n. 25B6; noun PERFORMER, player, trouper, thespian; film star, matinee idol, star, starlet; informal ham; Brit. informal luvvy; N. Amer. informal hambone. See list.
histrionic.
Actors and Actresses
Abril, Victoria (Spanish) Jordan, Dorothea (Irish)
Adjani, Isabelle (French) Jouvet, Louis (French)
Aimée, Anouk (French) Kapoor, Raj (Indian)
Alda, Alan (American) Karloff, Boris (English)
Aldridge, Ira (American) Kaye, Danny (American)
Allen, Woody (American) Kean, Edmund (English)
Alleyn, Edward (English) Keaton, Buster (American)
Andress, Ursula (Swiss) Keaton, Diane (American)
Andrews, Julie (English) Keaton, Michael (American)
Arquette, Patricia (American) Keitel, Harvey (American)
Arquette, Rosanna (American) Kelly, Gene (American)
Ashcroft, Peggy (English) Kelly, Grace (American)
Astaire, Fred (American) Kemble, Fanny (English)
Attenborough, Richard (English) Kemble, Peter (English)
Auteuil, Daniel (French, b. in Algeria) Kerr, Deborah (Scottish)
Aykroyd, Dan (American) Kidman, Nicole (Australian, b. in Hawaii)
Bacall, Lauren (American) Kingsley, Ben (English)
Bancroft, Anne (American) Kinski, Klaus (Polish)
Banderas, Antonio (Spanish) Kinski, Nastassja (Polish, b. in Germany)
Bankhead, Tallulah (American) Kline, Kevin (American)
Bara, Theda (American) Lamarr, Hedy (American, b. in Austria)
Bardot, Brigitte (French) Lancaster, Burt (American)
Barrault, Jean-Louis (French) Lange, Jessica (American)
Barrymore, Ethel (American) Langtry, Lillie (English)
Barrymore, Lionel (American) Lapotaire, Jane (English)
Basinger, Kim (American) Laughton, Charles (American, b. in Britain)
Bates, Alan (English) Laurel, Stan (English)
Beatty, Warren (American) Lawrence, Gertrude (English)
Belmondo, Jean-Paul (French) Lee, Bruce (American)
Bergman, Ingrid (Swedish) Lee, Christopher (English)
Bernhardt, Sarah (French) Lehman, Beatrix (English)
Betterton, Thomas (English) Leigh, Vivien (British, b. in India)
Bloom, Claire (English) Lemmon, Jack (American)
Bogarde, Dirk (British, of Dutch descent) Lillie, Beatrice (English)
Bogart, Humphrey (American) Lloyd, Marie (English)
Bonham-Carter, Helena (English) Lopez. Jennifer (American)
Booth, Edwin (American) Loren, Sophia (Italian)
Bow, Clara (American) Lorre, Peter (American, b. in Hungary)
Boyer, Charles (French) Lugosi, Bela (American, b. in Hungary)
Bracegirdle, Anne (English) Lunt, Alfred (American)
Branagh, Kenneth (English) MacDowell, Andie (American)
Brando, Marlon (American) McEwan, Geraldine (English)
Bridges, Jeff (American) McCowan, Alec, (English)
Bridges, Lloyd (American) MacGregor, Ewan (Scottish)
Bronson, Charles (American) Maclaine, Shirley (American)
Brooks, Louise (American) McKellen, Ian (English)
Brooks, Mel (American) McKenna, Siobhán (Irish)
Bullock, Sandra (American) McKern, Leo (Australian)
Burbage, Richard (English) Mac Liammóir, Micheál (Irish)
Burton, Richard (Welsh) McQueen, Steve (American)
Cage, Nicholas (American) Mansfield, Jayne (American)
Cagney, James (American) Marceau, Sophie (French)
Caine, Michael (English) Martin, Steve (American)
Callow, Simon (English) Mason, James (English)
Campbell, Mrs Patrick (English) Massey, Raymond (Canadian)
Candy, John (American) Mastroianni, Marcello (Italian)
