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| Oprah Winfrey |
influential U.S. talk-show host, actor, philanthropist, and reputedly the first African-American woman billionaire (b.1954). |
| Orson Welles |
U.S. actor, screenwriter, producer, and critically acclaimed motion picture director who first gained national recognition for his role in the 1938 radio broadcast adaptation of H.G. Wells's novel, The War of the Worlds (b.1915--d.1985). |
| player |
an actor in a drama. [1/3 definitions] |
| principal |
a primary participant in an activity, such as the leading actor or actress in a play, or any of the chief parties in a dispute or a formal agreement. [1/4 definitions] |
| prompt |
in theater, television, and the like, to assist (an actor or reciter) by providing forgotten words. [2/7 definitions] |
| rehearse |
to repeat (an action) or drill (an actor or other performer) in order to make perfect. [1/4 definitions] |
| role |
the character played by an actor or actress. [1/3 definitions] |
| Ronald Reagan |
the 40th President of the United States (1981-1989) and 33rd Governor of California (1967-1975), who had an earlier career as a film actor and president of the Screen Actors Guild. President Reagan worked to end the Cold War and to improve U.S. relations with the Soviet Union; born Ronald Wilson Reagan (b.1911--d.2004). |
| Shakespearean |
a scholar, actor, or the like who specializes in the works of Shakespeare. [1/2 definitions] |
| stage-struck |
having an intense and sometimes naive desire to be involved in theater, esp. as an actor. |
| straight man |
an actor or entertainer who serves as a comedian's foil, usu. delivering lines to which the comedian responds with a joke. |
| stunt man |
in film production, a skilled male performer who substitutes for an actor in hazardous or acrobatic sequences. |
| Thespian |
(usu. l.c.) an actor or actress. [1/2 definitions] |
| tragedian |
an actor noted for his or her performances in tragedies. [1/2 definitions] |
| typecast |
to place (an actor) in a role that appears to suit his or her personality, appearance, or reputation. [1/2 definitions] |
| understudy |
to learn the role or function of so as to be able to substitute for (usu. an actor in a play). [1/3 definitions] |
| upstage |
to move upstage from (another actor), forcing him or her to turn away from the audience and thus diverting attention to oneself. [1/6 definitions] |
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