Lexic.us

Definition of Screen actor

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Screen Actor

Literary usage of Screen actor

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

1. Journal of the National Institute of Social Sciences by Lillie Hamilton French (1921)
"A real personality is often an obstruction to the dynamic drive of the director. The screen actor is not often asked either to think or understand. ..."

2. The Book of Life by Upton Sinclair (1922)
"duced this young lady to a very prominent screen actor, who in turn introduced her to one of the biggest producers in America, one of the men whose "million ..."

3. Stage and Screenby Marion Howard Brazier by Marion Howard Brazier (1920)
"Frank Losee that sterling stage and screen actor was in support of Miss Frederick. Rumor for some time has had it that Margaret Anglin is to enter the ..."

4. The Book of Life by Upton Sinclair (1922)
"duced this young lady to a very prominent screen actor, who in turn introduced her to one of the biggest producers in America, one of the men whose "million ..."

5. Who's who on the Screen by Charles Donald Fox, Milton L. Silver (1920)
"JACK PICKFORD Although Jack Pickford is only twenty-three years old, he is already a veteran screen actor. He began to perform in the movies at the age of ..."

6. Racial and Ethnic Tensions in American Communities: Poverty, Inequality and edited by Mary Frances Berry (2000)
"I have had producers tell me that's one of the reasons why the screen actor's program at the guild isn't working as well as it is because they don't think ..."

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