Acting
Kim Novak
Born February 13, 1933 · Chicago, Illinois, USA (age 93)
Marilyn Pauline Novak (born February 13, 1933), known professionally as Kim Novak, is an American retired film and television actress. She began her career in 1954 after signing with Columbia Pictures. There, she became a successful actress, starring in a string of movies, among them the critically acclaimed Picnic (1955). She later starred in such popular successes as The Man with the Golden Arm…
Known For
Vertigo · 1958Vertigo
★ 8.11958
MovieMysteryRomance
A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.
The Man with the Golden Arm · 1955The Man with the Golden Arm
★ 7.11955
MovieDramaCrime
When illegal card dealer and recovering heroin addict Frankie Machine gets out of prison, he decides to straighten up. Armed with nothing but an old drum set, Frankie tries to get honest work as a drummer. But when his former employer and his old drug dealer re-enter his life, Frankie finds it hard to stay clean and eventually finds himself succumbing to his old habits.
Bell, Book and Candle · 1958Bell, Book and Candle
★ 6.61958
MovieComedyFantasy
Gillian Holroyd, a modern-day witch, becomes smitten with her handsome upstairs neighbor, Shep Henderson. Using her magical powers, she casts a love spell on him, only to face unexpected complications when genuine feelings emerge, threatening her supernatural abilities.
The Mirror Crack'd · 1980The Mirror Crack'd
★ 6.11980
MovieMysteryCrime
Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.
Picnic · 1955Picnic
★ 6.31955
MovieDramaRomance
Labor Day in a small Kansas farm town. Hal, a burly and resolute drifter, jumps off a dusty freight train car with the purpose of visiting Alan, a former college classmate and son of the richest man in town.
The White Buffalo · 1977The White Buffalo
★ 6.01977
MovieWesternAdventure
In this strange western version of Moby Dick, Wild Bill Hickok hunts a white buffalo he has seen in a dream. Hickok moves through a variety of uniquely authentic western locations - dim, filthy, makeshift taverns; freezing, slaughterhouse-like frontier towns and beautifully desolate high country - before improbably teaming up with a young Crazy Horse to pursue the creature.
Boys' Night Out · 1962Boys' Night Out
★ 5.91962
MovieComedyRomance
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. In secret, they get themselves an apartment with a beautiful young woman, Kathy, for romantic rendezvous. But Kathy does not tell them that she is a sociology student researching the sexual life of the white middle-class male.
Pushover · 1954Pushover
★ 6.61954
MovieCrimeThriller
A police detective falls for the bank robber's girlfriend he is supposed to be tailing.
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Vertigo · 1958Vertigo
★ 8.11958
MovieMysteryRomance
A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.
Madeleine Elster / Judy Barton
The Eddy Duchin Story · 1956The Eddy Duchin Story
★ 6.31956
MovieDramaRomance
The life story of the famous pianist and band-leader of the 1930s and 1940s.
Marjorie Oelrichs Duchin
The Legend of Lylah Clare · 1968The Legend of Lylah Clare
★ 6.01968
MovieDramaCrime
A dictatorial film director hires an unknown actress to play the lead role in a planned movie biography of a late, great Hollywood star.
Lylah Clare / Elsa Brinkmann / Elsa Campbell
Pal Joey · 1957Pal Joey
★ 6.31957
MovieMusicRomance
An opportunistic singer woos a wealthy widow to boost his career.
Linda English
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas · 2026Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
2026
Movie
"Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas" (2026) is a Brazilian film essay directed by Carlos Adriano. The film, which explores the impossibility of filming Marcel Proust's "In Search of Time That Flew", is presented as a collage of archival images and theories.
Madeleine Elster (archive footage) (uncredited)












