I used Jimmy to give me what I needed to keep going and to know that I was on the right path with it. I thought I saw Jimmy's soul all the time we worked. He never covered his soul and I never covered mine. We saw into each other's souls, very definitely.

and Ramfis Trujillo in the late 1950s and actor Michael Brandon in the 1970s. She returned playing a top role in the horror anthology film Tales That Witness Madness (1973) which also starred Joan Collins. Novak is possibly best known for her dual role in the 1958 Alfred Hitchcock film Vertigo.

Now retired Kim Novak lives with her veterinarian husband on a ranch in Eagle Point Oregon. She later appeared on the prime time soap opera Falcon Crest from 1986 to 1987.