英语词汇“entertainer”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

An entertainer is a person whose job or goal is to perform for the amusement of others. If you're an entertainer, you might learn how to tap dance and take singing lessons.

If you make your living as a comedian, you're an entertainer. You're also an entertainer if you're a dancer, singer, actor, or puppeteer. In all of these cases, your job is to entertain an audience. You can also call the member of your family who's always trying to make everyone laugh an entertainer. The word comes from the verb entertain, which originally meant "to keep up or maintain," and came to also mean "amuse" in the early 17th century.

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entertainer: entertainers+/entertain: entertained, entertainer, entertaining, entertainment, entertains/entertaining: entertainingly/entertainment: entertainments

USAGE EXAMPLES

The Entertainer declined to comment, while Disney, Smyths Toys and Toys R Us failed to respond.

BBC(Jan 01, 2017)

After a year that saw the deaths of a seemingly endless parade of entertainers, Sydney will honor some of the most beloved.

Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016)

Feedback: The company changed the ads after a number of celebrities and entertainers criticized the ads, complaining they bashed creative fields.

Wall Street Journal(Dec 28, 2016)

n a person who tries to please or amuse

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Allen Stewart Konigsberg

United States filmmaker and comic actor (1935-)

Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen

United States comedienne remembered as the confused but imperturbable partner of her husband, George Burns (1906-1964)

Alicia Alonso

Cuban dancer and choreographer (born in 1921)

Louis Armstrong

United States pioneering jazz trumpeter and bandleader (1900-1971)

Fred Astaire

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

Johann Sebastian Bach

German baroque organist and contrapuntist; composed mostly keyboard music; one of the greatest creators of western music (1685-1750)

Pearl Mae Bailey

United States singer (1918-1990)

George Balanchine

United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983)

Lucille Ball

United States comedienne best known as the star of a popular television program (1911-1989)

Tallulah Bankhead

uninhibited United States actress (1903-1968)

Maurice Barrymore

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

Georgiana Emma Barrymore

United States actress; daughter of John Drew and wife of Maurice Barrymore; mother of Ethel Barrymore and John Barrymore and Lionel Barrymore (1854-1893)

Lionel Barrymore

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

Ethel Barrymore

United States actress; daughter of Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Barrymore (1879-1959)

John Barrymore

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

Bela Bartok

Hungarian composer and pianist who collected Hungarian folk music; in 1940 he moved to the United States (1881-1945)

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Russian dancer and choreographer who migrated to the United States (born in 1948)

Sir Henry Maxmilian Beerbohm

English writer and caricaturist (1872-1956)

Robert Charles Benchley

United States humorist (1889-1945)

Benjamin Kubelsky

United States comedian known for his timeing and delivery and self-effacing humor (1894-1974)

Ingrid Bergman

Swedish film actress (1915-1982)

Henriette Rosine Bernard

French actress (1844-1923)

Shirley Temple Black

popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928)

Marc Blitzstein

United States pianist and composer of operas and musical plays (1905-1964)

Humphrey DeForest Bogart

United States film actor (1899-1957)

John Wilkes Booth

United States actor and assassin of President Lincoln (1838-1865)

Anton Bruckner

Austrian organist and composer of romantic music (1824-1896)

Richard Burbage

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

Nathan Birnbaum

United States comedian and film actor (1896-1996)

Richard Burton

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

William Byrd

English organist and composer of church music; master of 16th century polyphony; was granted a monopoly in music printing with Thomas Tallis (1543-1623)

Sidney Caesar

United States comedian who pioneered comedy television shows (born 1922)

James Cagney

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

Pablo Casals

an outstanding Spanish cellist noted for his interpretation of Bach's cello suites (1876-1973)

Johnny Cash

United States country music singer and songwriter (1932-2003)

Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin

English comedian and film maker; portrayed a downtrodden little man in baggy pants and bowler hat (1889-1977)

Maurice Chevalier

French actor and cabaret singer (1888-1972)

Frederic Francois Chopin

French composer (born in Poland) and pianist of the romantic school (1810-1849)

Samuel Langhorne Clemens

United States writer and humorist best known for his novels about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1835-1910)

Imogene Coca

United States comedienne who starred in early television shows with Sid Caesar (1908-2001)

Frank Cooper

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

Arcangelo Corelli

Italian violinist and composer of violin concertos (1653-1713)

Katherine Cornell

United States actress noted for her performances in Broadway plays (1893-1974)

Francois Couperin

French composer of music for organ and a member of a family of distinguished organists (1668-1733)

Sir Noel Pierce Coward

English dramatist and actor and composer noted for his witty and sophisticated comedies (1899-1973)

Joan Crawford

United States film actress (1908-1977)

Hume Blake Cronyn

Canadian actor who frequently played character parts with his wife Jessica Tandy (1911-2003)

Harry Lillis Crosby

United States singer and film actor (1904-1977)

Merce Cunningham

United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1922)

Karl Czerny

Austrian virtuoso pianist and composer of many works for the piano; studied with Beethoven and was a teacher of Liszt (1791-1857)

Bette Davis

United States film actress (1908-1989)

Miles Dewey Davis Jr.

United States jazz musician; noted for his trumpet style (1926-1991)

James Byron Dean

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

Agnes George de Mille

United States dancer and choreographer who introduced formal dance to a wide audience (1905-1993)

Robert De Niro

United States film actor who frequently plays tough characters (born 1943)

Gerard Depardieu

French film actor (born in 1948)

Maria Magdalene von Losch

United States film actress (born in Germany) who made many films with Josef von Sternberg and later was a successful cabaret star (1901-1992)

Antoine Domino

United States rhythm and blues pianist and singer and composer (born in 1928)

John Dowland

English lutenist and composer of songs for the lute (1563-1626)

John Drew

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

Isadora Duncan

United States dancer and pioneer of modern dance (1878-1927)

Jimmy Durante

United States comedian remembered for his large nose and hoarse voice (1893-1980)

Eleonora Duse

Italian actress best known for her performances in tragic roles (1858-1924)

Bob Dylan

United States songwriter noted for his protest songs (born in 1941)

Andre Eglevsky

United States ballet dancer (born in Russia) (1917-1977)

Edward Kennedy Ellington

United States jazz composer and piano player and bandleader (1899-1974)

Georges Enesco

Romanian violinist and composer (1881-1955)

Douglas Elton Fairbanks

United States film actor noted for his swashbuckling roles (1883-1939)

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

United States film actor; son of Douglas Elton Fairbanks, (1909-2000)

Manuel de Falla

Spanish composer and pianist (1876-1946)

William Claude Dukenfield

United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946)

Ella Fitzgerald

United States scat singer (1917-1996)

Henry Fonda

United States film actor (1905-1982)

Jane Fonda

United States film actress and daughter of Henry Fonda (born in 1937)

Lynn Fontanne

United States actress (born in England) who married Alfred Lunt and performed with him in many plays (1887-1983)

