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Kim Novak Profile
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| 13 February 33 | is born in Chicago, Illinois, as second child to Blanche and Joseph Novak, second-generation Czechs |
| Early 50s | suffers two broken engagements |
| gossip links her to munitions millionaire and sugar daddy Edgar Ausnit and Hollywood lothario and handsome actor Ted Cooper |
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| director Richard Quine guides her through her screen test at Columbia. Harry Cohn would like to name her Kit Marlowe, but lets her choose Kim and keep her surname. |
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| in contrary to Hollywood's most notorious casting couch, she's never touched by Cohn |
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| meets thirty-five-year old theater magnate and bachelor Mac Krim at a celebrity tennis match at the Beverly Hills Hotel, and a furious romance, that will become a six-year relationship, begins |
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| lives alone in Cohn's Hollywood Studio Club for Girls |
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| 30 March 54 | attends the Academy Awards on the arm of young actor Kerwin Mathews |
| almost loses the role in Pushover that makes her a star, to young starlet Dianne Foster |
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| for $100,00, Cohn loans her to United Artists for Man with the Golden Arm |
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| she's only friends with Frank Sinatra |
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| October 54 | a photographer from Chicago demands hush money for nude photos of her, taken when she was sixteen; Columbia pays $15,000 |
| 55 | poses nude for columnist Earl Wilson during her first publicity trip to New York |
| June 55 | attends the celebrity benefit sessions at the Mocambo with Dr. Ernest Wilder |
| Summer 55 | Krim visits her in Kansas, on location for Picnic |
| becomes friendly with young actor Nick Adams during filming of Picnic |
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| December 55 | Universal-International's contract player George Nader denies having a romance with her |
| 56 | she's expected to marry Krim before the year is over |
| Mid-56 | with three blockbuster films, she's the top box office attraction in the world; her love affair disintegrates rapidly in a matter of months |
| aboard the Ile de France, she sails for a whirlwind tour of Europe, topped off with an appearance at the Cannes Film Festival |
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| Ishmaelite Prince Aly Khan meets her on the Riviera, falls for her, and wants to marry her |
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| in Rome she meets thirty-two-year-old "Count" Mario Bandini, owner of Italy's largest tomato cannery, and is swept off her feet. He takes her to Venice. |
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| she and Sinatra are said to be in the midst of a torrid love affair |
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| 56 | Tyrone Power complains about her behavior on the set of The Eddy Duchin Story |
| August 56 | eludes the deeper contentment of marriage to Mac Krim |
| 57 | quarrels with Barbara Nichols about her hair color during filming of Pal Joey |
| May 57 | actor John Ireland gifts her with birthday presents |
| John Ireland is the man of the hour. Frank Sinatra, Mac Krim, Count Mario Bandini, and Aly Khan preceded |
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| September 57 | will wed Ireland if their romance can withstand her angry studio bosses and survive the time delay of his divorce from Joanne Dru |
| December 57 | Cohn learns about her affair with Sammy Davis, Jr. News of the scandal spreads throughout Hollywood like wildfire; Cohn suffers his first heart attack. |
| dates Aly Khan |
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| has an affair with Sammy Davis, Jr. |
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| 58 | Hitchcock opposes Paramount's casting her for From Amongst the Dead and tries to bring in his favorite, Vera Miles |
| January 58 | there are rumors she and Davis, Jr., may marry |
| 10 January 58 | Davis, Jr., is forced by hoods into marrying a black chorus girl in Las Vegas |
| 27 February 58 | Cohn dies of a heart attack after receiving clippings of the Kim-Sammy scandal |
| Cohn's death throws her into the arms of Dick Quine, her director on Bell, Book and Candle. A short affair develops. |
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| is ten pounds slimmer since Vertigo |
