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Kim Novak

Kim Novak (born Marilyn Pauline Novak, February 13, 1933) is an American film and television actress.

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Kim Novak : Being beautiful in Hollywood can be a hassle

Kim Novak is considered one of the most beautiful screen stars of Hollywood's Golden Era.

However, the "Vertigo" actress, now 79, said that being deemed a Tinseltown beauty did come with disadvantages."Sometimes it's a handicap, having people (judge) you only for the way you look, rather than for the way you think and feel about life," Novak told FOX411's Pop Tarts column, after her hand and footprints were enshrined in concrete in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood as part of the TCM Classic Film Festival over the weekend. "There are so many people who only look at the outside. But I paint, so I like to think that is what I do: I'm always trying to show what is coming from the inside of me. If you stop and look at just the outside, that's unfortunate. I try to let the inside come through, and all you can do is try."Novak's old friend Debbie Reynolds was also on hand to honor the screen star and congratulated her for escaping the Hollywood machine."She was smart enough to le...

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