Kim Novak

She currently resides in Hollywood, and is working on an autobiography. In 2003, she was part of newly-elected Toronto mayor David Miller's transition advisory team. Robert Malloy. She was offered and was set to take the role of Penny Lane in Almost Famous, but she dropped out of the project. Novak has been married twice, from 1965 to 1966 to British actor Richard Johnson, and in 1976, to veterinarian Dr. She became a fan favourite at the Sundance Film Festival. Her film work includes:. After this incident she returned to acting and her role in the The Sweet Hereafter (1997) first brought her considerable attention in the United States.

Her beautiful looks soon caught the attention of fans and critics alike. Not wanting to be seen to be stealing the spotlight, by virtue of her profile, from other activists, she later scaled back on her political activism, but remains one of the most engaged young actors in North America. After being seen by a talent agent for Columbia Pictures, she signed a small six month contract, took acting lessons, and appeared in several successful films. In 1995 when protesting against the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario government of Mike Harris, riot police knocked out some of her back teeth. She worked as a model before moving to Hollywood to pursue an acting career. She turned more of her energies to left-wing politics, becoming a prominent member of the New Democratic Party, where maverick Ontario legislator Peter Kormos was said to be her political mentor. She was born Marilyn Pauline Novak in Chicago, Illinois. Long outspoken, she quit the show when it was picked up by Disney's family channel for fear of Americanization.

Kim Novak (born February 13, 1933) is an American film actress. She first became well-known at age fourteen as the star of the popular CBC television series Road to Avonlea. Liebestraum (1991). She has starred in a number of films including Atom Egoyan's The Sweet Hereafter. The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965). Sarah Polley (born January 8, 1979 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian actor and producer. Of Human Bondage (1964). Road to Avonlea.

Kiss Me Stupid (1963). Go (1999). Boys' Night Out (1962). Guinevere (1999). Vertigo (1958). My Life Without Me (2003). Bell, Book and Candle (1958). Dawn of the Dead (2004).

The Man with the Golden Arm (1955). Picnic (1955). Five Against the House (1955). Phffft! (1954).

Pushover (1954).