#performer__performing_artist an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience
supertype: entertainer a person who tries to please or amuse
subtype: histrion__actor__player__thespian__role_player a theatrical performer
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
instance: Allen_Stewart_Konigsberg__Allen__Woody_Allen Fred_Astaire__Astaire Maurice_Barrymore__Barrymore__Herbert_Blythe Lionel_Barrymore__Barrymore John_Barrymore__Barrymore Humphrey_DeForest_Bogart__Bogart__Humphrey_Bogart John_Wilkes_Booth__Booth Richard_Burbage__Burbage__burbage Richard_Burton__Burton Jimmy_Cagney__Cagney__James_Cagney Maurice_Chevalier__Chevalier Frank_Cooper__Cooper__Gary_Cooper Sir_Noel_Pierce_Coward__Coward__Noel_Coward Harry_Lillis_Crosby__Crosby__Bing_Crosby James_Byron_Dean__Dean__James_Dean Robert_De_Niro__De_Niro Gerard_Depardieu__Depardieu John_Drew__Drew Douglas_Elton_Fairbanks__Fairbanks__Douglas_Fairbanks__Julius_Ullman Douglas_Fairbanks_Jr.__Fairbanks Henry_Fonda__Fonda William_Clark_Gable__Gable__gable__Clark_Gable David_Garrick__Garrick__garrick Mel_Columcille_Gerard_Gibson__Gibson__Mel_Gibson Arthur_John_Gielgud__Gielgud__Sir_John_Gielgud Cary_Grant__Grant Harley_Granville-Barker__Granville-Barker Sir_Alec_Guinness__Guinness__Alec_Guinness Thomas_J._Hanks__Hanks__Tom_Hanks Reginald_Carey_Harrison__Harrison__Rex_Harrison__Sir_Rex_Harrison John_Heming__Heming__Hemminge__John_Hemminge Dustin_Hoffman__Hoffman Sir_Anthony_Philip_Hopkins__Hopkins__Anthony_Hopkins__Sir_Anthony_Hopkins Leslie_Howard_Stainer__Howard__Leslie_Howard Al_Jolson__Jolson__Asa_Yoelson Boris_Karloff__Karloff__William_Henry_Pratt Edmund_Kean__Kean Joseph_Francis_Keaton__Keaton__Buster_Keaton Eugene_Curran_Kelly__Kelly__Gene_Kelly Charles_Laughton__Laughton Lee_Yuen_Kam__Lee__Bruce_Lee Jack_Lemmon__Lemmon__John_Uhler Harold_Clayton_Lloyd__Lloyd__Harold_Lloyd Peter_Lorre__Lorre__Laszlo_Lowestein Bela_Lugosi__Lugosi__Bela_Ferenc_Blasko Alfred_Lunt__Lunt E._G._Marshall__Marshall Steve_Martin__Martin James_Neville_Mason__Mason__James_Mason Robert_Mitchum__Mitchum Dudley_Stuart_John_Moore__Moore__Dudley_Moore Paul_Newman__Newman Sir_Laurence_Kerr_Olivier__Olivier__Laurence_Olivier__Baron_Olivier_of_Birghton Peter_Seamus_O'Toole__O'Toole__Peter_O'Toole Sidney_Poitier__Poitier Charles_Robert_Redford__Redford__Robert_Redford Sir_Ralph_David_Richardson__Richardson__Ralph_Richardson Edward_Goldenberg_Robinson__Robinson__Edward_G._Robinson George_C._Scott__Scott Peter_Sellers__Sellers Francis_Albert_Sinatra__Sinatra__Frank_Sinatra Otis_Skinner__Skinner Konstantin_Sergeevich_Stanislavsky__Stanislavsky__Konstantin_Stanislavsky__Konstantin_Sergevich_Alekseev James_Maitland_Stewart__Stewart__Jimmy_Stewart Erich_von_Stroheim__Stroheim Spencer_Tracy__Tracy Sir_Herbert_Beerbohm_Tree__Tree Peter_Alexander_Ustinov__Ustinov__Sir_Peter_Ustinov John_Wayne__Wayne__Duke_Wayne George_Orson_Welles__Welles__Orson_Welles
subtype: artiste a public performer (a dancer or singer)
subtype: baton_twirler__batontwirler__twirler someone who twirls a baton
subtype: drum_majorette.baton_twirler__drummajorette a female baton twirler who accompanies a marching band
subtype: comic__comedian a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comic acts
subtype: merry_andrew__merryandrew__clown__buffoon a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior
subtype: harlequin a clown or buffoon (after the Harlequin character in the commedia dell'arte)
