Kim Novak starred in Vertigo – voted the best film ever made – but knew she was too fragile for fame.
She talks about her tough childhood, the sensitive side of Sinatra and starting again in her fortiesKim Novak apologises for the mess.
And, to be fair, the studio at her Oregon home is fabulously messy.
Behind her are a couple of canvases she has been working on; to the left and right, all sorts of all sorts.
At the back of the room, her rescue dog, Patches, lies on a sofa, half snoozing, half listening.
Occasionally, Sadie Ann, her husband’s pudelpointer, wanders in, sniffs around and leaves.Novak, who turned 88 two days ago, is so much more than a Hollywood legend.
The star of Hitchcock’s Vertigo is a wonderful artist, a mental health activist (she is proudly bipolar), an anti-bullying campaigner, a vet’s assistant and one of
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