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An actor (male) or actress (female) is a person assumes a role for the purpose of entertaining others, through a [[television]] show, a [[radio]] broadcast, a stage play, or a [[movie]], among others.
Actors are highly respected in American [[popular culture]], and the details of their lives closely scrutinized, to the point of absurdity, by the [[paparazzi]]. By comparison, actors in [[Rome|Roman]] society occupied a very low rung on the social ladder.