unknown actor
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunknownandactor
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unknown
adjective
uk/ʌnˈnəʊn/us/ʌnˈnoʊn/
not known ...
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actor
noun[C]
uk/ˈæk.tər/us/ˈæk.tɚ/
someone who pretends to be someone else while performing in a film, play, or television or ...
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(Definition ofunknownandactorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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However, he claimed the corporation would not commission a relativelyunknownactor.
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Brando's role as a virtuallyunknownactorat age 27, would catapult him to stardom.
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Stevens wanted anunknownactorfree of secular and unseemly associations in the mind of the public.
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Kazan wanted anunknownactorin whom the audience would see the character rather than the familiar face.
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The selected cast consists of relatively unknown actors.
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It is a naturalistic, independent film and is played by unknown actors.
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For those parts, the show wanted to cast unknown actors.
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The film is notable for casting numerous, then, unknown actors who went on to achieve national and in some cases multi-national success.
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The rest of the original cast consisted of unknown actors all in their first acting roles.
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Relatively unknown actors were hired to play the characters in the legends.
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This meant that the majority of other parts had to go to little-known or unknown actors.
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Recent events (2011) have indicated a threat from unknown actors in nation states who have forged certificates.
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Zeffirelli frequently cast unknown actors in major roles; however his leads have rarely gone on to stardom or even a sustained acting career.
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Prior to that, the role was played by a few unknown actors.
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Robinson had already decided he wanted relatively unknown actors to perform in the film.
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The series starred mostly unknown actors.
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They assembled the youngest group of actors ever cast on a soap opera at the time, hiring mostly unknown actors who they considered glamorous model types.
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Especially effective is the cast of mostly unknown actors, who portray the passengers of the doomed flight as ordinary people who respond with bravery to extraordinary circumstances.
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Mollberg used young and unknown actors, many of them now famous.
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The relatively unknown actors would be picked to guest star on the show, then they would have half-hour scenes of dialogue with established stage and screen actors.
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