Definition of Movie actor

1. Noun. An actor who plays a role in a film.

Exact synonyms: Screen Actor
Generic synonyms: Actor, Histrion, Player, Role Player, Thespian
Specialized synonyms: Film Star, Movie Star

Lexicographical Neighbors of Movie Actor

movelessness
movelessnesses
movely
movement
movement-related pain
movements
movent
mover
mover and shaker
movers
moves
moves the yardsticks
movest
moveth
movie
movie actor (current term)
movie camera
movie film
movie house
movie industry
movie maker
movie projector
movie star
movie theater
movie theaters
movie theatre
movie theatres
moviedom
moviedoms
moviegoer

Literary usage of Movie actor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Enlisted Experience: A Conversation With the Chief Master Sergeants of edited by Janet R. Daly Bednarek (1995)
"... the movie actor, had trained some months ahead of us.16 Stewart, they say, was the only famous movie actor that actually rose 14 In classic military ..."

2. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1915)
"C. Moffett. 11 Am M 79:32-6 My '15 In motion-picture land. W: A. Johnston, il Everybody's 33:437-48 O '15 Make-up of a movie actor. Lit Digest 50:712 Mr 27 ..."

3. The Morals of the Movie by Ellis Paxson Oberholtzer (1922)
"The " movie " actor or actress, under the goad of the director, out of view of and without any knowledge or care of what the reaction on his public may be, ..."

4. Talks to Mothers by Lucy Wheelock, Elizabeth Colson (1920)
"The "movie" actor or actress has no opportunity to reveal motives, nor to interpret vital human experience. The quickly passing scenes of the "movie" stage ..."

5. The Enlisted Experience: A Conversation With the Chief Master Sergeants of edited by Janet R. Daly Bednarek (1995)
"... the movie actor, had trained some months ahead of us.16 Stewart, they say, was the only famous movie actor that actually rose 14 In classic military ..."

6. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1915)
"C. Moffett. 11 Am M 79:32-6 My '15 In motion-picture land. W: A. Johnston, il Everybody's 33:437-48 O '15 Make-up of a movie actor. Lit Digest 50:712 Mr 27 ..."

7. The Morals of the Movie by Ellis Paxson Oberholtzer (1922)
"The " movie " actor or actress, under the goad of the director, out of view of and without any knowledge or care of what the reaction on his public may be, ..."

8. Talks to Mothers by Lucy Wheelock, Elizabeth Colson (1920)
"The "movie" actor or actress has no opportunity to reveal motives, nor to interpret vital human experience. The quickly passing scenes of the "movie" stage ..."

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