Kim Novak (nborn February 13, 1933) is an American retired actress and painter. Her contributions to cinema have been honored with two Golden Globe Awards, an Honorary Golden Bear, a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
In the 1950s, Novak was one of Hollywood’s most successful and distinctive “it” girls, known for her “lavender-tinted” blonde hair and an enigmatic, “glacial cool” screen presence. After being discovered as a model in The French Line (1953), she signed with Columbia Pictures, which marketed her as a sophisticated alternative to Marilyn Monroe.
She was the top box-office star for three consecutive years during the mid-to-late 1950s. Despite her fame, she often felt uncomfortable with the studio system’s control over her image and was famously involved in a controversial relationship with Sammy Davis Jr. that was reportedly ended due to pressure from studio head Harry Cohn.
By the end of the 1950s, Novak began to distance herself from Hollywood’s “bombshell” expectations, eventually retiring in the mid-1960s to pursue a career in painting.
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