Dame Margot Fonteyn

English dancer who danced with Rudolf Nureyev (born in 1919)

William Clark Gable

United States film actor (1901-1960)

Greta Louisa Gustafsson

United States film actress (born in Sweden) known for her reclusiveness (1905-1990)

Judy Garland

United States singer and film actress (1922-1969)

David Garrick

English actor and theater manager who was the foremost Shakespearean actor of his day (1717-1779)

Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson

Australian actor (born in the United States in 1956)

Arthur John Gielgud

English actor of Shakespearean roles who was also noted for appearances in films (1904-2000)

John Birks Gillespie

United States jazz trumpeter and exponent of bebop (1917-1993)

Lillian Gish

United States film actress who appeared in films by D. W. Griffith (1896-1993)

Benjamin David Goodman

United States clarinetist who in 1934 formed a big band (including black as well as white musicians) and introduced a kind of jazz known as swing (1909-1986)

Martha Graham

United States dancer and choreographer whose work was noted for its austerity and technical rigor (1893-1991)

Cary Grant

United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986)

Harley Granville-Barker

English actor and dramatist and critic and director noted for his productions of Shakespearean plays (1877-1946)

Stephane Grappelli

French jazz violinist (1908-1997)

Sir Alec Guinness

English stage and screen actor noted for versatility (1914-2000)

Lionel Hampton

United States musician who was the first to use the vibraphone as a jazz instrument (1913-2002)

Thomas J. Hanks

United States film actor (born in 1956)

Oliver Hardy

United States slapstick comedian who played the pompous and overbearing member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1892-1957)

Harlean Carpenter

United States film actress who made several films with Clark Gable (1911-1937)

Reginald Carey Harrison

English actor on stage and in films (1908-1990)

Coleman Hawkins

United States jazz saxophonist (1904-1969)

Helen Hayes

acclaimed actress of stage and screen (1900-1993)

John Hemminge

English actor who edited the first folio of Shakespeare's plays (1556-1630)

James Marshall Hendrix

United States guitarist whose innovative style with electric guitars influenced the development of rock music (1942-1970)

Jim Henson

United States puppeteer who created a troupe of puppet characters (1936-1990)

Katharine Houghton Hepburn

United States film actress who appeared in many films with Spencer Tracy (1907-2003)

Woodrow Charles Herman

United States jazz musician and bandleader (1913-1987)

Dame Myra Hess

English pianist (1890-1965)

Alfred Hawthorne

risque English comedian (1925-1992)

Dustin Hoffman

versatile United States film actor (born in 1937)

Leslie Townes Hope

United States comedian (born in England) who appeared in films with Bing Crosby (1903-2003)

Sir Anthony Philip Hopkins

Welsh film actor (born in 1937)

Lena Calhoun Horne

United States singer and actress (born in 1917)

Vladimir Horowitz

Russian concert pianist who was a leading international virtuoso (1904-1989)

Harry Houdini

United States magician (born in Hungary) famous for his ability to escape from chains or handcuffs or straitjackets or padlocked containers (1874-1926)

Leslie Howard Stainer

English actor of stage and screen (1893-1943)

Julio Iglesias

Spanish singer noted for his ballads and love songs (born in 1943)

Mahalia Jackson

United States singer who did much to popularize gospel music (1911-1972)

Michael Joe Jackson

United States singer who began singing with his four brothers and later became a highly successful star during the 1980s (born in 1958)

Glenda Jackson

English film actress who later became a member of British Parliament (born in 1936)

Judith Jamison

United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1944)

Joseph Joachim

Hungarian violinist and composer (1831-1907)

Asa Yoelson

United States singer (born in Russia) who appeared in the first full-length talking film (1886-1950)

Janis Joplin

United States singer who died of a drug overdose at the height of her popularity (1943-1970)

Decimus Junius Juvenalis

Roman satirist who denounced the vice and folly of Roman society during the reign of the emperor Domitian (60-140)

William Henry Pratt

United States film actor (born in England) noted for his performances in horror films (1887-1969)

Tamara Karsavina

Russian dancer who danced with Nijinsky (1885-1978)

Edmund Kean

English actor noted for his portrayals of Shakespeare's great tragic characters (1789-1833)

Joseph Francis Keaton

United States comedian and actor in silent films noted for his acrobatic skills and deadpan face (1895-1966)

Eugene Curran Kelly

United States dancer who performed in many musical films (1912-1996)

Princess Grace of Monaco

United States film actress who retired when she married into the royal family of Monaco (1928-1982)

Emmett Kelly

United States circus clown (1898-1979)

Riley B King

United States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925)

Fritz Kreisler

United States violinist (born in Austria) (1875-1962)

Wanda Landowska

United States harpsichordist (born in Poland) who helped to revive modern interest in the harpsichord (1879-1959)

Emilie Charlotte le Breton

British actress and mistress of the prince who later became Edward VII (1853-1929)

Ringgold Wilmer Lardner

United States humorist and writer of satirical short stories (1885-1933)

Sir Harry MacLennan Lauder

Scottish ballad singer and music hall comedian (1870-1950)

Charles Laughton

United States film actor (born in England) (1899-1962)

Arthur Stanley Jefferson Laurel

United States slapstick comedian (born in England) who played the scatterbrained and often tearful member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1890-1965)

Gertrude Lawrence

English actress (1898-1952)

Stephen Butler Leacock

Canadian economist best remembered for his humorous writings (1869-1944)

Edward Lear

British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888)

Huddie Leadbetter

United States folk singer and composer (1885-1949)

Lee Yuen Kam

United States actor who was an expert in kung fu and starred in martial arts films (1941-1973)

Rose Louise Hovick

United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway in the 1930s (1914-1970)

Eva Le Gallienne

United States actress (born in England) (1899-1991)

Vivien Leigh

English film actress (1913-1967)

Jack Lemmon

United States film actor (1925-2001)

Jerry Lee Lewis

United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935)

Beatrice Lillie

British actress (born in Canada) (1898-1989)

Franz Liszt

Hungarian composer and piano virtuoso (1811-1886)

Harold Clayton Lloyd

United States comic actor in silent films; he used physical danger as a source of comedy (1893-1971)

Sofia Scicolone

Italian film actress (born in 1934)

Laszlo Lowestein

United States actor (born in Hungary) noted for playing sinister roles (1904-1964)

Bela Ferenc Blasko

United States film actor (born in Hungary) noted for portraying monsters (1884-1956)

Alfred Lunt

United States actor who performed with his wife Lynn Fontanne in many stage productions (1893-1977)

Madonna Louise Ciccone

United States pop singer and sex symbol during the 1980s (born in 1958)

Marcel Marceau

French mime famous for his sad-faced clown (born in 1923)

Dame Alicia Markova

English ballet dancer (born in 1910)

Robert Nesta Marley

Jamaican singer who popularized reggae (1945-1981)

Donald Robert Perry Marquis

humorist who wrote about the imaginary life of cockroaches (1878-1937)

