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Kim Novak
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Whatever Cohn's intentions may have been, Novak did not conform to the sex goddess concept. This is apparent in her first starring role, in Richard Quine's Pushover. Cast as a femme fatale, she undermines the implications of the character's destructive sexual appeal by projecting an extreme vulnerability. In Mark Robson's Phffft! her unease at playing a Marilyn Monroe-like dumb blond is very apparent. In Picnic and The Man with the Golden Arm she sensitively portrays characters who resist being treated merely as sex objects, and Jeanne Eagels remains interesting, despite George Sidney's crude direction and a clichéd script, because of Novak's ability to project the subjective identity of the character.
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Novak debuted as Lona McLane in Pushover (1954) opposite Fred MacMurray and Philip Carey. Though her role was not the best, her beauty caught the attention of fans and critics alike. She then played the femme fatale role as Janis in Phffft! (1954) opposite Judy Holliday, Jack Lemmon, and Jack Carson. Novak's reviews were good. People were eager to see the new star, and she received an enormous amount of fan mail.
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At school, a new teacher has arrived -- the beautiful Ewa Kaludis (Helena af Sandeberg), whom the smitten boys compare with Kim Novak. Her b.f. is Berra Albertsson (Anders Berg), a former athlete who's become a thug.
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VIENNA, March 5--Hollywood star Kim Novak left Vienna for Moscow by air today on a personal invitation of the Soviet film industry. She will attend the performances of several of her movies there. Miss Novak has spent the last five days in Austria on a skiing vacation.
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Kim Novak (born February 13 , 1933 ) is an American actress who was one of America’s most popular movie stars in the late 1950s. She is perhaps best known for her performance in …
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Kim Novak has not made a film since Liebestraum. As her work has long shown, she is an intelligent, creative actor who has an extraordinary screen presence. Ideally, Novak will be back on-screen.
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