10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ACTRESSY»
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actressy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The Modern Girl Around the World: Consumption, Modernity, ...
In one article, Glorious Gohar, now respectfully called Goharbai Mamajiwala (bai
is a suffix in Marathi affixed to married women), was represented as a ''good''
woman character through the assertion that there was ''nothing 'actressy' . . .
about ...
The Modern Girl around the World Research Group, Alys Eve Weinbaum, Lynn M. Thomas, 2008
2
A Dead Hand: A Crime in Calcutta
She spoke in her actressy voice, her lines like lines in a play, as when I'd first met
her at the Oberoi Grand. And because she seemed so well rehearsed, I was
especially on guard. The waiter in the white uniform spread a cloth over a stone
ta- ...
Naturally I can't tell them that I never made a picture in my whole life: it's probably
that I just look vaguely familiar to them, and Heather Young does sound like an
actressy name. But as I said, I don't think I look actressy, and I don't feel actressy.
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Oxford Dictionary of English
... a female actor. USAGE SeeUSAGE atACTOR. USAGE SeeUSAGE atACTOR.
actressy 7adjective (of a woman) self-consciously theatrical or emotionally
volatile: her actressy manner. actual /ˈaktʃʊəl, -tjʊəl/ 7adjective 1 existing in
fact ...
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Joan Crawford: The Essential Biography
Joan is often “actressy” and artificial, if effective—as this is a very theatrical piece,
it works. The picture survives the stylized acting, but toward the end it becomes
rather conventional. Also, we get the point of view of both wife and mistress, but ...
Lawrence J. Quirk, William Schoell, 2013
6
The Writing Life: Journals, 1975-2005
I sit opposite a very actressy English actress who flirts and tells me of once
having performed in Fort McMurray and Prince Rupert. Then we all troop down to
the Upper Library for Peggy's talk. Fraser, just off a plane from Europe with mo—
...
George Fetherling, Brian Busby, 2013
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The Oxford Reference Guide to English Morphology
That is, purely semantic explanations could not rule out a sequence of -ess-ic (
not attested in COCA) while allowing -ess-y (attested in COCA in actressy,
mistressy, waitressy). 21.2.2 Prefix combinations A similar picture emerges with
prefixes.
Laurie Bauer, Rochelle Lieber, Ingo Plag, 2013
Abigail Revasch is also fine as a naked near-corpse, later a bewildered survivor
sunk into mutism. Only when she speaks at last does she become distressingly
actressy, but there the author also makes his one misstep. He tries to wax poetic,
...
For three hours she held Coleman entranced by her comedy, her outrage, her
hair, and by her flair for manufacturing excitement, by a frenzied, untrained
adolescent intellect and an actressy ability to enkindle herself and believe her
every ...
This is a sketchy thing to discuss, but I was frankly pretty in a very actressy way. I
had that extrapretty shine that seems to fix to actors, a shimmery charisma that
you can't miss even if the actor has unwashed hair and no makeup on. Isaw Cary
...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ACTRESSY»
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actressy is used in the context of the following news items.
Recalling Sarah Charlesworth's Photographs
Ms. Sherman had already completed her now-classic “Film Stills,” dressing up in actressy guises and musing on the malleability of female ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
Oh my word Historic, Historical & Histrionic
Usually, it connotes derogatoriness, histrionic means theatrical, affected, dramatic, forced, actorly or actressy, unnatural, and artificial; but ... «The Hans India, Jun 15»
Director Pete Docter's "Inside Out" springs from a single, terrific idea
“Inside Out” follows a few months in the life of Riley, voiced with un-actressy directness by Kaitlyn Dias. She's the daughter of a loving ... «Tyler Morning Telegraph, Jun 15»
Sam Waterston Wields Prospero's Staff In Breezy 'Tempest' – Review
Francesca Carpanini is a willowy, actressy Miranda not well complemented by Rodney Richardson's earnest Ferdinand. Chris Perfetti's Ariel is, ... «Deadline, Jun 15»
'Orange is the New Black' returns, and 'Women in Prison' debuts
The two — who frankly now look a little too pretty and actressy compared with the rest of the very real-looking cast — have romantic scenes in ... «NorthJersey.com, Jun 15»
The Elephant Man, Theatre Royal Haymarket
... as the ambitious, talented Treves; and Patricia Clarkson as Mrs Kendal gives a very funny portrait of actressy vanity in a lady of riper years. «The Sunday Times, Jun 15»
Judith Woods: Get real, Isabella Rossellini, it's tough for us all
But she hasn't half been spouting a load of actressy tosh at Cannes. Motherhood, the 62-year-old declares, remains the great barrier to ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
Cannes: These 13 Things Really Happened In Salma Hayek's …
Perhaps you recently caught the gonzo trailer for Matteo Garrone's Tale of Tales, in which Salma Hayek eschews the usual actressy meal of a ... «Vulture, May 15»
The Players' You Should Be So Lucky
He's constantly overshadowed by his very actressy actress sister, Polly (Jennifer Eddy), and he's barely paying his bills. That all changes from ... «Sarasota, Apr 15»
Jennifer Ehle: on nude scenes, Pride and Prejudice and why she …
The street is not somewhere one would wish to linger after dark, and downstairs is a factory making dog boots, but the un-actressy Ehle, 45, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 15»