E. G. Marshall

United States actor (1914-1998)

Dino Paul Crocetti

United States singer (1917-1995)

Mary Martin

United States actress (1913-1990)

Steve Martin

United States actor and comedian (born in 1945)

Julius Marx

United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1890-1977)

Leonard Marx

United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1891-1961)

Arthur Marx

United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1893-1964)

Herbert Marx

United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1901-1979)

James Neville Mason

English film actor (1909-1984)

Leonide Fedorovitch Massine

French choreographer and ballet dancer (born in Russia) (1895-1979)

Sir Yehudi Menuhin

British violinist (born in the United States) who began his career as a child prodigy in the 1920s (1916-1999)

Anna Amalia Mercouri

Greek film actress (1925-1994)

Ethel Merman

United States singer who appeared in several musical comedies (1909-1984)

Arthur Mitchell

United States dancer who formed the first Black classical ballet company (born in 1934)

Robert Mitchum

United States film actor (1917-1997)

Thelonious Sphere Monk

United States jazz pianist who was one of the founders of the bebop style (1917-1982)

Norma Jean Baker

United States film actress noted for sex appeal (1926-1962)

Marie Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert

Irish dancer (1818-1861)

Dudley Stuart John Moore

English actor and comedian who appeared on television and in films (born in 1935)

Ferdinand Joseph La Menthe Morton

United States jazz musician who moved from ragtime to New Orleans jazz (1885-1941)

Alla Nazimova

United States actress (born in Russia) (1879-1945)

Paul Leonard Newman

United States film actor (born in 1925)

Vaslav Nijinsky

Russian dancer considered by many to be the greatest dancer of the 20th century (1890-1950)

Rudolf Nureyev

Russian dancer who was often the partner of Dame Margot Fonteyn and who defected to the United States in 1961 (born in 1938)

Joseph Oliver

United States jazz musician who influenced the style of Louis Armstrong (1885-1938)

Baron Olivier of Birghton

English actor best know for his Shakespearean roles (1907-1989)

Roy Orbison

United States composer and rockabilly tenor popular in the 1950s (1936-1988)

Peter Seamus O'Toole

British actor (born in Ireland in 1932)

Ignace Jan Paderewski

Polish pianist who in 1919 served as the first Prime Minister of independent Poland (1860-1941)

Niccolo Paganini

Italian violinist and composer of music for the violin (1782-1840)

Charles Christopher Parker

United States saxophonist and leader of the bop style of jazz (1920-1955)

Anna Pavlova

Russian ballerina (1882-1931)

Edith Giovanna Gassion

French cabaret singer (1915-1963)

Mary Pickford

United States film actress (born in Canada) who starred in silent films (1893-1979)

Sidney Poitier

United States film actor and director (born in 1927)

Francis Poulenc

French pianist and composer (1899-1963)

Henry Purcell

English organist at Westminster Abbey and composer of many theatrical pieces (1659-1695)

Francois Rabelais

author of satirical attacks on medieval scholasticism (1494-1553)

Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff

composer and piano virtuoso born in Russia (1873-1943)

Charles Robert Redford

United States actor and filmmaker who starred with Paul Newman in several films (born in 1936)

Sir Ralph David Richardson

British stage and screen actor noted for playing classic roles (1902-1983)

Paul Bustill Robeson

United States bass singer and an outspoken critic of racism and proponent of socialism (1898-1976)

Edward Goldenberg Robinson

United States film actor noted for playing gangster roles (1893-1973)

Virginia Katherine McMath

United States dancer and film actress who partnered with Fred Astaire (1911-1995)

William Penn Adair Rogers

United States humorist remembered for his homespun commentary on politics and American society (1879-1935)

Anton Grigorevich Rubinstein

Russian composer and pianist (1829-1894)

Arthur Rubinstein

United States pianist (born in Poland) known for his interpretations of the music of Chopin (1886-1982)

Lillian Russell

United States entertainer remembered for her roles in comic operas (1861-1922)

Charles Camille Saint-Saens

French pianist and composer (1835-1921)

Salome

woman whose dancing beguiled Herod into giving her the head of John the Baptist

Artur Schnabel

United States composer (born in Austria) and pianist noted for his interpretations of the works of Mozart and Beethoven and Schubert (1882-1951)

Clara Josephine Schumann

German pianist and composer of piano music; renowned for her interpretation of music, especially the music of her husband Robert Schumann (1819-1896)

Albert Schweitzer

French philosopher and physician and organist who spent most of his life as a medical missionary in Gabon (1875-1965)

George C. Scott

award-winning United States film actor (1928-1999)

Andres Segovia

Spanish guitarist who made classical guitar a concert instrument (1893-1987)

Peter Sellers

English comic actor (1925-1980)

Rudolf Serkin

United States concert pianist (born in Czechoslovakia) (1903-1991)

Ravi Shankar

Indian sitar player who popularized classical Indian music in the West (born in 1920)

Henry Wheeler Shaw

United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885)

Arthur Jacob Arshawsky

United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (1910-2004)

Ted Shawn

United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated with Ruth Saint Denis (1891-1972)

Moira Shearer

Scottish ballet dancer and actress (born in 1926)

Sarah Kemble Siddons

English actress noted for her performances in Shakespearean roles (1755-1831)

Paul Simon

United States singer and songwriter (born in 1942)

Francis Albert Sinatra

United States singer and film actor (1915-1998)

Cornelia Otis Skinner

United States actress noted for her one-woman shows (1901-1979)

Otis Skinner

United States actor (1858-1942)

Bessie Smith

United States blues singer (1894-1937)

Kathryn Elizabeth Smith

United States singer noted for her rendition of patriotic songs (1909-1986)

Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavsky

Russian actor and theater director who trained his actors to emphasize the psychological motivation of their roles (1863-1938)

Ruth Saint Denis

United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated with Ted Shawn (1877-1968)

Isaac Stern

United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920)

James Maitland Stewart

United States film actor who portrayed incorruptible but modest heros (1908-1997)

Israel Strassberg

United States actor and film director (born in Austria) who was a leader in developing method acting in the United States (1901-1982)

Meryl Streep

United States film actress (born in 1949)

Barbra Joan Streisand

United States singer and actress (born in 1942)

Erich von Stroheim

United States film actor (born in Austria) (1885-1957)

Edward Vincent Sullivan

United States host on a well known television variety show (1902-1974)

Gloria May Josephine Svensson

United States actress in many silent films (1899-1983)

Jonathan Swift

an English satirist born in Ireland (1667-1745)

Maria Tallchief

United States ballerina who promoted American ballet through tours and television appearances (born in 1925)

Thomas Tallis

English organist and composer of church and secular music; was granted a monopoly in music printing with William Byrd (1505-1585)

Jessica Tandy

United States actress (born in England) who made many stage appearances, often with her husband Hume Cronyn (1909-1994)