subtype: jester__fool a professional clown employed to to entertain a king or nobleman in the middle ages
subtype: whiteface a clown whose face is covered with white make-up
subtype: zany a buffoon in one of the old comedies; imitates others for ludicrous effect
instance: Emmett_Kelly__Kelly__Weary_Willie
subtype: comedienne a female comedian
subtype: gagman__standup_comedian__standupcomedian a comedian who uses gags
subtype: jokester__joker a person who enjoys telling or playing jokes
subtype: top_banana__topbanana the leading comedian in a burlesque show
instance: George_Burns__Burns__Nathan_Birnbaum Sir_Charles_Spencer_Chaplin__Chaplin__Charlie_Chaplin Jimmy_Durante__Durante W._C._Fields__Fields__William_Claude_Dukenfield Oliver_Hardy__Hardy Benny_Hill__Hill__Alfred_Hawthorne Leslie_Townes_Hope__Hope__Bob_Hope Joseph_Francis_Keaton__Keaton__Buster_Keaton Sir_Harry_MacLennan_Lauder__Lauder__Harry_Lauder Arthur_Stanley_Jefferson_Laurel__Laurel__Stan_Laurel Steve_Martin__Martin Julius_Marx__Groucho__groucho__marx Leonard_Marx__Chico__Marx Arthur_Marx__Harpo__Marx Herbert_Marx__Zeppo__Marx Dudley_Stuart_John_Moore__Moore__Dudley_Moore
subtype: rodeo_rider__rodeorider__cowboy a performer who gives exhibitions of riding and roping and bulldogging
subtype: professional_dancer__dancer a performer who dances
subtype: ballet_dancer a dancer who is a member of a ballet company
subtype: ballerina__danseuse a female ballet dancer
subtype: prima_ballerina__primaballerina a leading female ballet dancer
subtype: danseur_noble__danseurnoble__danseur a male ballet dancer who is the partner of a ballerina
subtype: ballet_master a man who directs and teaches and rehearses dancers for a ballet company
subtype: baller_mistress a woman who directs and teaches and rehearses dancers for a ballet company
subtype: belly_dancer__bellydancer__exotic_dancer a woman who performs a solo Oriental dance using exaggerated abdominal movements
subtype: chorus_girl__showgirl__chorine a woman who dances in a chorus line
subtype: hoofer__stepper a professional dancer
subtype: nautch_girl a professional dancing girl in India
subtype: tap_dancer__tapdancer a dancer who who sounds out rhythms by using metal taps on the toes and heels of the shoes
subtype: taxi_dancer a woman employed to dance with patrons who pay a fee for each dance
instance: Alicia_Alonso__Alonso Fred_Astaire__Astaire George_Balanchine__Balanchine Mikhail_Baryshnikov__Baryshnikov Merce_Cunningham__Cunningham Agnes_George_De_Mille__De_Mille__Agnes_De_Mille Isadora_Duncan__Duncan Dame_Margot_Fonteyn__Fonteyn Martha_Graham__Graham Judith_Jamison__Jamison Tamara_Karsavina__Karsavina Eugene_Curran_Kelly__Kelly__Gene_Kelly Dame_Alicia_Markova__Markova__Lilian_Alicia_Marks Leonide_Fedorovitch_Massine__leonidefedorovitchmassine__Massine__Leonid_Fyodorovich_Myasin Arthur_Mitchell__Mitchell Lola_Montez__Montez__Marie_Dolores_Eliza_Rosanna_Gilbert Vaslav_Nijinsky__Nijinsky__Waslaw_Nijinsky Rudolf_Nureyev__Nureyev Anna_Pavlova__Pavlova Ginger_Rogers__Rogers__Virginia_McMath Salome Ted_Shawn__Shawn Moira_Shearer__Shearer Ruth_St._Denis__St._Denis__Saint_Denis__Ruth_Saint_Denis Maria_Tallchief__Tallchief Twyla_Tharp__Tharp Antony_Tudor__Tudor Galina_Sergeevna_Ulanova__Ulanova__Galina_Ulanova Gaetan_Vestris__Vestris
subtype: executant a performer (usually of musical works)
subtype: fire-swallower__fire-eater a performer who pretends to swallow fire
