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.

Actress Kim Novak is set to receive the Golden Lion Life Achievement honor at the Venice Film Festival this summer.