Kim Novak is to receive the Venice Film Festival ’s Golden Lion for lifetime achievement. The festival, which runs August 27-September 6, also will screen the world premiere of documentary Kim Novak’s Vertigo by Alexandre Philippe, made in collaboration with the legendary American actress.

She is best known for portraying the double life of Alfred Hitchcock’s heroine in Vertigo (1958). Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A Hollywood diva from the 1950s and 1960s, Novak's notable films include Alfred Hitchcock's 'Vertigo', 'Kiss Me, Stupid' by Billy Wilder, 'Picnic' and 'The Man with the Golden Arm'