threaten Davis with blinding or having his legs broken if he did not marry a black woman within 48 hours.<ref>December 2014 BBC Documentary, Sammy Davis Jr. "The Kid in the middle"</ref> Novak also dated [[Michael Brandon]],<ref>According to his official website, [http://www.michaelbrandon.net/persbiog.html michaelbrandon.net]</ref> [[Wilt Chamberlain]],<ref>[https://vault.si.com/vault/1974/01/21/booktalk It is pretty tough, but just possible, to read 'Wilt' and think, The poor little guy!] Frank Deford, ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'', January 21, 1974</ref> and [[David Hemmings]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.leninimports.com/david_hemmings.html|title=David Hemmings &#124; Biography (1941-2003)|website=www.leninimports.com}}</ref> She was engaged to director [[Richard Quine]] in 1959. Novak's first marriage was to English actor [[Richard Johnson (actor)|Richard Johnson]] from March 15, 1965, to May 26, 1966.<ref>"Novak Gets Divorce At Salinas", ''The Capital Journal'', May 26, 1966</ref> The two remained friends afterward.<ref name="TCM Classic Film Festival 2014 Bio"/>

In 1966, Novak left Hollywood for [[Big Sur]], where she raised horses and painted, making an occasional film. In 1974, she met her second husband, equine veterinarian Robert Malloy, when he made a house call after one of her Arabian mares suffered colic.<ref name="Tribune" /> They married on March 12, 1976. As a result of her marriage, she has two adult stepchildren.<ref name="LarryKing">[http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0401/05/lkl.00.html CNN, January 5, 2004: ''Larry King Live: Interview With Kim Novak'' (transcript)] Relinked June 20, 2014</ref>
The couple built a log home along the [[Williamson River (Oregon)|Williamson River]] near [[Chiloquin, Oregon]]. Malloy died on November 27, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=3636783979735194&id=631092706971018|title=3636783979735194 631092706971018|website=[[Facebook]]}}</ref>

In 1997, Novak and Malloy bought a 43-acre ranch in [[Sams Valley, Oregon]], which the couple made into their home.<ref name="Fire">[http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20000725/NEWS/307259998/0/SEARCH Mail Tribune, July 25, 2000: ''Kim Novak's home burns''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813110707/http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20000725%2FNEWS%2F307259998%2F0%2FSEARCH |date=August 13, 2017 }} Relinked June 20, 2014</ref> Novak took classes in painting with pastels from artists Harley Brown and Richard McKinley. In July 2000, their home burned to the ground, and she lost all her art and the only draft of the autobiography she had been working on for 10 years.<ref name="Fire" /> In 2006, Novak was injured in a [[Equestrianism|horse-riding]] accident. She suffered a punctured lung, broken ribs, and nerve damage, but made a full recovery within a year.<ref name="variety.com">{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2007/film/columns/1967-novak-talks-of-quitting-1117970741/|first=Army|last=Archerd|title=Novak talks of quitting|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=July 24, 1967}}</ref>

In October 2010, her manager, Sue Cameron, reported that Novak had been diagnosed with [[breast cancer]]. Cameron also noted that Novak was "undergoing treatment" and "her doctors say she is in fantastic physical shape and should recover very well."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Freeman |first1=David W |title=Kim Novak, Star of "Vertigo," Battling Breast Cancer: What Are Her Odds? |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kim-novak-star-of-vertigo-battling-breast-cancer-what-are-her-odds/ |website=CBS News |access-date=August 25, 2020 |date=October 20, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Vertigo star Kim Novak diagnosed with breast cancer |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/8077323/Vertigo-star-Kim-Novak-diagnosed-with-breast-cancer.html |access-date=August 25, 2020 |work=The Telegraph |date=October 21, 2010}}</ref> She did recover well.<ref name="wp-bullied">{{cite news |last1=McDonald |first1=Soraya Nadia |title=Kim Novak responds to post-Oscars ridicule: 'I was bullied.' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/04/18/after-the-oscars-kim-novak-responds-to-internet-snark/ |access-date=August 25, 2020 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=April 18, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Williams |first1=Mary Elizabeth |title=Kim Novak and the curse of the beauty |url=https://www.salon.com/2014/03/04/kim_novak_and_the_curse_of_the_beauty/ |access-date=August 25, 2020 |work=Salon |date=March 5, 2014}}</ref>
Robert Malloy's ex-wife, Joan Gundlach—the mother of Novak's stepchildren—committed suicide on April 23, 2013, aged 70.<ref>Walker, Brian (April 27, 2013). "[https://cdapress.com/news/2013/apr/27/missing-womans-body-found-5/ Missing woman's body found]". ''Coeur d'Alene Press''.</ref> Local news at [[Post Falls, Idaho]], where Gundlach's body was found in the [[Spokane River]], did not mention her celebrity connection.<ref>"[https://www.khq.com/news/missing-post-falls-woman-found-dead/article_8bcb8276-6298-54a5-bacf-c9547e68c80f.html Missing Post Falls Woman Found Dead]". KHQ.com. April 24, 2013.</ref>