Arthur Tatum

United States jazz pianist who was almost completely blind; his innovations influenced many other jazz musicians (1910-1956)

Elizabeth Taylor

United States film actress (born in England) who was a childhood star; as an adult she often co-starred with Richard Burton (born in 1932)

Dame Alice Ellen Terry

English actress (1847-1928)

Twyla Tharp

innovative United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1941)

Dame Sybil Thorndike

English actress (1882-1976)

James Grover Thurber

United States humorist and cartoonist who published collections of essays and stories (1894-1961)

Spencer Tracy

United States film actor who appeared in many films with Katharine Hepburn (1900-1967)

Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree

English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare (1853-1917)

Sophie Tucker

United States vaudevillian (born in Russia) noted for her flamboyant performances (1884-1966)

Antony Tudor

United States dancer and choreographer (born in England) (1909-1987)

Galina Sergeevna Ulanova

Russian ballet dancer (1910-1998)

Peter Alexander Ustinov

British actor and playwright (1921-2004)

Sarah Vaughan

United States jazz singer noted for her complex bebop phrasing and scat singing (1924-1990)

Gaetan Vestris

Italian dancing-master for Louis XVI who was considered the greatest dancer of his day; he was the first to discard the mask in mime (1729-1808)

Antonio Lucio Vivaldi

Italian baroque composer and violinist (1675-1741)

Thomas Wright Waller

United States jazz musician (1904-1943)

Ethel Waters

United States actress and singer (1896-1977)

Duke Wayne

United States film actor who played tough heroes (1907-1979)

George Orson Welles

United States actor and filmmaker (1915-1985)

Mae West

United States film actress (1892-1980)

Hiram King Williams

United States country singer and songwriter (1923-1953)

Natalie Wood

United States film actress (1938-1981)

Tammy Wynetter Pugh

United States country singer (1942-1998)

Lester Willis Young

United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959)

Loretta Young

United States film and television actress (1913-2000)

Efrem Zimbalist

United States violinist (born in Russia) (1889-1985)

Pinchas Zukerman

Israeli violinist (born in 1948)

Marian Anderson

United States contralto noted for her performance of spirituals (1902-1993)

Charles Edward Berry

United States rock singer (born in 1931)

Enrico Caruso

outstanding Italian operatic tenor (1873-1921)

Placido Domingo

Spanish operatic tenor noted for performances in operas by Verdi and Puccini (born in 1941)

Eileen Farrell

United States operatic soprano noted for the clarity and power of her voice (1920-2002)

Woodrow Wilson Guthrie

United States folk singer and songwriter (1912-1967)

Eleanor Gwynne

English comedienne and mistress of Charles II (1650-1687)

William John Clifton Haley Jr.

United States rock singer who was one of the first to popularize rock'n'roll music (1925-1981)

George Harrison

English rock star; lead guitarist of the Beatles (1943-2001)

Charles Hardin Holley

United States rock star (1936-1959)

Michael Philip Jagger

English rock star (born in 1943)

John Lennon

English rock star and guitarist and songwriter who with Paul McCartney wrote most of the music for the Beatles (1940-1980)

Swedish Nightingale

Swedish soprano who toured the United States under the management of P. T. Barnum (1820-1887)

Sir James Paul McCartney

English rock star and bass guitarist and songwriter who with John Lennon wrote most of the music for the Beatles (born in 1942)

John McCormick

United States operatic tenor (born in Ireland) (1884-1945)

Lauritz Lebrecht Hommel Melchior

United States operatic tenor (born in Denmark) noted for his Wagnerian roles (1890-1973)

James Douglas Morrison

United States rock singer (1943-1971)

Marta Brigit Nilsson

Swedish operatic soprano who played Wagnerian roles (born in 1918)

Jessye Norman

United States operatic soprano (born in 1945)

Luciano Pavarotti

Italian tenor (born in 1935)

Rosa Melba Ponselle

United States soprano (1897-1981)

Elvis Aron Presley

United States rock singer whose many hit records and flamboyant style greatly influenced American popular music (1935-1977)

Mary Leontyne Price

United States operatic soprano (born 1927)

Ernestine Schumann-Heink

United States operatic contralto (1861-1936)

Peter Seeger

United States folk singer who was largely responsible for the interest in folk music in the 1960s (born in 1919)

Belle Miriam Silverman

United States operatic soprano (born in 1929)

Richard Starkey

rock star and drummer for the Beatles (born in 1940)

Dame Joan Sutherland

Australian operatic soprano (born in 1926)

Renata Tebaldi

Italian operatic soprano (born in 1922)

Dame Kiri Janette Te Kanawa

New Zealand operatic soprano (born in 1944)

Helen Traubel

United States operatic soprano (1903-1972)

Maria Meneghini Callas

Greek coloratura soprano (born in the United States) known for her dramatic intensity in operatic roles (1923-1977)

Marilyn Horne

United States operatic mezzo-soprano (born 1934)

Helen Porter Mitchell

Australian operatic soprano (1861-1931)

Alice-Josephine Pons

United States coloratura soprano (born in France) (1904-1976)

bombshell

an entertainer who has a sensational effect

busker

a person who entertains people for money in public places (as by singing or dancing), usually while asking for money

attracter, attraction, attractor, draw, drawing card

an entertainer who attracts large audiences

humorist, humourist

someone who acts speaks or writes in an amusing way

emcee, host, master of ceremonies

a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)

performer, performing artist

an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience

pleaser

a pleasing entertainer

actor, histrion, player, role player, thespian

a theatrical performer

artiste

a public performer (a dancer or singer)

baton twirler, twirler

someone who twirls a baton

comedian, comic

a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts

compere

British term for someone who introduces television acts or cabarets etc

cowboy, rodeo rider

a performer who gives exhibitions of riding and roping and bulldogging

dancer, professional dancer, terpsichorean

a performer who dances professionally

executant

a performer (usually of musical works)

fire-eater, fire-swallower

a performer who pretends to swallow fire

fire walker

someone who walks barefoot on burning coals

geek

a carnival performer who does disgusting acts

headliner, star

a performer who receives prominent billing

juggler

a performer who juggles objects and performs tricks of manual dexterity

Lord of Misrule

a person appointed master of revels at a Christmas celebration

conjurer, conjuror, illusionist, magician, prestidigitator

someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience

minstrel

a performer in a minstrel show

monologist

an entertainer who performs alone

instrumentalist, musician, player

someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)

lampooner, parodist

mimics literary or musical style for comic effect

punster

someone overly fond of making puns

puppeteer

one who operates puppets or marionettes

question master, quizmaster

the host or chairman of a radio or tv quiz show or panel game

ringmaster

the person in charge of performances in a circus ring

ironist, ridiculer, satirist

a humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm

Savoyard

a person who performs in the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan

sightreader

a performer who reads without preparation or prior acquaintance (as in music)