Carlyle, Robert (Scottish) Matthau, Walter (American)
Chan, Jackie (Hong Kong) Maura, Carmen (Spanish)
Chaney, Lon (American) Mercouri, Melina (Greek)
Chaplin, Charlie (English) Midler, Bette (American)
Chase, Chevy (American) Mifune, Toshiro (Japanese)
Chevalier, Maurice (French) Mills, John (English)
Christie, Julie (British, b. in India) Minnelli, Liza (American)
Cibber, Colley (English) Mirren, Helen (English)
Cleese, John (English) Mitchum, Robert (American)
Clements, John Selby (English) Monroe, Marilyn (American)
Clift, Montgomery (American) Montand, Yves (Italian)
Clooney, George (American) Moore, Demi (American)
Close, Glenn (American) Moore, Dudley (English)
Colbert, Claudette (French) Moore, Roger (English)
Collins, Joan (English) Moreau, Jeanne (French)
Connery, Sean (Scottish) Murphy, Eddie (American)
Cooper, Gary (American) Murray, Bill (American)
Costner, Kevin (American) Neeson, Liam (Irish)
Courtenay, Tom (English) Neill, Sam (New Zealand)
Courtneidge, Cicely (Australian) Newman, Paul (American)
Crawford, Joan (American) Nicholson, Jack (American)
Crosby, Bing (American) Nielsen, Leslie (Canadian)
Cruise, Tom (American) Niven, David (English)
Curtis, Jamie Lee (American) Noiret, Philippe (French)
Curtis, Tony (American) Oldman, Gary (English)
Cusack, Cyril (Irish, b. in South Africa) Olivier, Laurence (English)
Cusack, Sinead (Irish) O'Neal, Ryan (American)
Cushing, Peter (English) O'Toole, Peter (British, b. in Ireland)
Dafoe, Willem (American) Pacino, Al (American)
Dalton, Timothy (Welsh) Paltrow, Gwyneth (American)
Davis, Bette (American) Peck, Gregory (American)
Day, Doris (American) Pfeiffer, Michelle (American)
Day-Lewis, Daniel (English) Pickford, Mary (American, b. in Canada)
Dean, James (American) Pitt, Brad (American)
Delon, Alain (French) Plowright, Joan (English)
Dench, Judi (English) Poitier, Sidney (American)
Deneuve, Catherine (French) Porter, Eric (English)
De Niro, Robert (American) Price, Vincent (American)
Depardieu, Gérard (French) Quaid, Dennis (American)
Depp, Johnny (American) Quinn, Anthony (American, b. in Mexico)
Diaz, Cameron (American) Rachel (Élisa Félix; French)
DiCaprio, Leonardo (American) Rampling, Charlotte (English)
Dietrich, Marlene (American, b. in Germany) Redford, Robert (American)
Dixit, Madhuri (Indian) Redgrave, Michael (English)
Donat, Robert (English) Redgrave, Vanessa (English)
Douglas, Kirk (American) Reed, Oliver (English)
Douglas, Michael (American) Reeve, Christopher (American)
Dreyfuss, Richard (American) Reeves, Keanu (American, b. in Lebanon)
Dunaway, Faye (American) Richardson, Ralph (English)
Duse, Eleonora (Italian) Robards, Jason (American)
Eastwood, Clint (American) Robbins, Tim (American)
Elliott, Denholm (English) Roberts, Julia (American)
Evans, Edith (English) Robeson, Paul (American)
Fairbanks Sr, Douglas (American) Robinson, Edward G. (American, b. in Romania)
Fairbanks Jr, Douglas (American) Rogers, Ginger (American)
Farrow, Mia (American) Rooney, Mickey (American)
Fields, W. C. (American) Roscius, Quintus (Roman)
Fiennes, Ralph (English) Roth, Tim, (American)
Finlay, Frank (English) Rourke, Mickey (American)
