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Kim Novak

Kim Novak

Turned down the female lead in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), The Hustler (1961) and Animal House (1978) among others because she was focusing her time on personal activities.

Visited Sammy Davis Jr. in hospital shortly before his death.

Was engaged to Richard Quine but they did not marry.

Was seriously injured in a horse-riding accident in 2006 and broke her ribs, punctured a lung and had nerve damage. She made a full recovery within a year.

Was the original choice to play "Marion Wormer" in Animal House (1978).



Went on a personal strike in 1957 protesting her current salary of $1,250 per week.

When she was a kid, she had a scholarship to the Art Institute of Chicago.

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