leading lady

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Meaning

actress who plays the leading female role

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I kept the same suit for six years and the same dialogue. They just changed the title of the picture and the leading lady. Robert Mitchum

I was supposed to be a romancer, either wooing the leading lady or competing with the leading man for her. Cesar Romero

Actors worry about bad breath, weight, receding hairlines and why their leading lady looks like their daughter. Matthew Ashford

As the 1960s began, a new breed of Hollywood leading lady was emerging. She was elegant, international, and wonderfully comedic. Maureen O'Hara

When you get older, as a leading lady it gets harder...You try not to have someone else upstage or take the shine. When I play character roles I am usually playing people who are slightly over the top, so that goes fine. Jane Seymour

Every leading lady I work with, I'll see if I can get a song out of them and put it on an album. Idris Elba

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