male actor
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmaleandactor
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male
adjective
uk/meɪl/us/meɪl/
belonging or relating to the sex that fertilizes eggs, and does not produce babies or ...
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actor
noun[C]
uk/ˈæk.tər/us/ˈæk.tɚ/
someone who pretends to be someone else while performing in a film, play, or television or ...
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(Definition ofmaleandactorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Claustrophobia has a surrealistic ballet sequence in which amaleactorin long and transparent lilac fabric dances on pointe.
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Mating roles are subsequently exchanged in about 45% of all copulations, with themaleactornow taking the female role, and vice versa.
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Often she played supporting roles and sometimes a diversive love interest for the leadmaleactor.
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Bankhead has also been portrayed by amaleactor.
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Mangiku, an "onnagata" (maleactorwho takes female roles), meekly submits to the instructions of a modernist director.
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It intertwines the female singer's lamentation of the end of love and the lies she has to hear, while themaleactorsimply speaks.
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She was paid 1.600; as comparison, themaleactorwith the highest salary was paid 1.800, and the lowest salary for an actress was 200.
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Blessed with a charming smile and beautiful eyes, this tall actress finds difficulty in finding amaleactorwho can match her height.
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Waterhouse is the youngestmaleactorto play a companion so far in the series.
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Second, that the new production should tell a woman's story, since the previous two had been principally inspired by stories from the male actors.
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This is an ethnographic study of two all-female online communities, ostensibly founded to discuss certain television series and the male actors they feature.
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It is arguable that conflict analyses that focus solely on male actors see only half - albeit the most visible half - of what is going on.
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Possibly actresses, considered physically and intellectually 'weaker' than male actors, would have more readily portrayed the pathos and vulnerability of deprived youth.
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That is why the company has been able to concentrate these three very distinguished male actors and one very distinguished lady actor in this theatre.
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Sometimes established female and male actors will lend a special appearance to an item number.
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Kamigata prints, particularly those of "onnagata" (male actors in female roles), sought to represent the actor's true appearance.
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This is supported by the fact that he has many photographs of young male actors stuck to his wall.
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Previously, the two male actors had worked together on stage for many years.
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In the 1660s women were permitted to appear on stage and male actors playing female roles in serious drama was strongly discouraged.
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A pantomime dame is a portrayal of female characters by male actors in drag.
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