Kim Novak
In case you did not know Columbia Pictures initially recruited Kim Novak as some kind of a replacement for Rita Hayworth, who was among the greatest stars in the ‘40s but suffered a drop in popularity in the ‘50s. Kim Novak was also brought in to compete with 20th Century Fox’s Marilyn Monroe. Novak’s appearance in the film Vertigo by Alfred Hitchcock established her place in the industry. Since the ‘60s, she has only acted sporadically and since the early ‘90s, she has been retired, something she certainly deserves. In 2010, the star announced she was diagnosed with breast cancer but she later recovered.
Kim Novak
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