subtype: fire_walker someone who walks barefoot on burning coals
subtype: headliner__star a performer who receives prominent billing
subtype: juggler a performer who juggles objects and performs tricks of manual dexterity
subtype: magician__prestidigitator__conjurer__conjuror__illusionist someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience
subtype: escapologist__escape_expert someone who is expert in the art of escaping
subtype: mind_reader__telepathist__thoughtreader a magician who seems to discern the thoughts of another person (usually by clever signals from an accomplice)
subtype: minstrel a performer in a minstrel show
subtype: corner_man__end_man__endman a man at one end of line of performers in a minstrel show; carries on humorous dialogue with the interlocutor
subtype: interlocutor__middleman the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk
subtype: monologist an entertainer who performs along
subtype: instrumentalist__musician__player someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
subtype: accompanist__accompanyist a person who provides musical accompaniment (usually on a piano)
subtype: bandsman a player in a band (especially a military band)
subtype: bassoonist a musician who plays the bassoon
subtype: bell_ringer__bellringer someone who plays musical handbells
subtype: carillonneur a musician who plays a carillon
subtype: cellist some who plays a violoncello
instance: Pablo_Casals__Casals
subtype: clarinetist__clarinettist a musician who plays the clarinet
instance: Benjamin_David_Goodman__Goodman__goodman__Benny_Goodman__the_King_of_Swing
subtype: flutist__flute_player__fluteplayer someone who plays the flute
subtype: guitarist__guitar_player a musician who plays the guitar
instance: James_Marshall_Hendrix__Hendrix__Jimi_Hendrix Riley_B_King__King__B._B._King Andres_Segovia__Segovia__segovia
subtype: harpist__harper someone who plays the harp
subtype: harpsichordist someone who plays the harpsichord
instance: Wanda_Landowska__Landowska
subtype: jazz_musician__jazzman a musician who plays or composes jazz music
subtype: syncopator a musician who plays syncopated jazz music (usually in a dance band); "they called themselves the Dixie Syncopators"
instance: Louis_Armstrong__Armstrong__Satchmo Miles_Dewey_Davis_Jr.__Davis__Miles_Davis Edward_Kennedy_Ellington__Ellington__Duke_Ellington Lionel_Hampton__Hampton__hampton Woodrow_Charles_Herman__Herman__Woody_Herman Thelonious_Sphere_Monk__Monk__Thelonious_Monk Ferdinand_Joseph_La_Menthe_Morton__Morton__Jelly_Roll_Morton King_Oliver__Oliver__Joseph_Oliveer Arthur_Tatum__Tatum__Art_Tatum Thomas_Wright_Waller__Waller__Fats_Waller
subtype: koto_player a (Japanese) musician who plays the koto
subtype: lutist__lutanist__lutenist a musician who plays the lute
subtype: oboist a musician who plays the oboe
subtype: organist a person who plays an organ
instance: Johann_Sebastian_Bach__Bach Albert_Schweitzer__Schweitzer
subtype: percussionist a musician who plays percussion instruments
subtype: drummer someone who plays a drum
subtype: tympanist__timpanist a person who plays the kettledrums
instance: Ringo_Starr__Starr__Richard_Starkey
subtype: xylophonist someone who plays a xylophone
subtype: pianist__piano_player__pianoplayer a person who plays the piano
