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Kim Novak

American actress (born )

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Born	Marilyn Pauline Novak () February 13, (age&#;92) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Alma&#;mater	School of the Art Institute of Chicago
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Spouses	Richard Johnson &#; &#; (m.&#;; div.&#;)&#; Robert Malloy &#; &#; (m.&#;; died&#;)&#;
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Marilyn Pauline "Kim" Novak (born February 13, ) is an American retired actress and painter. Her contributions to cinema have been honored with two Golden Globe Awards, an Honorary Golden Bear, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Novak began her career in after signing a contract with Columbia Pictures, and quickly became one of Hollywood's top box office stars, appearing in Picnic (), The Man with the Golden Arm (), and Pal Joey (). She gained prominence for her performance in Alfred Hitchcock's thriller Vertigo (), which is recognized as one of the greatest films ever made. Other notable films include Bell, Book and Candle (), Strangers When We Meet (), and Of Human Bondage ().

Although at the time still relatively young, Novak withdrew from acting by and has only sporadically worked in films since. She appeared in The Mirror Cra

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Kim Novak: ‘I inherited mental illness from my father, but the rape must have added to it’

Kim Novak apologises for the mess. And, to be fair, the studio at her Oregon home is fabulously messy. Behind her are a couple of canvases she has been working on; to the left and right, all sorts of all sorts. At the back of the room, her rescue dog, Patches, lies on a sofa, half snoozing, half listening. Occasionally, Sadie Ann, her husband's pudelpointer, wanders in, sniffs around and leaves.

Novak, who has just turned 88, is so much more than a Hollywood legend. The star of Hitchcock’s Vertigo is a wonderful artist, a mental-health activist (she is proudly bipolar), an anti-bullying campaigner, a vet’s assistant and one of the greatest life forces I’ve spoken to.

It is less than three months since Bob Malloy, her second husband, died. And here she is getting on with stuff, painting her way out of the blues, as she has done so often before. Novak turned down more than €1 million for her autobiography decades ago, but now she is publishing a beautiful book of her art, dedicated to Malloy, accompanied by a few words that nod to rather than scrutinise the big events in her life. There are tender portraits of her parents and the many animals she has helped and harboured (Malloy was an