snake charmer

a performer who uses movements and music to control snakes

second banana, straight man

a performer who acts as stooge to a comedian

ecdysiast, exotic dancer, peeler, stripper, striptease, striptease artist, stripteaser

a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music

strongman

a man who performs feats of strength at a fair or circus

symposiarch, toastmaster

the person who proposes toasts and introduces speakers at a banquet

vaudevillian

a performer who works in vaudeville

ventriloquist

a performer who projects the voice into a wooden dummy

card, wag, wit

a witty amusing person who makes jokes

individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul

a human being

单词	entertainer
释义	entertainer (once / 2769 pages) n An entertainer is a person whose job or goal is to perform for the amusement of others. If you're an entertainer, you might learn how to tap dance and take singing lessons. If you make your living as a comedian, you're an entertainer. You're also an entertainer if you're a dancer, singer, actor, or puppeteer. In all of these cases, your job is to entertain an audience. You can also call the member of your family who's always trying to make everyone laugh an entertainer. The word comes from the verb entertain, which originally meant "to keep up or maintain," and came to also mean "amuse" in the early 17th century. WORD FAMILY entertainer: entertainers+/entertain: entertained, entertainer, entertaining, entertainment, entertains/entertaining: entertainingly/entertainment: entertainments USAGE EXAMPLES The Entertainer declined to comment, while Disney, Smyths Toys and Toys R Us failed to respond. BBC(Jan 01, 2017) After a year that saw the deaths of a seemingly endless parade of entertainers, Sydney will honor some of the most beloved. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) Feedback: The company changed the ads after a number of celebrities and entertainers criticized the ads, complaining they bashed creative fields. Wall Street Journal(Dec 28, 2016) n a person who tries to please or amuse Exp\|Hypo\|Hyper Allen Stewart Konigsberg United States filmmaker and comic actor (1935-) Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen United States comedienne remembered as the confused but imperturbable partner of her husband, George Burns (1906-1964) Alicia Alonso Cuban dancer and choreographer (born in 1921) Louis Armstrong United States pioneering jazz trumpeter and bandleader (1900-1971) Fred Astaire United States dancer and cinema actor noted for his original and graceful tap dancing (1899-1987) Johann Sebastian Bach German baroque organist and contrapuntist; composed mostly keyboard music; one of the greatest creators of western music (1685-1750) Pearl Mae Bailey United States singer (1918-1990) George Balanchine United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983) Lucille Ball United States comedienne best known as the star of a popular television program (1911-1989) Tallulah Bankhead uninhibited United States actress (1903-1968) Maurice Barrymore United States actor; husband of Georgiana Emma Barrymore and father of Ethel Barrymore and John Barrymore and Lionel Barrymore (1847-1905) Georgiana Emma Barrymore United States actress; daughter of John Drew and wife of Maurice Barrymore; mother of Ethel Barrymore and John Barrymore and Lionel Barrymore (1854-1893) Lionel Barrymore United States actor; son of Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Barrymore (1878-1954) Ethel Barrymore United States actress; daughter of Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Barrymore (1879-1959) John Barrymore United States actor; son of Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Barrymore (1882-1942) Bela Bartok Hungarian composer and pianist who collected Hungarian folk music; in 1940 he moved to the United States (1881-1945) Mikhail Baryshnikov Russian dancer and choreographer who migrated to the United States (born in 1948) Sir Henry Maxmilian Beerbohm English writer and caricaturist (1872-1956) Robert Charles Benchley United States humorist (1889-1945) Benjamin Kubelsky United States comedian known for his timeing and delivery and self-effacing humor (1894-1974) Ingrid Bergman Swedish film actress (1915-1982) Henriette Rosine Bernard French actress (1844-1923) Shirley Temple Black popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928) Marc Blitzstein United States pianist and composer of operas and musical plays (1905-1964) Humphrey DeForest Bogart United States film actor (1899-1957) John Wilkes Booth United States actor and assassin of President Lincoln (1838-1865) Anton Bruckner Austrian organist and composer of romantic music (1824-1896) Richard Burbage English actor who was the first to play the leading role in several of Shakespeare's tragedies (1567-1619) Nathan Birnbaum United States comedian and film actor (1896-1996) Richard Burton Welsh film actor who often co-starred with Elizabeth Taylor (1925-1984) William Byrd English organist and composer of church music; master of 16th century polyphony; was granted a monopoly in music printing with Thomas Tallis (1543-1623) Sidney Caesar United States comedian who pioneered comedy television shows (born 1922) James Cagney United States film actor known for his portrayals of tough characters (1899-1986) Pablo Casals an outstanding Spanish cellist noted for his interpretation of Bach's cello suites (1876-1973) Johnny Cash United States country music singer and songwriter (1932-2003) Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin English comedian and film maker; portrayed a downtrodden little man in baggy pants and bowler hat (1889-1977) Maurice Chevalier French actor and cabaret singer (1888-1972) Frederic Francois Chopin French composer (born in Poland) and pianist of the romantic school (1810-1849) Samuel Langhorne Clemens United States writer and humorist best known for his novels about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1835-1910) Imogene Coca United States comedienne who starred in early television shows with Sid Caesar (1908-2001) Frank Cooper United States film actor noted for his portrayals of strong silent heroes (1901-1961) Arcangelo Corelli Italian violinist and composer of violin concertos (1653-1713) Katherine Cornell United States actress noted for her performances in Broadway plays (1893-1974) Francois Couperin French composer of music for organ and a member of a family of distinguished organists (1668-1733) Sir Noel Pierce Coward English dramatist and actor and composer noted for his witty and sophisticated comedies (1899-1973) Joan Crawford United States film actress (1908-1977) Hume Blake Cronyn Canadian actor who frequently played character parts with his wife Jessica Tandy (1911-2003) Harry Lillis Crosby United States singer and film actor (1904-1977) Merce Cunningham United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1922) Karl Czerny Austrian virtuoso pianist and composer of many works for the piano; studied with Beethoven and was a teacher of Liszt (1791-1857) Bette Davis United States film actress (1908-1989) Miles Dewey Davis Jr. United States jazz musician; noted for his trumpet style (1926-1991) James Byron Dean United States film actor whose moody rebellious roles made him a cult figure (1931-1955) Agnes George de Mille United States dancer and choreographer who introduced formal dance to a wide audience (1905-1993) Robert De Niro United States film actor who frequently plays tough characters (born 1943) Gerard Depardieu French film actor (born in 1948) Maria Magdalene von Losch United States film actress (born in Germany) who made many films with Josef von Sternberg and later was a successful cabaret star (1901-1992) Antoine Domino United States rhythm and blues pianist and singer and composer (born in 1928) John Dowland English lutenist and composer of songs for the lute (1563-1626) John Drew United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862) Isadora Duncan United States dancer and pioneer of modern dance (1878-1927) Jimmy Durante United States comedian remembered