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| Zsa Zsa Gabor hosts a candlelight dinner for Kim, General Ramfis Trujillo, and her sister Eva. Kim and Trujillo are "ablaze with romance." |
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| to help the affair, Zsa Zsa stages a lavish party in their honor. The Jimmy Stewarts, the Robert Taylors, David Selznik and Jennifer Jones, Robert Mitchum, Louella Parsons, Rhonda Fleming, Shirley MacLaine, Maureen O'Hara, Ann Miller, Natalie Wood, and Porfirio Rubirosa attend. |
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| Trujillo gifts her with $5,000 in jewelry and an $8,500 black Mercedes 220S with customized white leather interior |
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| the flirtation becomes a political uproar overnight when two Congressmen tie these gifts to the emergency federal aid given to the poverty-stricken Dominican Republic. Columbia forces her to put an end to her affair with Trujillo |
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| April 58 | her current choice for escort is Italian Mario Bandini |
| 12 May 58 | Trujillo declares he will file for divorce from his wife (they have six kids) to be free for Kim. He later sits down with her mother to officially seek her daughter's hand. |
| 12 June 58 | the Trujillo affair is over, and she blames Columbia |
| October 58 | Trujillo has two signed photographs of her on his yacht |
| November 58 | causes a rift between Jeff Chandler and Esther Williams |
| Marc Krim is getting a little tired of playing second fiddle to her admirers and insists he is dating other girls and has no intention of marrying her right now |
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| while in New York, her most frequent dates are with Dr. Ernest Wynder at the Harwyn |
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| Spring 59 | she's off to Europe with her parents. On the Riviera the Novaks are hosted by Aly Khan at his Chateau L'Horizon. Her escort at the Cannes Film Festival is Cary Grant. |
| her love affair with Grant is just a Columbia-spread rumor |
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| her presence sparks a riot among her fans in Milan; she escapes through a back door |
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| her relationship with Marc Krim has become a deep friendship |
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| 63 | director Henry Hathaway and lead Laurence Harvey are a disaster for her while filming Of Human Bondage, in a rainy Dublin, Ireland. With this movie, her major Hollywood days are over. |
| is a twosome with handsome London columnist Roderick Mann |
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| 14 June 63 | will be married to Mann over the weekend |
| September 63 | receives an engagement ring from Mann |
| 64 | throws her back out during the filming of Kiss Me Stupid and is forced to play the rest of the film in great pain |
| Fall 64 | meets actor Richard Johnson while filming The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders |
| 15 March 65 | marries actor Richard Johnson in Beaver Dam / Aspen, Colorado |
| June 65 | their marriage is in trouble; they move into different flats in London |
| is badly injured in a riding accident in Saint James Park. Deborah Kerr is a substitute for her in 13. |
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| Spring 66 | presents an Oscar at the Academy Awards gala with Johnson the day they both agree to separate |
| 26 May 66 | divorces Johnson |
| 26 August 66 | suffers an almost fatal car crash near her Gull's Nest residence in Big Sur and afterwards decides to retire from the screen |
| 74 | meets veterinarian Dr. Robert Malloy when he comes to treat a sick horse |
| 12 March 76 | marries Robert L. Malloy in an outdoor ceremony at her home in the Big Sur area of California. He's 36; she's 43. |
| March 79 | returns to Hollywood to present an Oscar |
| 2 March 14 | returns to Hollywood to present an Oscar |
| January 20 | is interviewed by Mo Rocca on CBS Sunday Morning |
| Sources: Kim Novak: Reluctant Goddess by Peter Harry Brown, Kim Novak on Camera by Larry Kleno, Made in Heaven by Victoria Houseman, Photoplay, Silver Screen, Screen Stories, Motion Picture, The Hollywood Reporter, Movie Mirror, Movie Life | |
| Recommended Books: Kim Novak: Reluctant Goddess by Peter Harry Brown Kim Novak on Camera by Larry Kleno The Encyclopedia of Sixties Cool by Chris Strodder Fifties Blondes by Richard Koper | |
| Links: Filmography Lavender Blonde: A Kim Novak Page Love Goddess: Kim Novak JSR Pages: Kim Novak Kim Novak at For the Love of Opera Gloves | |