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Kim Novak
Birthdate: February 13, 1933

Kim Novak

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CAREER SPAN

Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1950s
3.2238
12
total ranking of 3.2238
1960s
2.2820
9
total ranking of 2.2820
1970s
0.2955
3
total ranking of 0.2955
1980s
1.4248
1
total ranking of 1.4248
1990s
0.8609
2
total ranking of 0.8609
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: Kim Novak is ranked overall as 2.5546 of of 4 stars2.5546

Kim Novak Movie Rankings

1
Kim Novak starring in Vertigo
Kim Novak scores a combined 3.7026 out of 4 stars for Vertigo3.7026
Retired police detective Scottie Fergusson is asked by an old college friend to follow his wife, whom believes she is possessed by a dead ancestor. Scottie seems to foil her suicide attempt and begins falling in love with his friend's wife. ...more about Vertigo
2
Kim Novak starring in Pal Joey
Kim Novak scores a combined 2.9760 out of 4 stars for Pal Joey2.9760
Joey Evans is charming, handsome, funny, talented, and a first class, A-number-one heel. When Joey meets the former chorus girl ("She used to be 'Vera... ...more about Pal Joey
3
Kim Novak starring in Picnic
Kim Novak scores a combined 2.8683 out of 4 stars for Picnic2.8683
The morning of a small town Labor Day picnic, a drifter (Hal Carter) blows into town to visit an old fraternity buddy (Alan Benson) who also happens to be the son of the richest man in town. ...more about Picnic
Actor Awards
  • BAFTA Awards - Best Foreign Actress
5
Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)
Kim Novak scores a combined 2.7791 out of 4 stars for Kiss Me2.7791
Debauched big-time second-rate crooner Dino is stranded in a small town, Climax, Nevada, while driving from Vegas to L.A. to star in a Bing Crosby t.v. special. ...more about Kiss Me
6
Man with the Golden Arm, The (1955)
Kim Novak scores a combined 2.7002 out of 4 stars for Man with the Golden Arm2.7002
Frankie Machine is a skilled card dealer and one-time heroin addict. When he returns home from jail, he struggles to find a new livelihood and to avoid slipping back into addiction. ...more about Man with the Golden Arm
7
Mirror Crack'd, The (1980)
Kim Novak scores a combined 2.6050 out of 4 stars for Mirror Crack'd2.6050
Based on the novel by Agatha Christie. The year is 1953. The small English village of St. ...more about Mirror Crack'd
8
Bell Book and Candle (1958)
Kim Novak scores a combined 2.5666 out of 4 stars for Bell Book and Candle2.5666
Gillian Holroyd is just your average, modern-day, witch, living in a New York apartment with her Siamese familiar, Pyewacket. ...more about Bell Book and Candle
9
Pushover (1954)
Kim Novak scores a combined 2.4460 out of 4 stars for Pushover2.4460
A bank heist yields $210,000. Soon, sultry Lona McLane, girlfriend of one of the robbers, meets Paul Sheridan and has a torrid affair. When she finds out Paul's a cop, to save herself she sets out to corrupt him. He's a pushover. ...more about Pushover
  • Not Available on DVD
10
Phffft! (1954)
Kim Novak scores a combined 2.2816 out of 4 stars for Phffft!2.2816
After eight years of marriage, Robert and Nina divorce. He takes up with his womanising Navy buddy Charlie Nelson while she looks to her interfering mother for guidance. ...more about Phffft!
  • Not Available on DVD
11
Liebestraum (1991)
Kim Novak scores a combined 2.0065 out of 4 stars for Liebestraum2.0065
Two affairs, a generation apart. Nick, a professor of architecture in upstate New York, comes to an Illinois town to be with his birth mother in the final days of her illness; he was adopted and has never known her. ...more about Liebestraum
12
Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders, The (1965)
Kim Novak scores a combined 2.0012 out of 4 stars for Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders2.0012
  • Not Available on DVD
13
Of Human Bondage (1964)
Kim Novak scores a combined 1.9190 out of 4 stars for Of Human Bondage1.9190
Medical student Philip fall in love with Mildred, a waitress. Although she is a flirt, they have a love affair. But when Philip is told about her constant infideliy, they break up. Mildred quits her job and becomes a prostitute. ...more about Of Human Bondage
  • Not Available on DVD
14
Strangers When We Meet (1960)
Kim Novak scores a combined 1.8848 out of 4 stars for Strangers When We Meet1.8848
Architect Larry Coe has a wife and family, but becomes embroiled in an affair with beautiful Maggie Gault, a neighbor with her own family. The two lovers are forced to face the choice between love and loyalty. ...more about Strangers When We Meet
15
Legend of Lylah Clare, The (1968)
Kim Novak scores a combined 1.8733 out of 4 stars for Legend of Lylah Clare1.8733
An unknown actress is hired for a movie being made about Lylah Clare, a famous actress who died mysteriously. When shooting starts, she seems to become possessed by the spirit of the dead actress. ...more about Legend of Lylah Clare
  • Not Available on DVD
16
Boys' Night Out (1962)
Kim Novak scores a combined 1.7409 out of 4 stars for Boys' Night Out1.7409
Fred, George, Doug and Howie are quickly reaching middle-age. Three of them are married, only Fred is still a bachelor. They want something different than their ordinary marriages, children and TV-dinners. ...more about Boys' Night Out
  • Not Available on DVD
17
Tales That Witness Madness (1973)
Kim Novak scores a combined 1.4163 out of 4 stars for Tales That Witness Madness1.4163
Dr Tremayne is an enigmatic Psychiatrist running a Futuristic asylum housing four very special cases. Visited by colleague Nicholas, Tremayne explains his amazing and controversial theories as to why each of the four patients went mad... ...more about Tales That Witness Madness
  • Not Available on DVD
18
Children, The (1990)
Kim Novak scores a combined 0.9954 out of 4 stars for Children0.9954
  • Not Available on DVD
19
Notorious Landlady, The (1962)
Kim Novak scores a combined 0.8597 out of 4 stars for Notorious Landlady0.8597
When William Gridley arrives from the US in London, he rents part of Carly Hardwicke's house from her and promptly begins to fall in love. ...more about Notorious Landlady
  • Not Available on DVD
20
5 Against the House (1955)
No Reviews Available
Four college buddies enjoy a night at a Reno casino and overhear a cop saying that robbing the casino "cannot be done." That gets the brainiest rich kid among them thinking up a plan for the perfect robbery. ...more about 5 Against the House
  • Not Available on DVD
21
Great Bank Robbery, The (1969)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
22
Jeanne Eagels (1957)
No Reviews Available
A poor but beautiful girl named Jeanne takes part in a beauty contest but fails to be crowned its queen. Nevertheless both her determination and her shapely figure impress Sal Satori, the organizer, so much that he gives her a job as a carnival dancer. ...more about Jeanne Eagels
  • Not Available on DVD
23
Middle of the Night (1959)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
24
Pepe (1960)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
25
Premier Khrushchev in the USA (1959)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
26
Just a Gigolo (1979)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
27
White Buffalo, The (1977)
No Reviews Available
In this strange western version of JAWS, Wild Bill Hickok hunts a white buffalo he has seen in a dream. ...more about White Buffalo
  • Not Available on DVD