In 2014, after Novak's rare public appearance at the [[86th Academy Awards]], the media and social commentary indicated she was hardly recognized, which resulted in speculation that she had undertaken substantial cosmetic surgery;<ref name="wp-bullied"/>  Novak was devastated by the criticism—"It really did throw me into a tailspin and it hit me hard," and wrote an open letter in which she stood up to all of her Oscar-night "bullies".<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.facebook.com/KimNovakActress/posts/641307919282830  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/631092706971018/641307919282830 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|title= KIM NOVAK SPEAKS OUT ABOUT OSCAR BULLYING |last= Novak |first= Kim |work=Facebook |date=April 17, 2014 |access-date= August 6, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Novak admitted that she "had fat injections in my face" as she felt "they seemed far less invasive than a face-lift," but later regretted it, "So why did I do it? I trusted somebody doing what I thought they knew how to do best. I should have known better, but what do you do? We do some stupid things in our lives."<ref name="SFGate-2013-interview"/>

Novak continued her creative endeavors as a photographer, poet, and visual artist painting in watercolor, oil, and pastel. Her paintings are [[Impressionism (art)|impressionistic]] and [[Surrealism (art)|surrealistic]].<ref>[http://www.kimnovakartist.com Kim Novak's official artist website] Linked March 21, 2014</ref> The Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, Ohio hosted a retrospective of her work from June until October 2019. Novak was present at the opening on June 16. In 2021, Butler's also published a book with a selection of her paintings titled ''Kim Novak: Her Art and Life''. More recent artworks were on exhibit from June through August 2024 at the Butler Institute. On June 6, 2024, she was, again, present at the opening of this exhibition.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.kimnovakartist.com/articles/ | title=Articles - Kim NovaK Artist | date=April 9, 2024 }}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://butlerart.com/product/kim-novak-her-art-life-signed/|title=Kim Novak: Her Art & Life (Signed Bookplate Edition)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://butlerart.com/exhibits/kim-novak-an-iconic-vision/|title=Kim Novak: An Iconic Vision}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://observer.com/2020/01/kim-novak-actress-artist-painting-career/|title=Hitchcock Icon Kim Novak Ditched Hollywood to Become a Painter|website=[[The New York Observer]] |date=January 13, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://x.com/ButlerArt/status/1798784086687011009|title=x.com|website=X (formerly Twitter)}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Film
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1954
| ''[[The French Line]]'' 
| Model 
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Pushover (film)|Pushover]]''
| Lona McLane 
| 
|-
| ''[[Phffft]]'' 
| Janis 
| 
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1955
| ''[[Son of Sinbad]]'' 
| Harem Girl 
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[5 Against the House]]''
| Kay Greylek 
| 
|-
| ''[[Picnic (1955 film)|Picnic]]'' 
| Marjorie "Madge" Owens 
|
|-
| ''[[The Man with the Golden Arm]]''
| Molly Novotny 
| 
|-
| 1956
| ''[[The Eddy Duchin Story]]'' 
| Marjorie Oelrichs 
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1957
| ''[[Jeanne Eagels (film)|Jeanne Eagels]]''
| [[Jeanne Eagels]]
|
|-
| ''[[Pal Joey (film)|Pal Joey]]''
| Linda English 
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1958
| ''[[Vertigo (film)|Vertigo]]''
| Judy Barton / Madeleine Elster
|
|-
| ''[[Bell, Book and Candle]]'' 
| Gillian "Gil" Holroyd 
| 
|-
| 1959
| ''[[Middle of the Night (film)|Middle of the Night]]''
| Betty Preisser 
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1960
| ''[[Strangers When We Meet (film)|Strangers When We Meet]]''
| Margaret "Maggie" Gault 
| 
|-
| ''[[Pepe (1960 film)|Pepe]]''
| Herself
| Cameo
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1962
| ''[[The Notorious Landlady]]'' 
| Mrs. Carlyle "Carly" Hardwicke 