for his large nose and hoarse voice (1893-1980) Eleonora Duse Italian actress best known for her performances in tragic roles (1858-1924) Bob Dylan United States songwriter noted for his protest songs (born in 1941) Andre Eglevsky United States ballet dancer (born in Russia) (1917-1977) Edward Kennedy Ellington United States jazz composer and piano player and bandleader (1899-1974) Georges Enesco Romanian violinist and composer (1881-1955) Douglas Elton Fairbanks United States film actor noted for his swashbuckling roles (1883-1939) Douglas Fairbanks Jr. United States film actor; son of Douglas Elton Fairbanks, (1909-2000) Manuel de Falla Spanish composer and pianist (1876-1946) William Claude Dukenfield United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946) Ella Fitzgerald United States scat singer (1917-1996) Henry Fonda United States film actor (1905-1982) Jane Fonda United States film actress and daughter of Henry Fonda (born in 1937) Lynn Fontanne United States actress (born in England) who married Alfred Lunt and performed with him in many plays (1887-1983) Dame Margot Fonteyn English dancer who danced with Rudolf Nureyev (born in 1919) William Clark Gable United States film actor (1901-1960) Greta Louisa Gustafsson United States film actress (born in Sweden) known for her reclusiveness (1905-1990) Judy Garland United States singer and film actress (1922-1969) David Garrick English actor and theater manager who was the foremost Shakespearean actor of his day (1717-1779) Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson Australian actor (born in the United States in 1956) Arthur John Gielgud English actor of Shakespearean roles who was also noted for appearances in films (1904-2000) John Birks Gillespie United States jazz trumpeter and exponent of bebop (1917-1993) Lillian Gish United States film actress who appeared in films by D. W. Griffith (1896-1993) Benjamin David Goodman United States clarinetist who in 1934 formed a big band (including black as well as white musicians) and introduced a kind of jazz known as swing (1909-1986) Martha Graham United States dancer and choreographer whose work was noted for its austerity and technical rigor (1893-1991) Cary Grant United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986) Harley Granville-Barker English actor and dramatist and critic and director noted for his productions of Shakespearean plays (1877-1946) Stephane Grappelli French jazz violinist (1908-1997) Sir Alec Guinness English stage and screen actor noted for versatility (1914-2000) Lionel Hampton United States musician who was the first to use the vibraphone as a jazz instrument (1913-2002) Thomas J. Hanks United States film actor (born in 1956) Oliver Hardy United States slapstick comedian who played the pompous and overbearing member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1892-1957) Harlean Carpenter United States film actress who made several films with Clark Gable (1911-1937) Reginald Carey Harrison English actor on stage and in films (1908-1990) Coleman Hawkins United States jazz saxophonist (1904-1969) Helen Hayes acclaimed actress of stage and screen (1900-1993) John Hemminge English actor who edited the first folio of Shakespeare's plays (1556-1630) James Marshall Hendrix United States guitarist whose innovative style with electric guitars influenced the development of rock music (1942-1970) Jim Henson United States puppeteer who created a troupe of puppet characters (1936-1990) Katharine Houghton Hepburn United States film actress who appeared in many films with Spencer Tracy (1907-2003) Woodrow Charles Herman United States jazz musician and bandleader (1913-1987) Dame Myra Hess English pianist (1890-1965) Alfred Hawthorne risque English comedian (1925-1992) Dustin Hoffman versatile United States film actor (born in 1937) Leslie Townes Hope United States comedian (born in England) who appeared in films with Bing Crosby (1903-2003) Sir Anthony Philip Hopkins Welsh film actor (born in 1937) Lena Calhoun Horne United States singer and actress (born in 1917) Vladimir Horowitz Russian concert pianist who was a leading international virtuoso (1904-1989) Harry Houdini United States magician (born in Hungary) famous for his ability to escape from chains or handcuffs or straitjackets or padlocked containers (1874-1926) Leslie Howard Stainer English actor of stage and screen (1893-1943) Julio Iglesias Spanish singer noted for his ballads and love songs (born in 1943) Mahalia Jackson United States singer who did much to popularize gospel music (1911-1972) Michael Joe Jackson United States singer who began singing with his four brothers and later became a highly successful star during the 1980s (born in 1958) Glenda Jackson English film actress who later became a member of British Parliament (born in 1936) Judith Jamison United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1944) Joseph Joachim Hungarian violinist and composer (1831-1907) Asa Yoelson United States singer (born in Russia) who appeared in the first full-length talking film (1886-1950) Janis Joplin United States singer who died of a drug overdose at the height of her popularity (1943-1970) Decimus Junius Juvenalis Roman satirist who denounced the vice and folly of Roman society during the reign of the emperor Domitian (60-140) William Henry Pratt United States film actor (born in England) noted for his performances in horror films (1887-1969) Tamara Karsavina Russian dancer who danced with Nijinsky (1885-1978) Edmund Kean English actor noted for his portrayals of Shakespeare's great tragic characters (1789-1833) Joseph Francis Keaton United States comedian and actor in silent films noted for his acrobatic skills and deadpan face (1895-1966) Eugene Curran Kelly United States dancer who performed in many musical films (1912-1996) Princess Grace of Monaco United States film actress who retired when she married into the royal family of Monaco (1928-1982) Emmett Kelly United States circus clown (1898-1979) Riley B King United States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925) Fritz Kreisler United States violinist (born in Austria) (1875-1962) Wanda Landowska United States harpsichordist (born in Poland) who helped to revive modern interest in the harpsichord (1879-1959) Emilie Charlotte le Breton British actress and mistress of the prince who later became Edward VII (1853-1929) Ringgold Wilmer Lardner United States humorist and writer of satirical short stories (1885-1933) Sir Harry MacLennan Lauder Scottish ballad singer and music hall comedian (1870-1950) Charles Laughton United States film actor (born in England) (1899-1962) Arthur Stanley Jefferson Laurel United States slapstick comedian (born in England) who played the scatterbrained and often tearful member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1890-1965) Gertrude Lawrence English actress (1898-1952) Stephen Butler Leacock Canadian economist best remembered for his humorous writings (1869-1944) Edward Lear British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888) Huddie Leadbetter United States folk singer and composer (1885-1949) Lee Yuen Kam United States actor who was an expert in kung fu and starred in martial arts films (1941-1973) Rose Louise Hovick United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway in the 1930s (1914-1970) Eva Le Gallienne United States actress (born in England) (1899-1991) Vivien Leigh English film actress (1913-1967) Jack Lemmon United States film actor (1925-2001) Jerry Lee Lewis United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935) Beatrice Lillie British actress (born in Canada) (1898-1989) Franz Liszt Hungarian composer and piano virtuoso (1811-1886) Harold Clayton Lloyd United States comic actor in silent films; he used physical danger as a source of comedy (1893-1971) Sofia Scicolone Italian film actress (born in 1934) Laszlo Lowestein United States actor (born in Hungary) noted for playing sinister roles (1904-1964) Bela Ferenc Blasko United States film actor (born in Hungary) noted for portraying monsters (1884-1956) Alfred Lunt United States