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Oksanka [162]
3 years ago
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How did the word actor come to be?

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nydimaria [60]3 years ago
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After 1660 in England<span>, when women first started to appear on stage, the terms </span>actor<span> or </span>actress<span> were initially used interchangeably for female performers, but later, influenced by the French </span>actrice<span>, </span>actress<span> became the commonly used term for women in theatre and film. The etymology is a simple derivation from </span>actor<span> with "-</span>ess"<span> added.</span><span> However, when referring to more than one performer, of both sexes, </span>actor<span> is preferred as a gender-specific term for male performers. </span>Actor<span> is also used before the full name of a performer as a gender-specific term.
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