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actor

noun actor, aggrieved party, complainant, litigant, malcontent, man with a grievance, operator, participant, party, performer, person, petitioner, plaintiff, qui facit
Associated concepts: an actor as a witness in a prosecution, an actor in a legal proceeding

ACTOR, practice. 1. A plaintiff or complainant. 2. He on whom the burden of proof lies. In actions of replevin both parties are said to be actors. The proctor or advocate in the courts of the civil law, was called actor.

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Central to the first part of their book is the argument for the necessity to sistinguish among performance elements, actors, characters, and stars in order to be able to fully acknowledge the activity and creativity of the film actor and his composition of bodily gestures and facial expressions.

Reframing Screen Performance

AIDS Healthcare Foundation President Michael Weinstein and Darren James, a former adult film actor who contracted HIV while working in the industry, joined Assemblymember Hall at the press conference.

AHF Sponsors Assemblymember Isadore Hall's Legislation to Require Condoms in All Adult Films Made in California

15 ( ANI ): Tamil Nadu politician Tamilaruvi Manian on Thursday met noted film actor Rajinikanth at his Poes Garden residence in Chennai.

TN politician Manian meets Rajinikanth

JULY 11, 1989: British stage and film actor Laurence Olivier (above).

GO: TAIL PIECES

Classic stories ably read by film actor, director and writer Welles (who died in 1985).

The Masterworks of Orson Welles: interpretations of "The Happy Prince," "The Red Room," "Shredni Vashtar," "The Secret Sharer," "Wakefield," "The Tell-Tale Heart," "Letter to the Reverend Dr. Hyde."

TV star Jeremy Northam won Best Film Actor after starring in last year's The Winslow Boy and An Ideal Husband.

Queen of the screen

But for now the director's eyes are fixed on his gender-bending reinvention of Hamlet's universe--and on directing Peter Darling, the respected English-born theater and film actor who will star in the upcoming New York performances.

Elsinore

35 general admission includes hors d'oeuvres, art exhibits / art auction, performances by local artists, and the Life and Legend Tributes for jazz musician Stanley Clarke, Joe Jackson (father of the musical Jackson clan), and television and film actor Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs (best known for "Roots" and "Welcome Back Kotter").

PECO Hosts Event to Raise Funds for the Matching Energy Assistance Program

27 (ANI): It seems like love has no age, as American stand-up comedian and film actor Dane Cook has revealed that he is quietly dating 19-year-old singer Kelsi Taylor.

Dane Cook dating 19-year-old singer Kelsi Taylor

Mustafa Qureshi first film was 'Lakhon Main Aik' and marks the start of his career as a film actor.

Film Star Mustafa Qureshi to visit Lok Virsa

Islamabad -- 41st death anniversary of renowned comedian and film actor Munawar Zarif was observed on Saturday.

41st death anniversary of renowned comedian Munawar Zarif observed

BORN MARTIN Luther King, preacher, 1929, above PETE Waterman, record producer, 1947 JAMES Nesbitt, TV and film actor, 1965 DIED BLACK Dahlia, murder victim, 1947 BRAD Renfro, US film actor, 2008, above LADY Emma Hamilton, Nelson's mistress, 1815