Kim Novak, the unforgettable star of Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo, officially retired from the screen in the early 1990s. But this summer, she will return to the spotlight to receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 2025 Venice Film Festival.

The Venice Film Festival will honor legendary "Vertigo" star Kim Novak with a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement. Novak, 92, became the world’s top box office draw during the late ‘50s and early ‘60s thanks to films now considered classics such as Joshua Logan’s “Picnic” (1955);

American actress Kim Novak will be awarded the Lifetime Achievement Golden Lion at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival, which takes place from August 27 to September 6, La Biennale di Venezia said on Monday.