actor who performed with his wife Lynn Fontanne in many stage productions (1893-1977) Madonna Louise Ciccone United States pop singer and sex symbol during the 1980s (born in 1958) Marcel Marceau French mime famous for his sad-faced clown (born in 1923) Dame Alicia Markova English ballet dancer (born in 1910) Robert Nesta Marley Jamaican singer who popularized reggae (1945-1981) Donald Robert Perry Marquis humorist who wrote about the imaginary life of cockroaches (1878-1937) E. G. Marshall United States actor (1914-1998) Dino Paul Crocetti United States singer (1917-1995) Mary Martin United States actress (1913-1990) Steve Martin United States actor and comedian (born in 1945) Julius Marx United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1890-1977) Leonard Marx United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1891-1961) Arthur Marx United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1893-1964) Herbert Marx United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1901-1979) James Neville Mason English film actor (1909-1984) Leonide Fedorovitch Massine French choreographer and ballet dancer (born in Russia) (1895-1979) Sir Yehudi Menuhin British violinist (born in the United States) who began his career as a child prodigy in the 1920s (1916-1999) Anna Amalia Mercouri Greek film actress (1925-1994) Ethel Merman United States singer who appeared in several musical comedies (1909-1984) Arthur Mitchell United States dancer who formed the first Black classical ballet company (born in 1934) Robert Mitchum United States film actor (1917-1997) Thelonious Sphere Monk United States jazz pianist who was one of the founders of the bebop style (1917-1982) Norma Jean Baker United States film actress noted for sex appeal (1926-1962) Marie Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert Irish dancer (1818-1861) Dudley Stuart John Moore English actor and comedian who appeared on television and in films (born in 1935) Ferdinand Joseph La Menthe Morton United States jazz musician who moved from ragtime to New Orleans jazz (1885-1941) Alla Nazimova United States actress (born in Russia) (1879-1945) Paul Leonard Newman United States film actor (born in 1925) Vaslav Nijinsky Russian dancer considered by many to be the greatest dancer of the 20th century (1890-1950) Rudolf Nureyev Russian dancer who was often the partner of Dame Margot Fonteyn and who defected to the United States in 1961 (born in 1938) Joseph Oliver United States jazz musician who influenced the style of Louis Armstrong (1885-1938) Baron Olivier of Birghton English actor best know for his Shakespearean roles (1907-1989) Roy Orbison United States composer and rockabilly tenor popular in the 1950s (1936-1988) Peter Seamus O'Toole British actor (born in Ireland in 1932) Ignace Jan Paderewski Polish pianist who in 1919 served as the first Prime Minister of independent Poland (1860-1941) Niccolo Paganini Italian violinist and composer of music for the violin (1782-1840) Charles Christopher Parker United States saxophonist and leader of the bop style of jazz (1920-1955) Anna Pavlova Russian ballerina (1882-1931) Edith Giovanna Gassion French cabaret singer (1915-1963) Mary Pickford United States film actress (born in Canada) who starred in silent films (1893-1979) Sidney Poitier United States film actor and director (born in 1927) Francis Poulenc French pianist and composer (1899-1963) Henry Purcell English organist at Westminster Abbey and composer of many theatrical pieces (1659-1695) Francois Rabelais author of satirical attacks on medieval scholasticism (1494-1553) Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff composer and piano virtuoso born in Russia (1873-1943) Charles Robert Redford United States actor and filmmaker who starred with Paul Newman in several films (born in 1936) Sir Ralph David Richardson British stage and screen actor noted for playing classic roles (1902-1983) Paul Bustill Robeson United States bass singer and an outspoken critic of racism and proponent of socialism (1898-1976) Edward Goldenberg Robinson United States film actor noted for playing gangster roles (1893-1973) Virginia Katherine McMath United States dancer and film actress who partnered with Fred Astaire (1911-1995) William Penn Adair Rogers United States humorist remembered for his homespun commentary on politics and American society (1879-1935) Anton Grigorevich Rubinstein Russian composer and pianist (1829-1894) Arthur Rubinstein United States pianist (born in Poland) known for his interpretations of the music of Chopin (1886-1982) Lillian Russell United States entertainer remembered for her roles in comic operas (1861-1922) Charles Camille Saint-Saens French pianist and composer (1835-1921) Salome woman whose dancing beguiled Herod into giving her the head of John the Baptist Artur Schnabel United States composer (born in Austria) and pianist noted for his interpretations of the works of Mozart and Beethoven and Schubert (1882-1951) Clara Josephine Schumann German pianist and composer of piano music; renowned for her interpretation of music, especially the music of her husband Robert Schumann (1819-1896) Albert Schweitzer French philosopher and physician and organist who spent most of his life as a medical missionary in Gabon (1875-1965) George C. Scott award-winning United States film actor (1928-1999) Andres Segovia Spanish guitarist who made classical guitar a concert instrument (1893-1987) Peter Sellers English comic actor (1925-1980) Rudolf Serkin United States concert pianist (born in Czechoslovakia) (1903-1991) Ravi Shankar Indian sitar player who popularized classical Indian music in the West (born in 1920) Henry Wheeler Shaw United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885) Arthur Jacob Arshawsky United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (1910-2004) Ted Shawn United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated with Ruth Saint Denis (1891-1972) Moira Shearer Scottish ballet dancer and actress (born in 1926) Sarah Kemble Siddons English actress noted for her performances in Shakespearean roles (1755-1831) Paul Simon United States singer and songwriter (born in 1942) Francis Albert Sinatra United States singer and film actor (1915-1998) Cornelia Otis Skinner United States actress noted for her one-woman shows (1901-1979) Otis Skinner United States actor (1858-1942) Bessie Smith United States blues singer (1894-1937) Kathryn Elizabeth Smith United States singer noted for her rendition of patriotic songs (1909-1986) Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavsky Russian actor and theater director who trained his actors to emphasize the psychological motivation of their roles (1863-1938) Ruth Saint Denis United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated with Ted Shawn (1877-1968) Isaac Stern United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920) James Maitland Stewart United States film actor who portrayed incorruptible but modest heros (1908-1997) Israel Strassberg United States actor and film director (born in Austria) who was a leader in developing method acting in the United States (1901-1982) Meryl Streep United States film actress (born in 1949) Barbra Joan Streisand United States singer and actress (born in 1942) Erich von Stroheim United States film actor (born in Austria) (1885-1957) Edward Vincent Sullivan United States host on a well known television variety show (1902-1974) Gloria May Josephine Svensson United States actress in many silent films (1899-1983) Jonathan Swift an English satirist born in Ireland (1667-1745) Maria Tallchief United States ballerina who promoted American ballet through tours and television appearances (born in 1925) Thomas Tallis English organist and composer of church and secular music; was granted a monopoly in music printing with William Byrd (1505-1585) Jessica Tandy United States actress (born in England) who made many stage appearances, often with her husband Hume Cronyn (1909-1994) Arthur Tatum United States jazz pianist who was almost completely blind; his innovations influenced many other jazz