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How to sign: a theatrical performer
Similiar / Same: histrion, thespian, role player, player
Categories: performer, performing artist
Within this category: actress, Allen, Astaire, barnstormer, Barrymore, Barrymore, Barrymore, Bogart, Booth, Burbage, Burton, Cagney, character actor, Chevalier, comedian, Cooper, Coward, Crosby, Dean, Depardieu, De Niro, Drew, Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Fonda, Gable, Garrick, Gibson, Gielgud, Grant, Granville-Barker, Guinness, ham, Hanks, Harrison, heavy, Heming, Hoffman, Hopkins, Howard, ingenue, Jolson, Karloff, Kean, Keaton, Kelly, Laughton, leading man, Lee, Lemmon, Lloyd, Lorre, Lugosi, Lunt, Marshall, Martin, Mason, mime, Mitchum, Moore, Newman, O'Toole, Olivier, plant, Poitier, Redford, Richardson, Robinson, scene-stealer, Scott, screen actor, Sellers, Sinatra, Skinner, Stanislavsky, star, Stewart, Stroheim, supernumerary, Tracy, tragedian, Tree, understudy, upstager, Ustinov, walk-on, Wayne, Welles
How to sign: a person who acts and gets things done
"he's a principal actor in this affair"; "when you want something done get a doer"; "he's a miracle worker";
Categories: human, individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
Within this category: demon, eager beaver, energizer, go-getter, man of action, powerhouse