| 
|-
| ''[[Boys' Night Out (film)|Boys' Night Out]]''
| Cathy 
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1964
| ''[[Of Human Bondage (1964 film)|Of Human Bondage]]''
| Mildred Rogers 
| 
|-
| ''[[Kiss Me, Stupid]]'' 
| Polly the Pistol 
|
|-
| 1965
| ''[[The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders]]''
| Moll Flanders
| 
|-
| 1968
| ''[[The Legend of Lylah Clare]]''
| Lylah Clare/Elsa Brinkmann/Elsa Campbell 
| 
|-
| 1969
| ''[[The Great Bank Robbery (1969 film)|The Great Bank Robbery]]''
| Sister Lyda Kebanov 
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1973
| ''[[Tales That Witness Madness]]''
| Auriol Pageant 
| Segment #4 "Luau"
|-
| ''[[The Third Girl from the Left]]''
| Gloria Joyce 
| rowspan="2" | Television film
|-
| 1975
| ''[[Satan's Triangle]]''
| Eva 
|-
| 1977
| ''[[The White Buffalo (film)|The White Buffalo]]''
| Mrs. Poker Jenny Schermerhorn 
| Alternative title: ''Hunt to Kill''
|-
| 1979
| ''[[Just a Gigolo (1978 film)|Just a Gigolo]]''
| Helga von Kaiserling 
| 
|-
| 1980
| ''[[The Mirror Crack'd]]'' 
| Lola Brewster 
|
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Malibu (film)|Malibu]]'' 
| Billie Farnsworth
| Television film
|-
| 1990
| ''[[The Children (1990 film)|The Children]]'' 
| Rose Sellars 
| 
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Liebestraum (film)|Liebestraum]]''
| Lillian Anderson Munnsen 
| {{As of|2025|11}}, final appearance in a fictional film
|-
| 2025
| ''[[Kim Novak's Vertigo]]''
| Herself
| Documentary film
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Title of work
! Result
|-
| 1955
| [[Golden Globe Award]]
| Most Promising Newcomer - Female
| ''[[Phffft]]''
| {{won}}
|-
| 1956
| Photoplay Awards
| Most Popular Female Star
| {{N/A}}
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1957
| Golden Globe Award
| World Film Favorite - Female
| {{N/A}}
| {{won}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Awards]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|Best Foreign Actress]]
| ''[[Picnic (1955 film)|Picnic]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Apple Award]]
| Most Cooperative Actress
| {{N/A}}
| {{won}}
|-
| 1960
| [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]
| [[List of stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame#Unscheduled stars|Motion Picture Star]]
| {{N/A}}
| {{won}}
|-
| 1958
| rowspan="6" | [[Laurel Awards]]
| rowspan="6" | Top Female Star
| {{N/A}}
| {{draw|3rd place}}
|-
| 1959
| {{N/A}}
| {{draw|12th place}}
|-
| 1960
| {{N/A}}
| {{draw|8th place}}
|-
| 1961
| {{N/A}}
| {{draw|6th place}}
|-
| 1962
| {{N/A}}
| {{draw|13th place}}
|-
| 1963
| {{N/A}}
| {{draw|11th place}}
|-
| 1997
| [[47th Berlin International Film Festival]]
| [[Honorary Golden Bear]]
| {{N/A}}
| {{won}}
|-
| 2003
| [[George Eastman Museum]]
| [[George Eastman Award]]
| {{N/A}}
| {{won}}
|-
| 2012
| [[San Francisco Museum and Historical Society]]
| S.F. Cinematic Icon Award
| {{N/A}}
| {{won}}
|-
| 2015
| [[Febiofest]]
| Kristián Award
| {{N/A}}
| {{won}}
|-
| 2025
| [[82nd Venice International Film Festival]]
| [[Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement]]
| {{N/A}}
| {{won}}
|-
|}

==See also==
*[[The Artist (film)#Kim Novak controversy|Controversy about Novak's ''The Artist'' ad in ''Variety'']]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite journal |last=Barnett |first= Vincent L. |year=2007 |title=Dualling for Judy: The concept of the double in the films of Kim Novak |journal=Film History |volume=19 |issue=1 |publisher=Indiana University Press |issn= 0892-2160 |pages=86–101 |doi=10.2979/fil.2007.19.1.86|s2cid= 191481102 }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130220063201/http://life.time.com/icons/kim-novak-photos-of-the-legendary-star-in-hollywood-and-chicago-1956/?iid=lf%7Cmoreon#1 I Was In Life: Kim Novak Remembers (photo feature)] ''LIFE''
* Kim Novak: Her Art and Life, 2021 - publisher, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown OH

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* [http://www.kimnovakartist.com Kim Novak Official Artist Website]
* [http://film.virtual-history.com/person.php?personid=6545 Photographs and literature]

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