instance: Frederic_Francois_Chopin__Chopin Karl_Czerny__Czerny Dame_Myra_Hess__Hess Vladimir_Horowitz__Horowitz Jerry_Lee_Lewis__Lewis Franz_Liszt__Liszt Ignace_Jan_Paderewski__Paderewski Sergei_Vasilievich_Rachmaninoff__Rachmaninoff__Sergei_Rachmaninoff__Rachmaninov__Sergei_Rachmaninov__Sergei_Vasilievich_Rachmaninov Anton_Grigorevich_Rubinstein__Rubinstein__Anton_Gregor_Rubinstein Arthur_Rubinstein__Rubinstein__Artur_Rubinstein Artur_Schnabel__Schnabel Rudolf_Serkin__Serkin
subtype: piper__bagpiper someone who plays the bagpipe
subtype: pipe_major the chief piper in a band of bagpipes
subtype: recorder_player someone who plays the recorder
subtype: rhythm_and_blues_musician a performer (and sometimes composer) of rhythm and blues music
instance: Antoine_Domino__Domino__Fats_Domino
subtype: rock_'n'_roll_musician__rocker a performer (or composer) of rock music
subtype: rock_star a famous singer of rock music
instance: Charles_Edward_Berry__Berry__Chuck_Berry William_John_Clifton_Haley_Jr.__Haley__Bill_Haley George_Harrison__Harrison Buddy_Holly__Holly__Charles_Hardin_Holley Michael_Philip_Jagger__Jagger__Mick_Jagger John_Lennon__Lennon Jerry_Lee_Lewis__Lewis Sir_James_Paul_McCartney__McCartney__Paul_McCartney James_Douglas_Morrison__Morrison__Jim_Morrison Elvis_Aron_Presley__Presley__Elvis_Presley Ringo_Starr__Starr__Richard_Starkey
subtype: saxophonist a musician who plays the saxophone
instance: Coleman_Hawkins__colemanhawkin__Hawkins Charles_Christopher_Parker__Parker__Charlie_Parker__Yardbird_Parker__Bird_Parker Lester_Willis_Young__Young__Pres_Young
subtype: singer__vocalist__vocalizer__vocaliser a person who sings
subtype: alto.singer a singer whose voice lies in the alto clef
subtype: countertenor a male singer with a voice above that of a tenor
subtype: baritone__barytone a male singer
subtype: basso__bass an adult male singer with the lowest voice
subtype: canary (informal) a female singer
subtype: caroler__caroller a singer of carols
subtype: castrato a male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains a soprano or alto voice
subtype: chorister a singer in a choir
subtype: choirboy a boy who sings in a choir
subtype: contralto a woman singer having a contralto voice
instance: Marian_Anderson__Anderson Ernestine_Schumann-Heink__Schumann-Heink
subtype: crooner__balladeer a singer of popular ballads
instance: Harry_Lillis_Crosby__Crosby__Bing_Crosby Francis_Albert_Sinatra__Sinatra__Frank_Sinatra
subtype: folk_singer__jongleur__minstrel__poet-singer__troubadour a singer of folk songs
instance: Woodrow_Wilson_Guthrie__Guthrie__Woody_Guthrie Peter_Seeger__Seeger__Pete_Seeger
subtype: hummer a singer who produces a tune without opening the lips or forming words
subtype: lieder_singer a singer of lieder
subtype: madrigalist a singer of madrigals
subtype: opera_star__operastar__operatic_star singer of lead role in an opera
subtype: diva__prima_donna a distinguished female operatic singer; a female operatic star
subtype: rock_star a famous singer of rock music
subtype: songster a person who sings
subtype: songstress a woman songster (especially of popular songs)
subtype: soprano a female singer
subtype: coloratura_soprano__coloratura a lyric soprano who specializes in coloratura vocal music
instance: Maria_Meneghini_Callas__Callas__Maria_Callas Dame_Nellie_Melba__Melba__Helen_Porter_Mitchell
subtype: mezzo__mezzo-soprano a soprano with a voice between soprano and contralto
