actress - a female actor

barnstormer, play-actor, playactor, trouper - an actor who travels around the country presenting plays

character actor - an actor who specializes in playing supporting roles

comedian - an actor in a comedy

ham actor, ham - an unskilled actor who overacts

heavy - an actor who plays villainous roles

ingenue - an actress who specializes in playing the role of an artless innocent young girl

leading man - actor who plays the leading male role

mime, mimer, mummer, pantomimer, pantomimist - an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression

performer, performing artist - an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience

plant - an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience

scene-stealer - an actor who draws more attention than other actors in the same scene; "babies are natural scene-stealers"

movie actor, screen actor - an actor who plays a role in a film

principal, star, lead - an actor who plays a principal role

extra, spear carrier, supernumerary - a minor actor in crowd scenes

tragedian - an actor who specializes in tragic roles

understudy, standby - an actor able to replace a regular performer when required

upstager - a selfish actor who upstages the other actors

walk-on - plays a small part in a dramatic production

Allen Stewart Konigsberg, Woody Allen, Allen - United States filmmaker and comic actor (1935-)

Astaire, Fred Astaire - United States dancer and cinema actor noted for his original and graceful tap dancing (1899-1987)

Herbert Blythe, Maurice Barrymore, Barrymore - United States actor; husband of Georgiana Emma Barrymore and father of Ethel Barrymore and John Barrymore and Lionel Barrymore (1847-1905)

Lionel Barrymore, Barrymore - United States actor; son of Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Barrymore (1878-1954)

Barrymore, John Barrymore - United States actor; son of Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Barrymore (1882-1942)

Bogart, Humphrey Bogart, Humphrey DeForest Bogart - United States film actor (1899-1957)

John Wilkes Booth, Booth - United States actor and assassin of President Lincoln (1838-1865)

Burbage, Richard Burbage - English actor who was the first to play the leading role in several of Shakespeare's tragedies (1567-1619)

Burton, Richard Burton - Welsh film actor who often co-starred with Elizabeth Taylor (1925-1984)

Cagney, James Cagney, Jimmy Cagney - United States film actor known for his portrayals of tough characters (1899-1986)

Chevalier, Maurice Chevalier - French actor and cabaret singer (1888-1972)

Frank Cooper, Gary Cooper, Cooper - United States film actor noted for his portrayals of strong silent heroes (1901-1961)

Noel Coward, Sir Noel Pierce Coward, Coward - English dramatist and actor and composer noted for his witty and sophisticated comedies (1899-1973)

Bing Crosby, Crosby, Harry Lillis Crosby - United States singer and film actor (1904-1977)

James Byron Dean, James Dean, Dean - United States film actor whose moody rebellious roles made him a cult figure (1931-1955)

De Niro, Robert De Niro - United States film actor who frequently plays tough characters (born 1943)

Depardieu, Gerard Depardieu - French film actor (born in 1948)

Drew, John Drew - United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)

Douglas Elton Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks, Julius Ullman, Fairbanks - United States film actor noted for his swashbuckling roles (1883-1939)