FrameThrower · Actors · Kim Novak
Kim Novak
4 films · 380 frames · top-billed in 3 · 1958–1977
Born 13 February 1933 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Marilyn Pauline Novak, 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 (1955) and Pal Joey (1957). However, she is perhaps best known today for her "dual role" as both Judy Barton and Madeleine Elster in Alfred Hitchcock's classic thriller Vertigo (1958).…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 4 films · 380 frames · top-billed in 3 · 1958–1977
- Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress1955
- Honorary Golden Bear1977
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
How their films are shot
Measured across 380 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Kim takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 4 films we hold, 55% of their frames are night, 42% low key — the look of the work Kim takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 380 frames from Kim Novak's 4 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.