Finney, Albert (English) Russell, Jane (American)
Flynn, Errol (American, b. in Australia) Rutherford, Margaret (English)
Fonda, Bridget (American) Ryan, Meg (American)
Fonda, Henry (American) Ryder, Winona (American)
Fonda, Jane (American) Sarandon, Susan (American)
Ford, Harrison (American) Schwarzenegger, Arnold (American, b. in Austria)
Foster, Jodie (American) Schygulla, Hanna (Polish)
Gable, Clark (American) Scofield, Paul (English)
Gambon, Michael (Irish) Scott, George C. (American)
Garbo, Greta (American, b. in Sweden) Sellers, Peter (English)
Gardner, Ava (American) Sheen, Martin (American)
Garland, Judy (American) Siddons, Mrs Sarah (English)
Garrick, David (English) Sim, Alistair (Scottish)
Gere, Richard (American) Sinden, Donald (English)
Gibson, Mel (Australian, b. in America) Slater, Christian (American)
Gielgud, John (English) Smith, Maggie (English)
Gish, Lillian (American) Smith, Will (American)
Goldberg, Whoopi (American) Spall, Timothy (English)
Goldblum, Jeff (American) Stallone, Sylvester (American)
Goodman, John (American) Stamp, Terence (English)
Granger, Stewart (English) Stanislavsky, Konstantin (Russian)
Grant, Cary (American, b. in Britain) Stanwyck, Barbara (American)
Grant, Hugh (English) Steadman, Alison (English)
Grenfell, Joyce (English) Steiger, Rod (American)
Griffith, Melanie (American) Stewart, James (American)
Grimaldi, Joseph (English) Stone, Sharon (American)
Guinness, Alec (English) Streep, Meryl (American)
Guitry, Sacha (French) Streisand, Barbra (American)
Hackman, Gene (American) Sutherland, Donald (American)
Hanks, Tom (American) Suzman, Janet (South African)
Hardy, Oliver (American) Swanson, Gloria (American)
Harlow, Jean (American) Tati, Jacques (French)
Hauer, Rutger (Dutch) Taylor, Elizabeth (American, b. in Britain)
Hawn, Goldie (American) Temple, Shirley (American)
Hawthorne, Nigel (English) Terry, Ellen (English)
Hayes, Helen (American) Thompson, Emma (English)
Hayete, Salma (Mexican) Thorndike, Sybil (English)
Hayworth, Rita (American) Tracy, Spencer (American)
Hepburn, Katharine (American) Travolta, John (American)
Hepburn, Audrey (British, b. in Belgium) Turner, Kathleen (American)
Heston, Charlton (American) Turturro, John (American)
Hoffman, Dustin (American) Tutin, Dorothy (English)
Holm, Ian (English) Ustinov, Peter (British, of Russian descent)
Hope, Bob (American) Valentino, Rudolf (American, b. in Italy)
Hopkins, Anthony (Welsh) Von Sydow, Max (Swedish)
Hopper, Dennis (American) Walken, Christopher (American)
Hordern, Michael (English) Washington, Denzel (American)
Hoskins, Bob (English) Wayne, John (American)
Howard, Alan (English) Weaver, Sigourney (American)
Howard, Leslie (English) Weigel, Helene (Austrian)
Howard, Trevor (English) Weissmuller, Johnny (American)
Hudson, Rock (American) Welles, Orson (American)
Hurt, John (English) West, Mae (American)
Hurt, William (American) Williams, Robin (American)
Huston, Angelica (American) Willis, Bruce (American, b. in Germany)
Irons, Jeremy (English) Winslet, Kate (English)
Irving, Henry (English) Woffington, Peg (Irish)
Jackson, Glenda (English) Wolfit, Donald (English)
Jacobi, Derek (English) Wood, Natalie (American)
Johnson, Celia (English)