#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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