ACTOR

Kim Novak

1933 - Today

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Marilyn Pauline "Kim" Novak (born February 13, 1933) is an American retired film and television actress and painter. Novak began her career in 1954 after signing with Columbia Pictures and quickly became one of Hollywood's top box office stars, appearing in such hit films as Picnic (1955), The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) and Pal Joey (1957). She is widely known for her performance as Madeleine Elster/Judy Barton in Alfred Hitchcock's thriller Vertigo (1958) with James Stewart. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kim Novak has received more than 5,403,601 page views. Her biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Kim Novak is the 353rd most popular actor (down from 318th in 2019), the 711th most popular biography from United States (down from 631st in 2019) and the 189th most popular American Actor.

Kim Novak is most famous for her role in the Alfred Hitchcock film "Vertigo."

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 72.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Kim Novak ranks 353 out of 10,030. Before her are Andy García, Ed O'Neill, Daniel Craig, Emil Jannings, Annie Girardot, and Joaquin Phoenix. After her are Tippi Hedren, Carmen Amaya, Don Johnson, Kate Winslet, Vittorio Gassman, and Juliette Binoche.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Kim Novak ranks 34. Before her are Bernardo Provenzano, Gene Wilder, Paul Biya, Álvaro Siza Vieira, John Barry, and Heinrich Rohrer. After her are Wilbur Smith, Jerzy Grotowski, Jayne Mansfield, Gian Maria Volonté, Philip Zimbardo, and Stanley Milgram.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kim Novak ranks 711 out of 15,968. Before her are John Carpenter (1948), Robert Venturi (1925), David Copperfield (1956), John Searle (1932), Omar Bradley (1893), and William Saroyan (1908). After her are Tippi Hedren (1930), Martin Lewis Perl (1927), William T. G. Morton (1819), Anne Sullivan (1866), Gloria Gaynor (1947), and W. Edwards Deming (1900).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Kim Novak ranks 189. Before her are Jason Robards (1922), Anne Bancroft (1931), John Cassavetes (1929), Gene Wilder (1933), John Goodman (1952), and Ed O'Neill (1946). After her are Tippi Hedren (1930), Don Johnson (1949), Ginger Rogers (1911), Jeff Goldblum (1952), Carole Lombard (1908), and Danny Glover (1946).

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