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Word: starlet (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...much was the "High Heel Coordinator" paid? She was the person in charge of keeping plenty of spiked shoes on hand at Governor's Island in case a starlet or two, or even Nancy Reagan, broke a heel...

Author: By Jennifer M. Oconnor, | Title: Missing the Point | 7/8/1986 | See Source »

...names of these exotic sirens are . . . Phoebe Cates and Jennifer Beals. From the go-slow huts of socialist Burma to the go-go bars of socializing Bangkok, the hands-down pinups of Southeast Asia are the Yale flashdancer with exactly two movies to her credit and the pouting young starlet from Private School. Farrah, Christie, even local actresses hardly get a look-in. Unlike many American fan letters, reports Cates, "the ones from Thailand are all so sweet and complimentary." Ah, the blunders of the West...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Celebrities Who Travel Well | 6/16/1986 | See Source »

Ronis: (Laughing, in the voice of aHollywood starlet) Yes! Trust in God, which somepeople deal with. (end block quotation...

Author: By Ari Z. Posner, | Title: A Tale of Two Actors | 6/4/1986 | See Source »

...fair, though, blame for its demise should be spread among several conspirators. Director Ted Kotcheff greedily sought to corner Quebec's French-Canadian market (Joshua was made and expected to flourish in Montreal) by casting Gabrielle Lazure, a French-Canadian starlet, in the lead role of Joshua's whitebread bedmate. This idea backfired, however, because the real Lazure has a strong accent, immediately conspicuous to the Montreal ear. To patch this up, her lines have been dubbed by a monotoned off-screen actress whose voice doesn't at all sound like it comes from Lazure's body. Plainly, a huge...

Author: By Ari Z. Posner, | Title: Not So Good Schlock | 10/12/1985 | See Source »

...Glenn Close) and Nick (Mandy Patinkin) are a San Francisco couple whose state of yuppie nirvana is suddenly and supposedly humorously disrupted when Jan's body is taken over by the ghost of a flapper starlet named Maxie Malone...

Author: By Benjamin N. Smith, | Title: Maxie Misses By a Mile | 10/10/1985 | See Source »

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