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▪ I. ˈco-star, n. orig. U.S.
[f. co- 3 b + star n.1 5.]
A star of the cinema or stage appearing in the same production as one or more other stars of equal importance; an actor receiving star billing with another or others. Also attrib.
1926Amer. Year Bk. 1925 1062 Walter Hampden..settled down to repertory in the Hampden Theatre with Ethel Barrymore as co-star. 1955N.Y. Herald Tribune 23 Sept., The Broadway musical,..in which he'll get co-star billing with Gypsy Rose Lee, Peter Lind Hayes and Mary Healy. 1959P. Bull I know the Face xii. 215 The star who was caught..measuring the posters..to see if his name took up more space than that of his co-star.
▪ II. ˈco-star, v. orig. U.S.
[f. co- 1 + star v. 8 a.]
1. intr. To perform in a film or a play as a co-star.
1919Springfield Republican 16 Nov., Francine Larrimore, co-starring in the dramatic success ‘Scandal’. 1933Weekend Rev. 4 Feb. 131/1 Such statements as ‘They Were Born to Co-Star’. 1938‘E. Queen’ Four of Hearts xviii. 244 You and Bonnie are to co-star in a picture biography of Jack and Blythe. 1959Times 25 Nov. 9/7 Mr. Yul Brynner co-stars as an egocentric conductor.
b. transf. and fig.
1940Jrnl. (Topeka) 29 Apr. 2/7 Twin athletes.., they co-starred in track, baseball and basketball. 1956Essays in Criticism VI. 203 Your ego never shared or co-starred.
2. trans. To employ or present with a co-star or co-stars; of a film or play: to include as co-stars.
1937Evening News 6 Mar. 11/1, I am to be co-starred with Tauber. 1948Evening Standard 7 Jan. 6/4 Herbert Wilcox has just made ‘Spring in Park Lane’, co-starring Anna Neagle and Michael Wilding again. 1956N.Y. Herald Tribune 18 Jan., Margaret Phillips is co-starred, and is worthy of her billing.
Hence co-starring vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1939Capital (Topeka) 4 July 12 Cary Grant and Jean Arthur in a scene from their first costarring film. 1956N.Y. Herald Tribune 18 Jan. 15/2 She'll have the co-starring feminine role with Ginger Rogers. |