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Actor Born: February 13, 1933 in Chicago, IL Biography:"Kim Novak" was among Hollywood's most enigmatic sex symbols of the '50s and early '60s. Blonde and beautiful, she exuded a daunting intellectual chilliness and an underlying passionate heat that made her especially alluring. One of the last of the studio-made stars, she rebelled against her "manufactured" image, struggling to be seen as more than just another brainless glamour gal. Novak brought to many of her roles a certain melancholic reluctance about freeing up her character's sensuality. It seemed as if her beauty was a burden, not an asset.
She was born Marilyn Pauline Novak and raised in Chicago, the daughter of a Czech railroad man. Before she was discovered in Los Angeles by Columbia Pictures helmer "Harry Cohn" (who chose her as a replacement for his increasingly difficult and rebellious reigning screen goddess "Rita Hayworth"), Novak worked odd jobs that included sales clerk, elevator... Full Biography
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