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DEFINITIONS OF: performer

n an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience

Synonyms:: performing artist

Examples:: show 288 examples...; hide 288 examples...; Allen Stewart Konigsberg
United States filmmaker and comic actor (1935-); Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen
United States comedienne remembered as the confused but imperturbable partner of her husband, George Burns (1906-1964); Alicia Alonso
Cuban dancer and choreographer (born in 1921); Marian Anderson
United States contralto noted for her performance of spirituals (1902-1993); Louis Armstrong
United States pioneering jazz trumpeter and bandleader (1900-1971); Fred Astaire
United States dancer and cinema actor noted for his original and graceful tap dancing (1899-1987); Johann Sebastian Bach
German baroque organist and contrapuntist; composed mostly keyboard music; one of the greatest creators of western music (1685-1750); Pearl Mae Bailey
United States singer (1918-1990); George Balanchine
United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983); Lucille Ball
United States comedienne best known as the star of a popular television program (1911-1989); Tallulah Bankhead
uninhibited United States actress (1903-1968); Maurice Barrymore
United States actor; husband of Georgiana Emma Barrymore and father of Ethel Barrymore and John Barrymore and Lionel Barrymore (1847-1905); Georgiana Emma Barrymore
United States actress; daughter of John Drew and wife of Maurice Barrymore; mother of Ethel Barrymore and John Barrymore and Lionel Barrymore (1854-1893); Lionel Barrymore
United States actor; son of Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Barrymore (1878-1954); Ethel Barrymore
United States actress; daughter of Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Barrymore (1879-1959); John Barrymore
United States actor; son of Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Barrymore (1882-1942); Bela Bartok
Hungarian composer and pianist who collected Hungarian folk music; in 1940 he moved to the United States (1881-1945); Mikhail Baryshnikov
Russian dancer and choreographer who migrated to the United States (born in 1948); Benjamin Kubelsky
United States comedian known for his timeing and delivery and self-effacing humor (1894-1974); Ingrid Bergman
Swedish film actress (1915-1982); Henriette Rosine Bernard
French actress (1844-1923); Charles Edward Berry
United States rock singer (born in 1931); Shirley Temple Black
popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928); Marc Blitzstein
United States pianist and composer of operas and musical plays (1905-1964); Humphrey DeForest Bogart
United States film actor (1899-1957); John Wilkes Booth
United States actor and assassin of President Lincoln (1838-1865); Anton Bruckner
Austrian organist and composer of romantic music (1824-1896); Richard Burbage
English actor who was the first to play the leading role in several of Shakespeare's tragedies (1567-1619); Nathan Birnbaum
United States comedian and film actor (1896-1996); Richard Burton
Welsh film actor who often co-starred with Elizabeth Taylor (1925-1984); William Byrd
English organist and composer of church music; master of 16th century polyphony; was granted a monopoly in music printing with Thomas Tallis (1543-1623); Sidney Caesar
United States comedian who pioneered comedy television shows (born 1922); James Cagney
United States film actor known for his portrayals of tough characters (1899-1986); Enrico Caruso
outstanding Italian operatic tenor (1873-1921); Pablo Casals
an outstanding Spanish cellist noted for his interpretation of Bach's cello suites (1876-1973); Johnny Cash
United States country music singer and songwriter (1932-2003); Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin
English comedian and film maker; portrayed a downtrodden little man in baggy pants and bowler hat (1889-1977); Maurice Chevalier
French actor and cabaret singer (1888-1972); Frederic Francois Chopin
French composer (born in Poland) and pianist of the romantic school (1810-1849); Imogene Coca
United States comedienne who starred in early television shows with Sid Caesar (1908-2001); Frank Cooper
United States film actor noted for his portrayals of strong silent heroes (1901-1961); Arcangelo Corelli
Italian violinist and composer of violin concertos (1653-1713); Katherine Cornell
United States actress noted for her performances in Broadway plays (1893-1974); Francois Couperin
French composer of music for organ and a member of a family of distinguished organists (1668-1733); Sir Noel Pierce Coward
English dramatist and actor and composer noted for his witty and sophisticated comedies (1899-1973); Joan Crawford
United States film actress (1908-1977); Hume Blake Cronyn
Canadian actor who frequently played character parts with his wife Jessica Tandy (1911-2003); Harry Lillis Crosby
United States singer and film actor (1904-1977); Merce Cunningham
United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1922); Karl Czerny
Austrian virtuoso pianist and composer of many works for the piano; studied with Beethoven and was a teacher of Liszt (1791-1857); Bette Davis
United States film actress (1908-1989); Miles Dewey Davis Jr.
