#histrion__actor__player__thespian__role_player  a theatrical performer
  supertype:  performer__performing_artist  an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience
  instance:  Allen_Stewart_Konigsberg  Fred_Astaire  Maurice_Barrymore  Lionel_Barrymore  John_Barrymore  Humphrey_DeForest_Bogart  John_Wilkes_Booth  Richard_Burbage  Richard_Burton  Jimmy_Cagney  Maurice_Chevalier  Frank_Cooper  Sir_Noel_Pierce_Coward  Harry_Lillis_Crosby  James_Byron_Dean  Robert_De_Niro  Gerard_Depardieu  John_Drew  Douglas_Elton_Fairbanks  Douglas_Fairbanks_Jr.  Henry_Fonda  William_Clark_Gable  David_Garrick  Mel_Columcille_Gerard_Gibson  Arthur_John_Gielgud  Cary_Grant  Harley_Granville-Barker  Sir_Alec_Guinness  Thomas_J._Hanks  Reginald_Carey_Harrison  John_Heming  Dustin_Hoffman  Sir_Anthony_Philip_Hopkins  Leslie_Howard_Stainer  Al_Jolson  Boris_Karloff  Edmund_Kean  Joseph_Francis_Keaton  Eugene_Curran_Kelly  Charles_Laughton  Lee_Yuen_Kam  Jack_Lemmon  Harold_Clayton_Lloyd  Peter_Lorre  Bela_Lugosi  Alfred_Lunt  E._G._Marshall  Steve_Martin  James_Neville_Mason  Robert_Mitchum  Dudley_Stuart_John_Moore  Paul_Newman  Sir_Laurence_Kerr_Olivier  Peter_Seamus_O'Toole  Sidney_Poitier  Charles_Robert_Redford  Sir_Ralph_David_Richardson  Edward_Goldenberg_Robinson  George_C._Scott  Peter_Sellers  Francis_Albert_Sinatra  Otis_Skinner  Konstantin_Sergeevich_Stanislavsky  James_Maitland_Stewart  Erich_von_Stroheim  Spencer_Tracy  Sir_Herbert_Beerbohm_Tree  Peter_Alexander_Ustinov  John_Wayne  George_Orson_Welles
  subtype:  actress__actres  a female actor
     subtype:  leading_lady__leadinglady  actress who plays the leading female role
     subtype:  starlet  a young (film) actress who is publicized as a future star
     subtype:  tragedienne  an actress who specializes in tragic roles
     instance:  Tallulah_Bankhead__Bankhead  Georgiana_Emma_Barrymore__Barrymore__Georgiana_Barrymore  Ethel_Barrymore__Barrymore  Ingrid_Bergman__Bergman  Sarah_Bernhardt__Bernhardt__Henriette_Rosine_Bernard  Shirley_Temple_Black__Black__Shirley_Temple  Katherine_Cornell__Cornell  Joan_Crawford__Crawford  Bette_Davis__Davis  Marlene_Dietrich__Dietrich__Maria_Magdalene_von_Losch  Eleonora_Duse__Duse  Jane_Fonda__Fonda  Lynn_Fontanne__Fontanne  Greta_Garbo__Garbo__Greta_Louisa_Gustafsson  Judy_Garland__Garland  Lillian_Gish__Gish  Jean_Harlow__Harlow__Harlean_Carpenter  Helen_Hayes__Hayes  Katharine_Houghton_Hepburn__Hepburn__hepburn__Katharine_Hepburn  Glenda_Jackson__Jackson  Grace_Patricia_Kelly__Kelly__Grace_Kelly__Princess_Grace_of_Monaco  Lillie_Langtry__Langtry__the_Jersey_Lillie__Emilie_Charlotte_le_Breton  Gertrude_Lawrence__Lawrence  Eva_Le_Gallienne__Le_Gallienne  Vivien_Leigh__Leigh  Beatrice_Lillie__Lillie__Lady_Peel  Sophia_Loren__Loren__Sofia_Scicolone  Mary_Martin__Martin  Anna_Amalia_Mercouri__Mercouri__Melina_Mercouri  Marilyn_Monroe__Monroe__Norma_Jean_Baker  Alla_Nazimova__Nazimova  Mary_Pickford__Pickford__Gladys_Smith  Ginger_Rogers__Rogers__Virginia_McMath  Moira_Shearer__Shearer  Sarah_Kemble_Siddons__Siddons__Sarah_Siddons  Cornelia_Otis_Skinner__Skinner  Meryl_Streep__Streep  Barbra_Joan_Streisand__Streisand__Barbra_Streisand  Gloria_Swanson__Swanson__Gloria_May_Josephine_Svensson  Elizabeth_Taylor__Taylor  Dame_Alice_Ellen_Terry__Terry__Dame_Ellen_Terry  Dame_Sybil_Thorndike__Thorndike  Ethel_Waters__Waters  Mae_West__West  Natalie_Wood__Wood  Loretta_Young__Young
  subtype:  barnstormer__playactor__trouper  an actor who travels around the country presenting plays
  subtype:  character_actor__characteractor  an actor who specializes in playing supporting roles
  subtype:  comedian  an actor in a comedy
     subtype:  comedienne.comedian  a female actor in a comedy
        instance:  Eleanor_Gwynn__Gwynn__Gywn__Gynne__Nell_Gwynn__Nell_Gywn__Nell_Gwynne__Eleanor_Gwyn__Eleanor_Gwynne
  subtype:  ham_actor__hamactor__ham  an unskilled actor who overacts
  subtype:  heavy.histrion  an actor who plays villainous roles
  subtype:  ingenue.histrion  an actress who specializes in playing the role of an artless innocent young girl
  subtype:  leading_man__leadingman  actor who plays the leading male role
  subtype:  mime__mimer__mummer__pantomimer__pantomimist  an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression
     instance:  Marcel_Marceau__Marceau
  subtype:  plant.histrion  an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience
  subtype:  scene-stealer__scenestealer  an actor who draws more attention than other actors in the same scene; "babies are natural scene-stealers"
  subtype:  star.histrion__principal__lead  an actor who plays a principal role
     subtype:  co-star  one of two actors who are given equal status as stars in a play or film
     subtype:  film_star__movie_star__moviestar  a star who plays leading roles in the cinema
     subtype:  matinee_idol__matineeidol__idol  someone who is adored blindly and excessively
        subtype:  heartthrob  an object of infatuation
     subtype:  television_star__TV_star  a star in a television show
  subtype:  supernumerary__spear_carrier__spearcarrier__extra  a minor actor in crowd scenes
  subtype:  tragedian.histrion  one who specializes in tragic roles
  subtype:  understudy__standby  an actor able to replace a regular performer when required
  subtype:  upstager  a selfish actor who upstages the other actors
  subtype:  walk-on  plays a small part in a dramatic production

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