She began acting in films in the early 1950s, first in supporting roles but gradually evolving into aleadinglady.
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Mary had been hisleadingladyfor 30 years and had also been associated with him as a manager of his theatres.
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Talbot starred in at least 23 films and television projects, including a number of westerns as aleadinglady.
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Lee continued to be a highly popularleadingladythroughout the 1920s and made scores of critically praised and widely watched films.
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Gaynor was one of only a handful of leading ladies who made a successful transition to sound films.
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Obviously, theleadingladywill have to remain a lady, and one will have to say so.
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Her only conceivable drawback is that, were she to appear before the audience, she would upstage—nay, eclipse—every knownleadinglady, past, present and future.
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I believe this is the fifth time she has appeared on the stage asleadingladyin this tragedy.
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The only sentence was that he had returned with hisleadinglady.
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Theleadingladynever has her jewels stolen and the low comedian never falls down the back stairs and breaks his leg.
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The official figures do not take into account a very famousleadingladywhose name was a household word a few years ago.
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The film began production without aleadinglady.
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She presented several programs and awardshows and became the broadcaster'sleadingladyfrom 2003 until 2007.
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During that time she appeared in eight films, mostly in credited roles and several times asleadinglady.
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But the two collaborators disagreed over the casting of theleadinglady.
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