United States jazz musician; noted for his trumpet style (1926-1991); James Byron Dean
United States film actor whose moody rebellious roles made him a cult figure (1931-1955); Agnes George de Mille
United States dancer and choreographer who introduced formal dance to a wide audience (1905-1993); Robert De Niro
United States film actor who frequently plays tough characters (born 1943); Gerard Depardieu
French film actor (born in 1948); Maria Magdalene von Losch
United States film actress (born in Germany) who made many films with Josef von Sternberg and later was a successful cabaret star (1901-1992); Placido Domingo
Spanish operatic tenor noted for performances in operas by Verdi and Puccini (born in 1941); Antoine Domino
United States rhythm and blues pianist and singer and composer (born in 1928); John Dowland
English lutenist and composer of songs for the lute (1563-1626); John Drew
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862); Isadora Duncan
United States dancer and pioneer of modern dance (1878-1927); Jimmy Durante
United States comedian remembered for his large nose and hoarse voice (1893-1980); Eleonora Duse
Italian actress best known for her performances in tragic roles (1858-1924); Bob Dylan
United States songwriter noted for his protest songs (born in 1941); Andre Eglevsky
United States ballet dancer (born in Russia) (1917-1977); Edward Kennedy Ellington
United States jazz composer and piano player and bandleader (1899-1974); Georges Enesco
Romanian violinist and composer (1881-1955); Douglas Elton Fairbanks
United States film actor noted for his swashbuckling roles (1883-1939); Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
United States film actor; son of Douglas Elton Fairbanks, (1909-2000); Manuel de Falla
Spanish composer and pianist (1876-1946); Eileen Farrell
United States operatic soprano noted for the clarity and power of her voice (1920-2002); William Claude Dukenfield
United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946); Ella Fitzgerald
United States scat singer (1917-1996); Henry Fonda
United States film actor (1905-1982); Jane Fonda
United States film actress and daughter of Henry Fonda (born in 1937); Lynn Fontanne
United States actress (born in England) who married Alfred Lunt and performed with him in many plays (1887-1983); Dame Margot Fonteyn
English dancer who danced with Rudolf Nureyev (born in 1919); William Clark Gable
United States film actor (1901-1960); Greta Louisa Gustafsson
United States film actress (born in Sweden) known for her reclusiveness (1905-1990); Judy Garland
United States singer and film actress (1922-1969); David Garrick
English actor and theater manager who was the foremost Shakespearean actor of his day (1717-1779); Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson
Australian actor (born in the United States in 1956); Arthur John Gielgud
English actor of Shakespearean roles who was also noted for appearances in films (1904-2000); John Birks Gillespie
United States jazz trumpeter and exponent of bebop (1917-1993); Lillian Gish
United States film actress who appeared in films by D. W. Griffith (1896-1993); Benjamin David Goodman
United States clarinetist who in 1934 formed a big band (including black as well as white musicians) and introduced a kind of jazz known as swing (1909-1986); Martha Graham
United States dancer and choreographer whose work was noted for its austerity and technical rigor (1893-1991); Cary Grant
United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986); Harley Granville-Barker
English actor and dramatist and critic and director noted for his productions of Shakespearean plays (1877-1946); Stephane Grappelli
French jazz violinist (1908-1997); Sir Alec Guinness
English stage and screen actor noted for versatility (1914-2000); Woodrow Wilson Guthrie
United States folk singer and songwriter (1912-1967); Eleanor Gwynne
English comedienne and mistress of Charles II (1650-1687); William John Clifton Haley Jr.