musicians (1910-1956) Elizabeth Taylor United States film actress (born in England) who was a childhood star; as an adult she often co-starred with Richard Burton (born in 1932) Dame Alice Ellen Terry English actress (1847-1928) Twyla Tharp innovative United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1941) Dame Sybil Thorndike English actress (1882-1976) James Grover Thurber United States humorist and cartoonist who published collections of essays and stories (1894-1961) Spencer Tracy United States film actor who appeared in many films with Katharine Hepburn (1900-1967) Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare (1853-1917) Sophie Tucker United States vaudevillian (born in Russia) noted for her flamboyant performances (1884-1966) Antony Tudor United States dancer and choreographer (born in England) (1909-1987) Galina Sergeevna Ulanova Russian ballet dancer (1910-1998) Peter Alexander Ustinov British actor and playwright (1921-2004) Sarah Vaughan United States jazz singer noted for her complex bebop phrasing and scat singing (1924-1990) Gaetan Vestris Italian dancing-master for Louis XVI who was considered the greatest dancer of his day; he was the first to discard the mask in mime (1729-1808) Antonio Lucio Vivaldi Italian baroque composer and violinist (1675-1741) Thomas Wright Waller United States jazz musician (1904-1943) Ethel Waters United States actress and singer (1896-1977) Duke Wayne United States film actor who played tough heroes (1907-1979) George Orson Welles United States actor and filmmaker (1915-1985) Mae West United States film actress (1892-1980) Hiram King Williams United States country singer and songwriter (1923-1953) Natalie Wood United States film actress (1938-1981) Tammy Wynetter Pugh United States country singer (1942-1998) Lester Willis Young United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959) Loretta Young United States film and television actress (1913-2000) Efrem Zimbalist United States violinist (born in Russia) (1889-1985) Pinchas Zukerman Israeli violinist (born in 1948) Marian Anderson United States contralto noted for her performance of spirituals (1902-1993) Charles Edward Berry United States rock singer (born in 1931) Enrico Caruso outstanding Italian operatic tenor (1873-1921) Placido Domingo Spanish operatic tenor noted for performances in operas by Verdi and Puccini (born in 1941) Eileen Farrell United States operatic soprano noted for the clarity and power of her voice (1920-2002) Woodrow Wilson Guthrie United States folk singer and songwriter (1912-1967) Eleanor Gwynne English comedienne and mistress of Charles II (1650-1687) William John Clifton Haley Jr. United States rock singer who was one of the first to popularize rock'n'roll music (1925-1981) George Harrison English rock star; lead guitarist of the Beatles (1943-2001) Charles Hardin Holley United States rock star (1936-1959) Michael Philip Jagger English rock star (born in 1943) John Lennon English rock star and guitarist and songwriter who with Paul McCartney wrote most of the music for the Beatles (1940-1980) Swedish Nightingale Swedish soprano who toured the United States under the management of P. T. Barnum (1820-1887) Sir James Paul McCartney English rock star and bass guitarist and songwriter who with John Lennon wrote most of the music for the Beatles (born in 1942) John McCormick United States operatic tenor (born in Ireland) (1884-1945) Lauritz Lebrecht Hommel Melchior United States operatic tenor (born in Denmark) noted for his Wagnerian roles (1890-1973) James Douglas Morrison United States rock singer (1943-1971) Marta Brigit Nilsson Swedish operatic soprano who played Wagnerian roles (born in 1918) Jessye Norman United States operatic soprano (born in 1945) Luciano Pavarotti Italian tenor (born in 1935) Rosa Melba Ponselle United States soprano (1897-1981) Elvis Aron Presley United States rock singer whose many hit records and flamboyant style greatly influenced American popular music (1935-1977) Mary Leontyne Price United States operatic soprano (born 1927) Ernestine Schumann-Heink United States operatic contralto (1861-1936) Peter Seeger United States folk singer who was largely responsible for the interest in folk music in the 1960s (born in 1919) Belle Miriam Silverman United States operatic soprano (born in 1929) Richard Starkey rock star and drummer for the Beatles (born in 1940) Dame Joan Sutherland Australian operatic soprano (born in 1926) Renata Tebaldi Italian operatic soprano (born in 1922) Dame Kiri Janette Te Kanawa New Zealand operatic soprano (born in 1944) Helen Traubel United States operatic soprano (1903-1972) Maria Meneghini Callas Greek coloratura soprano (born in the United States) known for her dramatic intensity in operatic roles (1923-1977) Marilyn Horne United States operatic mezzo-soprano (born 1934) Helen Porter Mitchell Australian operatic soprano (1861-1931) Alice-Josephine Pons United States coloratura soprano (born in France) (1904-1976) bombshell an entertainer who has a sensational effect busker a person who entertains people for money in public places (as by singing or dancing), usually while asking for money attracter, attraction, attractor, draw, drawing card an entertainer who attracts large audiences humorist, humourist someone who acts speaks or writes in an amusing way emcee, host, master of ceremonies a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers) performer, performing artist an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience pleaser a pleasing entertainer actor, histrion, player, role player, thespian a theatrical performer artiste a public performer (a dancer or singer) baton twirler, twirler someone who twirls a baton comedian, comic a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts compere British term for someone who introduces television acts or cabarets etc cowboy, rodeo rider a performer who gives exhibitions of riding and roping and bulldogging dancer, professional dancer, terpsichorean a performer who dances professionally executant a performer (usually of musical works) fire-eater, fire-swallower a performer who pretends to swallow fire fire walker someone who walks barefoot on burning coals geek a carnival performer who does disgusting acts headliner, star a performer who receives prominent billing juggler a performer who juggles objects and performs tricks of manual dexterity Lord of Misrule a person appointed master of revels at a Christmas celebration conjurer, conjuror, illusionist, magician, prestidigitator someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience minstrel a performer in a minstrel show monologist an entertainer who performs alone instrumentalist, musician, player someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession) lampooner, parodist mimics literary or musical style for comic effect punster someone overly fond of making puns puppeteer one who operates puppets or marionettes question master, quizmaster the host or chairman of a radio or tv quiz show or panel game ringmaster the person in charge of performances in a circus ring ironist, ridiculer, satirist a humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm Savoyard a person who performs in the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan sightreader a performer who reads without preparation or prior acquaintance (as in music) snake charmer a performer who uses movements and music to control snakes second banana, straight man a performer who acts as stooge to a comedian ecdysiast, exotic dancer, peeler, stripper, striptease, striptease artist, stripteaser a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music strongman a man who performs feats of strength at a fair or circus symposiarch, toastmaster the person who proposes toasts and introduces speakers at a banquet vaudevillian a performer who works in vaudeville ventriloquist a performer who projects the voice into a wooden dummy card, wag, wit a witty amusing person who makes jokes individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul a human being
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