Kim NovakGeorge Sanders and Novak in Moll Flanders Kim Novak (born February 13, 1933) is an American film actress. She was born Marilyn Pauline Novak in Chicago, Illinois. She worked as a model before moving to Hollywood to pursue an acting career. 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. Her beautiful looks soon caught the attention of fans and critics alike. Her film work includes:
Novak has been married twice, from 1965 to 1966 to British actor Richard Johnson, and in 1976, to veterinarian Dr. Robert Malloy. She currently resides in Hollywood, and is working on an autobiography. This page about Kim Novak includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about Kim Novak News stories about Kim Novak External links for Kim Novak Videos for Kim Novak Wikis about Kim Novak Discussion Groups about Kim Novak Blogs about Kim Novak Images of Kim Novak |
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She currently resides in Hollywood, and is working on an autobiography. Of these, she is the only one who has not played Norma Desmond in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical version of Sunset Boulevard. Robert Malloy. She is frequently named one of the four greatest living musical divas alongside Betty Buckley, Patti LuPone and Elaine Paige. Novak has been married twice, from 1965 to 1966 to British actor Richard Johnson, and in 1976, to veterinarian Dr. However, she was nominated several times: 1975 for Mack and Mabel, 1984 for Sunday in the Park with George, 1993 for The Goodbye Girl, and 2003 for Gypsy, as well as 1972 as Best Featured Actress in a Musical for On the Town. Her film work includes:. She has won a Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical twice: 1985 for Song and Dance and 1999 for Annie Get Your Gun. Her beautiful looks soon caught the attention of fans and critics alike. In theatre, she has come to be associated with Stephen Sondheim's music, appearing in his Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods, and, in 2003, returning to Gypsy as "Mama Rose". 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 films she is remembered mainly for the movies she made with Steve Martin. She worked as a model before moving to Hollywood to pursue an acting career. She first attracted critical notice in the Off-Broadway spoof of 1930s musicals, Dames at Sea. She was born Marilyn Pauline Novak in Chicago, Illinois. In her teen years she appeared in The Most Happy Fella (1959), was an understudy for "Dainty June" in the touring company of Gypsy (1961), and was in The Penny Friend (1966) and The Girl In The Freudian Slip (1967). Kim Novak (born February 13, 1933) is an American film actress. She took tap lessons, and at the age of nine got her Equity Card (under the name of Bernadette Peters, to avoid ethnic stereotyping). Liebestraum (1991). She later appeared on Name That Tune and The Horn And Hardart Children's Hour. The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965). Her mother started her off in show business by putting her on the television show Juvenile Jury at the age of three and a half years. Of Human Bondage (1964). Her outstanding characteristics are her flawless complexion, bee-stung lips, kewpie-doll voice, and gift for light comedy. Kiss Me Stupid (1963). Bernadette Peters is the stage name of Bernadette Lazarra (born February 28, 1948 in Ozone Park, Queens, New York), an actress and singer. Boys' Night Out (1962). Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella - 1997. Vertigo (1958). Into the Woods - 1991. Bell, Book and Candle (1958). Sunday in the Park with George - 1986. The Man with the Golden Arm (1955). Slaves of New York - 1989. Picnic (1955). Annie - 1982. Five Against the House (1955). Heartbeeps - 1981. Phffft! (1954). Pennies from Heaven - 1981 (Golden Globe Award, Best Actress). Pushover (1954). The Jerk - 1979. Silent Movie - 1976. Gypsy - 2003. Annie Get Your Gun - 1999 (Tony Award, Best Leading Actress in a Musical). The Goodbye Girl - 1993. Into the Woods - 1987. Song and Dance - 1985 (Tony Award, Best Leading Actress in a Musical). Sunday in the Park with George - 1984. Mack & Mabel - 1974. On the Town - 1971. La Strada - 1969. George M! - 1968. Johnny No-Trump - 1967. The Girl in the Freudian Slip -1967. Dames at Sea - 1967. |