United States rock singer who was one of the first to popularize rock'n'roll music (1925-1981); Lionel Hampton
United States musician who was the first to use the vibraphone as a jazz instrument (1913-2002); Thomas J. Hanks
United States film actor (born in 1956); 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); Harlean Carpenter
United States film actress who made several films with Clark Gable (1911-1937); George Harrison
English rock star; lead guitarist of the Beatles (1943-2001); Reginald Carey Harrison
English actor on stage and in films (1908-1990); Coleman Hawkins
United States jazz saxophonist (1904-1969); Helen Hayes
acclaimed actress of stage and screen (1900-1993); John Hemminge
English actor who edited the first folio of Shakespeare's plays (1556-1630); James Marshall Hendrix
United States guitarist whose innovative style with electric guitars influenced the development of rock music (1942-1970); Jim Henson
United States puppeteer who created a troupe of puppet characters (1936-1990); Katharine Houghton Hepburn
United States film actress who appeared in many films with Spencer Tracy (1907-2003); Woodrow Charles Herman
United States jazz musician and bandleader (1913-1987); Dame Myra Hess
English pianist (1890-1965); Alfred Hawthorne
risque English comedian (1925-1992); Dustin Hoffman
versatile United States film actor (born in 1937); Charles Hardin Holley
United States rock star (1936-1959); Leslie Townes Hope
United States comedian (born in England) who appeared in films with Bing Crosby (1903-2003); Sir Anthony Philip Hopkins
Welsh film actor (born in 1937); Lena Calhoun Horne
United States singer and actress (born in 1917); Vladimir Horowitz
Russian concert pianist who was a leading international virtuoso (1904-1989); Harry Houdini
United States magician (born in Hungary) famous for his ability to escape from chains or handcuffs or straitjackets or padlocked containers (1874-1926); Leslie Howard Stainer
English actor of stage and screen (1893-1943); Julio Iglesias
Spanish singer noted for his ballads and love songs (born in 1943); Mahalia Jackson
United States singer who did much to popularize gospel music (1911-1972); Michael Joe Jackson
United States singer who began singing with his four brothers and later became a highly successful star during the 1980s (born in 1958); Glenda Jackson
English film actress who later became a member of British Parliament (born in 1936); Michael Philip Jagger
English rock star (born in 1943); Judith Jamison
United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1944); Joseph Joachim
Hungarian violinist and composer (1831-1907); Asa Yoelson
United States singer (born in Russia) who appeared in the first full-length talking film (1886-1950); Janis Joplin
United States singer who died of a drug overdose at the height of her popularity (1943-1970); William Henry Pratt
United States film actor (born in England) noted for his performances in horror films (1887-1969); Tamara Karsavina
Russian dancer who danced with Nijinsky (1885-1978); Edmund Kean
English actor noted for his portrayals of Shakespeare's great tragic characters (1789-1833); Joseph Francis Keaton
United States comedian and actor in silent films noted for his acrobatic skills and deadpan face (1895-1966); Eugene Curran Kelly
United States dancer who performed in many musical films (1912-1996); Princess Grace of Monaco
United States film actress who retired when she married into the royal family of Monaco (1928-1982); Emmett Kelly
United States circus clown (1898-1979); Riley B King
United States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925); Fritz Kreisler
United States violinist (born in Austria) (1875-1962); Wanda Landowska
United States harpsichordist (born in Poland) who helped to revive modern interest in the harpsichord (1879-1959); Emilie Charlotte le Breton
British actress and mistress of the prince who later became Edward VII (1853-1929); Sir Harry MacLennan Lauder
Scottish ballad singer and music hall comedian (1870-1950); Charles Laughton
United States film actor (born in England) (1899-1962); 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); Gertrude Lawrence
English actress (1898-1952); Huddie Leadbetter
United States folk singer and composer (1885-1949); Lee Yuen Kam
United States actor who was an expert in kung fu and starred in martial arts films (1941-1973); Rose Louise Hovick
United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway in the 1930s (1914-1970); Eva Le Gallienne
United States actress (born in England) (1899-1991); Vivien Leigh
English film actress (1913-1967); Jack Lemmon
United States film actor (1925-2001); John Lennon
English rock star and guitarist and songwriter who with Paul McCartney wrote most of the music for the Beatles (1940-1980); Jerry Lee Lewis
United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935); Beatrice Lillie
British actress (born in Canada) (1898-1989); Swedish Nightingale
