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Actor

An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is ὑποκριτής (hupokritḗs), literally "one who answers". The actor's interpretation of…

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related to Cross-gender acting · 37
Actor → Billy Wilder, Carry On, Cherubino, Chris, Cross-dressing, Dave Foley, Doubtfire, Dustin Hoffman, Figaro, Forum, Francis Flute, Funny Thing Happened, Gwyneth Paltrow, Having, In It's Pat, Jack Gilford, Jack Lemmon, Julia Sweeney, Julie Andrews, Love
related to Middle East · 34
Actor → Afife Jale, After, Almaz Estati, Arab, Arevelian Tatron, Armenian, Arousyak Papazian, As Muslims, Before, Christian Armenians, Egypt, Egyptian, From, He, Hekimian, Ibriz Estati, In, Jewish, Mathilde Nagga, Milia Dayan
related to Renaissance Europe · 32
Actor → Barbara Flaminia, Bernardo Dovizi, Brantome, Catherine, During, England, Europe, France, From, Henri II, However, In, Italian, Italy, La Calandria, Lucrezia, Lucrezia Di Siena, Lyon, Mantova, Medici
related to Middle ages · 30
Actor → Amateur, As, By, Christian, Church, Constantinople, Dark Ages, During, Early Middle Ages, England, Europe, Fools, From, In, Italy, Late Middle Ages, Middle Ages, Mystery, Rather, Records
related to Antiquity · 22
Actor → Ancient Greek, Ancient Roman, BC, Before Thespis, Dionysia, Eucharis, Fabia Arete, Galeria Copiola, Grecian, Greece, Greek, In, Romans, Rome, Sociae Mimae, The, Theatre Dionysus, There, Thespians, Thespis
related to Further reading · 21
Actor → Acting, An Actor's Work, Atheneum, Bantam Books, Basic Books, Constantin StanislavskiA Dream, ISBN, Lee Strasberg, Letters, Method, Passion, Peter Brook, Plume Books, Robert Brustein, Sanford Meisner, Stella Adler, The Development, The Empty Space, The Technique, Vintage
related to External links · 18
Actor → Actors, Actors' Equity Association, AEA, AFTRA, American Federation, Arts Alliance, Australian/New Zealand, British Actors' Equity, Guild, Media, Media Entertainment, Radio Artists, SAG, Television, TV, UK, Wikimedia Commons Screen Actors, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to East Asian theatre · 17
Actor → Beijing, Chinese, Edo, Ichikawa Danjūrō IX, Ichikawa Kumehachi, Ichikawa Masunojō, In, In China, In Japan, Japan, Kabui, Kawakami Otojirō, Meiji, Sada Yacco, Shaoxing, There, Western
related to Early modern era · 16
Actor → At, Athenian, Commedia, Elizabeth, Elizabethan, English, London, Puritan, Puritans, Renaissance, Restoration, Since, The, The Italian, These, This
related to Techniques · 16
Actor → Actors, Classical, In Stanislavski's, Is, It, Konstantin Stanislavski, Lee Strasberg, Meisner, Method, Michel Saint-Denis, Other, Sanford Meisner, Stanislavski's, Stella Adler, Strasberg's, This

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filminstance ofin the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media0.80text
radioinstance ofin the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media0.80text
and televisioninstance ofin the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media0.80text
faeriesinstance ofIt contains satirical scenes and folk material0.80text
other supernatural occurrencesinstance ofIt contains satirical scenes and folk material0.80text
Beijing operainstance ofIn some forms of Chinese drama0.80text
men traditionally performed all the rolesinstance ofIn some forms of Chinese drama0.80text
including female rolesinstance ofIn some forms of Chinese drama0.80text
while in Shaoxing opera women often play all rolesinstance ofIn some forms of Chinese drama0.80text
including male ones.In Indiainstance ofIn some forms of Chinese drama0.80text
women as well as male actors performed in the Sanskrit theatre during antiquityinstance ofIn some forms of Chinese drama0.80text
health insuranceinstance ofMany lack benefits0.80text

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