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film star

British  

noun

  1. a popular film actor or actress

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Moreno Highlands is named after 1920s silent film star and director, Antonio Moreno, who appeared alongside Greta Garbo in the 1926 movie, “The Temptress.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026

Last year it deported an Australian man at the end of a nine-day jail term for rushing film star Ariana Grande during the Asian premier of "Wicked: For Good".

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard, the tale of silent film star Norma Desmond’s descent into murderous derangement as her Hollywood comeback stays out of frame, is the other.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

The Austrian-born film star said he could not speak English at the time and "nearly fainted" when he was asked to address the crowd at a bodybuilding event.

From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026

An officer in the Royal Navy, and here’s a picture of him with other officers all having dinner with a famous American film star Jean Harlow.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

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