on-screen

[on-skreen, awn-]

adjective

1. occurring within a motion picture or television show or in an actor's professional life.

   a raucous on-screen personality that was at odds with his quiet private life.

2. displayed on a television screen; supplied by means of television.

   an on-screen course in economics.

adverb

1. in a motion picture or television program or in one's professional life.

   On-screen he's a villain.

Word History and Origins

Origin of on-screen¹

First recorded in 1950–55