Growing Up During the Great Depression
Kim Novak came into the world on February 13th, 1933, under the name Marilyn Pauline Novak. Her parents, Joseph Novak and Blanche Kral, were of Czech descent, but they and their two daughters were born in Chicago, Illinois. Their household was a strict one, and Kim was a shy child. They lived in a rough neighborhood of Chicago, known for its violent crime.
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The Novaks were the only Catholic family on their block, and the other kids often bullied Kim for being different. Her mother wouldn’t let Kim wear makeup or grownup hairstyles for fear that the young beauty would attract the attention of dangerous men. Blanche worked as a seamstress, and until the Great Depression, Joseph was a schoolteacher.