Lucille Ball, the Queen of Show Business versus Lucy Ricardo, the Failed Actress by Aurélie Blot

“…This might be because Lucille Ball refused to be considered as a businesswoman; she wanted to be seen as an actress above all. In this article, I will analyze how Lucille Ball became a businesswoman in spite of herself and how her success as an actress contributed to her success as a businesswoman.…”
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How to Undo Things and Selves with Words: Understanding Literature as Praxis in Virginia Woolf’s Essays on Actresses by Caroline Marie

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‘Wisdom is a gift given to the Wise’: Florence Farr (1860–1917): New Woman, Actress and Pagan Priestess by Muriel Pécastaing-Boissière

“…To Yeats, Florence Farr was less an actress and a composer than a priestess and a bard. …”
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‘Laugh a defiance, Laugh in hope’: Suffrage Comedy and Humour as Political Protest by Eleanor Stewart

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Mask-wearing affects infants' selective attention to familiar and unfamiliar audiovisual speech by Lauren N. Slivka, Kenna R. H. Clayton, Greg D. Reynolds

“…Six-month-old and 12-month-old infants (n = 42, 55% female, 91% White Non-Hispanic/Latino) were shown videos of an actress speaking in a familiar language (English) with and without a mask on, as well as videos of the same actress speaking in an unfamiliar language (German) with and without a mask. …”
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Le Paradoxe de la comédienne : Peg Woffington selon Charles Reade by Laurent Bury

“…At the climactic point of the plot, the actress, a professional deceiver, pretends to be a painted portrait. …”
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Postmodern Dönem Fotoğraf Sanatında Kendine Mal Etme: Sherman, Morimura, Ungun by Zühal Özel

“…Bu amaçla, Amerikalı Cindy Sherman'ın “Untitled Film Stills” (İsimsiz Film Kareleri), Japon Yasumasa Morimura'nın “Actress” (Aktris) ve Sebla Selin Ungun'un “Being Star” (Star Olmak) çalışması örneklem olarak seçilmiştir.…”
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‘Woman Suffrage Precipice’: The Gender Politics of Laughter in Elizabeth Robins’s The Convert (1907) by Nathalie Saudo-Welby

“…An actress turned playwright and political militant, Elizabeth Robins was aware of the political uses of laughter. …”
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Lounging Men, Standing Women: Pose and Posture in the Aesthetic Interior by Richard W. Hayes

“…James tells intertwined stories of a painter, Nick Dormer, and an actress, Miriam Rooth. The characters who visit Dormer’s studio are repeatedly described as lounging and reclining; ‘lolling’ is James’s preferred descriptor. …”
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E. W. Godwin’s Month in Normandy: Travel Writing as Intertext by Richard W. Hayes

“…Godwin (1833‒86) embarked on a month-long trip through France’s Normandy region, accompanied by his partner, the actress Ellen Terry (1847‒1928), and their daughter Edy. …”
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AN IDIOMATIC EXPRESSION ANALYSIS ON AN AUTHENTIC MATERIAL “PRIDE AND PREJUDICE MOVIE” A MOVIE FROM JANE AUSTEN BOOK by Dessy Kurniasy, Eka Sonia

“…The data was taken from dialog line of the actor and actresses in the Pride and Prejudice (2005) where it was the script of the movie. …”
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