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Focusing on actresses in France during the early modern period, Virginia Scott examines how the stereotype of the actress has been constructed. The study then moves beyond that stereotype to detail the reality of the personal and artistic lives of women on the French stage, from the almost unknown Marie Ferré - who signed a contract for 12 livres a year in 1545 to perform the 'antiquailles de Rome or other histories, moralities, farces, and acrobatics' in the provinces - to the queens of the eighteenth-century Paris stage, whose 'adventures' have overshadowed their artistic triumphs. The book also investigates the ways in which actresses made invaluable contributions to the development of the French theatre in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and looks at the 'afterlives' of such women as Armande Béjart, Marquise Du Parc, Charlotte Desmares, Adrienne Lecouvreur, and Hippolyte Clairon in biographies, plays, and films.

Theatrical science --- France --- Actresses --- Theater --- History.

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Acting --- Great Britain --- Actors --- Actresses --- Acteurs --- Biography --- Biographie --- Biography.

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Actresses --- African American motion picture actors and actresses --- African American women in motion pictures. --- Afro-American motion picture actors and actresses --- Motion picture actors and actresses, African American --- Negro moving-picture actors and actresses --- Motion picture actors and actresses --- Afro-American women in motion pictures --- Motion pictures --- Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality --- Film --- Winfrey, Oprah --- Halle, Berry --- Dandridge, Dorothy --- Goldberg, Whoopi --- Grier, Pam --- United States --- United States of America --- Movies --- Women --- Blackness --- Actors --- Book

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Theatrical science --- anno 1700-1799 --- anno 1800-1999 --- Actresses --- Feminism and theater --- Prostitutes --- Social conditions. --- History.

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The constellation of Hollywood stars burned brightly in the 1950's, even as the industry fell on hard economic times. Major artists of the 1940's--James Stewart, Jerry Lewis, and Gregory Peck--continued to exert a magical appeal but the younger generation of moviegoers was soon enthralled by an emerging cast, led by James Dean and Marlon Brando. They, among others, ushered in a provocative acting style, "the Method," bringing hard-edged, realistic performances to the screen. Adult-oriented small-budget dramas were ideal showcases for Method actors, startlingly realized when Brando seized the screen in On the Waterfront. But, with competition from television looming, Hollywood also featured film-making of epic proportion--Ben-Hur and other cinema wonders rode onto the screen with amazing spectacle, making stars of physically impressive performers such as Charlton Heston. Larger Than Life offers a comprehensive view of the star system in 1950's Hollywood and also in-depth discussions of the decade's major stars, including Montgomery Clift, Judy Holliday, Jerry Lewis, James Mason, Marilyn Monroe, Kim Novak, Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly, Jayne Mansfield, and Audrey Hepburn.

Film --- anno 1950-1959 --- United States --- Motion picture actors and actresses --- Acteurs et actrices de cinéma --- Biography --- Biographies --- Motion picture actors and actresses - United States. --- Music, Dance, Drama & Film --- Acteurs et actrices de cinéma --- United States of America