famous actor

collocation in English

meaningsoffamousandactor

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famous
adjective
uk
/ˈfeɪ.məs/us
/ˈfeɪ.məs/
known and recognized by ...
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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 offamousandactorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffamous actor

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Why hire afamousactorto sing a song, when another performer will do it cheaper?
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Jasmine's father is afamousactorand her parents are divorced.
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From that moment on, he decided that he would be afamousactor.
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As a child, she did not seriously entertain the idea of becoming afamousactor.
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He is best known today for having fathered a rather morefamousactorof the same name.
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In movies, it is not infrequent that a real,famousactorplays the role of a fictional person who is also an actor.
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Initially he was worried about whether he could replace the image of the otherfamousactor.
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His original plan was play a co-lead along with a morefamousactor.
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He is the cat that once was afamousactorbut now he is old and suffers from palsy that makes his paws shake.
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Dibyo is an unemployment that obsessed to becomefamousactor.
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He had every gesture down pat; the slurred voice well-mimicked and the facial expressions twinning that of thefamousactor.
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Despite being the leader he doesn't really care about the missions given to him by his father and spends most of his time dreaming of becoming afamousactor.
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Thefamousactordied yesterday.
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Farr contacts this victim, afamousactor, who refuses to help him, instead preferring, along with other victims, to acquiesce to the blackmail in hopes of keeping their secret.
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It is associated, as we all know, with famous actors, famous managers and famous plays.
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However, for newcomers and not so famous actors and actresses, their audition is taken.
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Here, in the front lobby, the foot prints and hand print impressions are left on cement floor by the famous actors and actresses of movies.
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Her parents were originally real estate agents, as opposed to famous actors.
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This brought him into contact with many of the most famous actors and directors of the late 1930s.
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This fils is great number in his years worked and the famous actors and directed are in staff.
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