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DEFINITIONS OF: comedian

n a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts

Synonyms:: comic

Examples:: show 24 examples...; hide 24 examples...; Benjamin Kubelsky
United States comedian known for his timeing and delivery and self-effacing humor (1894-1974); Nathan Birnbaum
United States comedian and film actor (1896-1996); Sidney Caesar
United States comedian who pioneered comedy television shows (born 1922); Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin
English comedian and film maker; portrayed a downtrodden little man in baggy pants and bowler hat (1889-1977); Jimmy Durante
United States comedian remembered for his large nose and hoarse voice (1893-1980); William Claude Dukenfield
United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946); Oliver Hardy
United States slapstick comedian who played the pompous and overbearing member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1892-1957); Alfred Hawthorne
risque English comedian (1925-1992); Leslie Townes Hope
United States comedian (born in England) who appeared in films with Bing Crosby (1903-2003); Joseph Francis Keaton
United States comedian and actor in silent films noted for his acrobatic skills and deadpan face (1895-1966); Sir Harry MacLennan Lauder
Scottish ballad singer and music hall comedian (1870-1950); Arthur Stanley Jefferson Laurel
United States slapstick comedian (born in England) who played the scatterbrained and often tearful member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1890-1965); Steve Martin
United States actor and comedian (born in 1945); Julius Marx
United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1890-1977); Leonard Marx
United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1891-1961); Arthur Marx
United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1893-1964); Herbert Marx
United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1901-1979); Dudley Stuart John Moore
English actor and comedian who appeared on television and in films (born in 1935); Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen
United States comedienne remembered as the confused but imperturbable partner of her husband, George Burns (1906-1964); Lucille Ball
United States comedienne best known as the star of a popular television program (1911-1989); Imogene Coca
United States comedienne who starred in early television shows with Sid Caesar (1908-2001); Emmett Kelly
United States circus clown (1898-1979); Sophie Tucker
United States vaudevillian (born in Russia) noted for her flamboyant performances (1884-1966); Mae West
United States film actress (1892-1980)

Types:: show 9 types...; hide 9 types...; buffoon, clown, goof, goofball, merry andrew
a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior; comedienne
a female comedian; gagman, standup comedian
a comedian who uses gags; joker, jokester
a person who enjoys telling or playing jokes; top banana
the leading comedian in a burlesque show; harlequin
a clown or buffoon (after the Harlequin character in the commedia dell'arte); fool, jester, motley fool
a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages; whiteface
a clown whose face is covered with white make-up; zany
a buffoon in one of the old comedies; imitates others for ludicrous effect

Type of:: performer, performing artist
an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience

n an actor in a comedy

Examples:: Eleanor Gwynne
English comedienne and mistress of Charles II (1650-1687)

Types:: comedienne
a female actor in a comedy

Type of:: actor, histrion, player, role player, thespian
a theatrical performer

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