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Noun actress has 1 sense

• actress(n = noun.person) - a female actor;
is a kind of actor, histrion, player, role player, thespian
has particulars: leading lady, starlet, tragedienne, ball, lucille ball, bankhead, tallulah bankhead, barrymore, georgiana barrymore, georgiana emma barrymore, barrymore, ethel barrymore, bergman, ingrid bergman, bernhardt, henriette rosine bernard, sarah bernhardt, black, shirley temple, shirley temple black, cornell, katherine cornell, crawford, joan crawford, bette davis, davis, dietrich, maria magdalene von losch, marlene dietrich, duse, eleonora duse, fonda, jane fonda, fontanne, lynn fontanne, garbo, greta garbo, greta louisa gustafsson, garland, judy garland, gish, lillian gish, harlean carpenter, harlow, jean harlow, hayes, helen hayes, hepburn, katharine hepburn, katharine houghton hepburn, horne, lena calhoun horne, lena horne, glenda jackson, jackson, grace kelly, grace patricia kelly, kelly, princess grace of monaco, emilie charlotte le breton, jersey lillie, langtry, lillie langtry, gertrude lawrence, lawrence, eva le gallienne, le gallienne, leigh, vivien leigh, beatrice lillie, lady peel, lillie, loren, sofia scicolone, sophia loren, martin, mary martin, anna amalia mercouri, melina mercouri, mercouri, marilyn monroe, monroe, norma jean baker, alla nazimova, nazimova, gladys smith, mary pickford, pickford, ginger rogers, rogers, virginia katherine mcmath, virginia mcmath, moira shearer, shearer, sarah kemble siddons, sarah siddons, siddons, cornelia otis skinner, skinner, meryl streep, streep, barbra joan streisand, barbra streisand, streisand, gloria may josephine svensson, gloria swanson, swanson, jessica tandy, tandy, elizabeth taylor, taylor, dame alice ellen terry, dame ellen terry, terry, dame sybil thorndike, thorndike, ethel waters, waters, mae west, west, natalie wood, wood, loretta young, young

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THESAURUS

actress

Roscius, actor, antagonist, bad guy, barnstormer, character, character actor, character man, character woman, child actor, diseur, diseuse, dramatizer, feeder, foil, heavy, histrio, histrion, ingenue, juvenile, matinee idol, mime, mimer, mimic, monologist, mummer, pantomime, pantomimist, playactor, player, protean actor, reciter, soubrette, stage performer, stage player, stooge, straight man, stroller, strolling player, theatrical, thespian, trouper, utility man, villain

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