instance: Eileen_Farrell__Farrell Jenny_Lind__Lind__Swedish_Nightingale Marta_Brigit_Nilsson__Nilsson__Brigit_Nilsson Jessye_Norman__Norman Mary_Leontyne_Price__Price__Leontyne_Price Beverly_Sills__Sills Dame_Joan_Sutherland__Sutherland__Joan_Sutherland Renata_Tebaldi__Tebaldi Dame_Kiri_Janette_Te_Kanawa__Te_Kanawa__Dame_Kiri_Te_Kanawa Helen_Traubel__Traubel
subtype: tenor an adult male with a tenor voice
instance: Enrico_Caruso__Caruso Placido_Domingo__Domingo__domingo John_McCormick__McCormick Lauritz_Lebrecht_Hommel_Melchior__Melchior__Lauritz_Melchior Luciano_Pavarotti__Pavarotti
subtype: thrush.singer (informal) a woman who sings popular songs
subtype: torch_singer__torchsinger a singer (usually a woman) who specializes in singing torch songs
subtype: voice.singer (metonymy) a singer; "he wanted to hear trained voices sing it"
subtype: yodeller a singer who changes register rapidly (popular is Swiss folk songs)
instance: Pearl_Mae_Bailey__Bailey__Pearl_Bailey Maurice_Chevalier__Chevalier Marlene_Dietrich__Dietrich__Maria_Magdalene_von_Losch Bob_Dylan__Dylan Ella_Fitzgerald__Fitzgerald Judy_Garland__Garland Julio_Iglesias__Iglesias Mahalia_Jackson__Jackson Michael_Joe_Jackson__Jackson__Michael_Jackson Al_Jolson__Jolson__Asa_Yoelson Janis_Joplin__Joplin Riley_B_King__King__B._B._King Sir_Harry_MacLennan_Lauder__Lauder__Harry_Lauder Madonna_Louise_Ciccone__Madonna Robert_Nesta_Marley__Marley__Bob_Marley Dean_Martin__Dino_Paul_Crocetti__Martin Ethel_Merman__Merman Roy_Orbison__Orbison Edith_Piaf__Piaf__Edith_Giovanna_Gassion__Little_Sparrow Paul_Bustill_Robeson__Robeson__robeson__paulrobeson Paul_Simon__Simon Bessie_Smith__Smith Kathryn_Elizabeth_Smith__Smith__Kate_Smith Barbra_Joan_Streisand__Streisand__Barbra_Streisand Sarah_Vaughan__Vaughan Ethel_Waters__Waters Tammy_Wynette__Wynette__Tammy_Wynetter_Pugh
subtype: sitar_player__sitarplayer a musician who plays the sitar
instance: Ravi_Shankar__Shankar
subtype: soloist a musician who performs a solo
subtype: recitalist a musician who gives recitals
subtype: trombonist__trombone_player a musician who plays the trombone
subtype: cornetist__trumpeter a musician who plays the trumpet or cornet
subtype: bugler someone who plays a bugle
instance: Louis_Armstrong__Armstrong__Satchmo John_Birks_Gillespie__Gillespie__Dizzy_Gillespie
subtype: violinist__fiddler a musician who plays the violin
instance: Georges_Enesco__Enesco__George_Enescu Stephane_Grappelli__Grappelli Fritz_Kreisler__Kreisler Sir_Yehudi_Menuhin__Menuhin__Yehudi_Menuhin Niccolo_Paganini__Paganini Isaac_Stern__Stern Antonio_Lucio_Vivaldi__Vivaldi__Antonio_Vivaldi Efrem_Zimbalist__Zimbalist Pinchas_Zukerman__Zukerman
subtype: puppeteer one who operates puppets or marionettes
instance: Jim_Henson__Henson
subtype: Savoyard.performer__savoyard a person who performs in the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan
subtype: snake_charmer a performer who uses movements and music to control snakes
subtype: straight_man a performer who acts as stooge to a comedian
subtype: stripper__striptease_artist__striptease__stripteaser__exotic_dancer__ecdysiast__peeler a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music
instance: Gypsy_Rose_Lee__Lee__Rose_Louise_Hovick
subtype: vaudevillian a performer who works in vaudeville
instance: George_Burns__Burns__Nathan_Birnbaum Sophie_Tucker__Tucker
subtype: ventriloquist a performer who projects the voice into a wooden dummy
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