amateur actor

collocation in English

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amateur
adjective
uk
/ˈæm.ə.tər/us
/ˈæm.ə.tʃɚ/
taking part in an activity for pleasure, not as ...
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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 ofamateurandactorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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His father was anamateuractorwho worked for a printing company.
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He began his career as anamateuractorin theatrical circle.
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Kirtley was a keenamateuractorwhile at school, but at the age of 16 chose music as a career and became a professional drummer.
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He became anamateuractor, and graduated in 1932.
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I started well, was perceptive and hard-working, but gained most of my popularity as anamateuractor, he later remembered.
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He began his connection with the theatre in 1852 as anamateuractor.
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During this time he was anamateuractorand writer.
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One year after graduating from high school, in 1916, he started to participate as anamateuractorin local shows.
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He continued his legal studies while imprisoned, and was also anamateuractor.
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His grandfather was the president of one such group, while his father though lawyer by profession, also worked as anamateuractor.
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Mitchell was a good cricketer and dancer, a skilful whist player, and a goodamateuractor.
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He started as anamateuractor.
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Moore was a keenamateuractor, appearing in local plays.
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This theatre is specifically for amateur actors and young talented musicians.
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Amateur actors and musicians created travelling theatres and bands, something that most rural communities had never seen or heard before.
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The subjects of her movies also serve as amateur actors, playing mostly themselves, which positions her work somewhere between documentary and fiction.
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It was founded in 1868, and the first production was a performance by local amateur actors.
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Most amateur actors work at non-theater professions and rehearse and perform in their spare time.
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His parents were enthusiastic amateur actors, and he inclined to theatre from an early age.
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Most of the cast consisted of amateur actors drawn from the local area.
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