Swedish soprano who toured the United States under the management of P. T. Barnum (1820-1887); Franz Liszt
Hungarian composer and piano virtuoso (1811-1886); Harold Clayton Lloyd
United States comic actor in silent films; he used physical danger as a source of comedy (1893-1971); Sofia Scicolone
Italian film actress (born in 1934); Laszlo Lowestein
United States actor (born in Hungary) noted for playing sinister roles (1904-1964); Bela Ferenc Blasko
United States film actor (born in Hungary) noted for portraying monsters (1884-1956); Alfred Lunt
United States actor who performed with his wife Lynn Fontanne in many stage productions (1893-1977); Madonna Louise Ciccone
United States pop singer and sex symbol during the 1980s (born in 1958); Marcel Marceau
French mime famous for his sad-faced clown (born in 1923); Dame Alicia Markova
English ballet dancer (born in 1910); Robert Nesta Marley
Jamaican singer who popularized reggae (1945-1981); E. G. Marshall
United States actor (1914-1998); Dino Paul Crocetti
United States singer (1917-1995); Mary Martin
United States actress (1913-1990); 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); James Neville Mason
English film actor (1909-1984); Leonide Fedorovitch Massine
French choreographer and ballet dancer (born in Russia) (1895-1979); Sir James Paul McCartney
English rock star and bass guitarist and songwriter who with John Lennon wrote most of the music for the Beatles (born in 1942); John McCormick
United States operatic tenor (born in Ireland) (1884-1945); Lauritz Lebrecht Hommel Melchior
United States operatic tenor (born in Denmark) noted for his Wagnerian roles (1890-1973); Sir Yehudi Menuhin
British violinist (born in the United States) who began his career as a child prodigy in the 1920s (1916-1999); Anna Amalia Mercouri
Greek film actress (1925-1994); Ethel Merman
United States singer who appeared in several musical comedies (1909-1984); Arthur Mitchell
United States dancer who formed the first Black classical ballet company (born in 1934); Robert Mitchum
United States film actor (1917-1997); Thelonious Sphere Monk
United States jazz pianist who was one of the founders of the bebop style (1917-1982); Norma Jean Baker
United States film actress noted for sex appeal (1926-1962); Marie Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert
Irish dancer (1818-1861); Dudley Stuart John Moore
English actor and comedian who appeared on television and in films (born in 1935); James Douglas Morrison
United States rock singer (1943-1971); Ferdinand Joseph La Menthe Morton
United States jazz musician who moved from ragtime to New Orleans jazz (1885-1941); Alla Nazimova
United States actress (born in Russia) (1879-1945); Paul Leonard Newman
United States film actor (born in 1925); Vaslav Nijinsky
Russian dancer considered by many to be the greatest dancer of the 20th century (1890-1950); Marta Brigit Nilsson
Swedish operatic soprano who played Wagnerian roles (born in 1918); Jessye Norman
United States operatic soprano (born in 1945); Rudolf Nureyev
Russian dancer who was often the partner of Dame Margot Fonteyn and who defected to the United States in 1961 (born in 1938); Joseph Oliver
United States jazz musician who influenced the style of Louis Armstrong (1885-1938); Baron Olivier of Birghton
English actor best know for his Shakespearean roles (1907-1989); Roy Orbison
United States composer and rockabilly tenor popular in the 1950s (1936-1988); Peter Seamus O'Toole
British actor (born in Ireland in 1932); Ignace Jan Paderewski
Polish pianist who in 1919 served as the first Prime Minister of independent Poland (1860-1941); Niccolo Paganini
Italian violinist and composer of music for the violin (1782-1840); Charles Christopher Parker
United States saxophonist and leader of the bop style of jazz (1920-1955); Luciano Pavarotti
Italian tenor (born in 1935); Anna Pavlova
Russian ballerina (1882-1931); Edith Giovanna Gassion
French cabaret singer (1915-1963); Mary Pickford
United States film actress (born in Canada) who starred in silent films (1893-1979); Sidney Poitier
United States film actor and director (born in 1927); Rosa Melba Ponselle
United States soprano (1897-1981); Francis Poulenc
French pianist and composer (1899-1963); Elvis Aron Presley
United States rock singer whose many hit records and flamboyant style greatly influenced American popular music (1935-1977); Mary Leontyne Price
United States operatic soprano (born 1927); Henry Purcell
English organist at Westminster Abbey and composer of many theatrical pieces (1659-1695); Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff
composer and piano virtuoso born in Russia (1873-1943); Charles Robert Redford
United States actor and filmmaker who starred with Paul Newman in several films (born in 1936); Sir Ralph David Richardson
British stage and screen actor noted for playing classic roles (1902-1983); Paul Bustill Robeson
United States bass singer and an outspoken critic of racism and proponent of socialism (1898-1976); Edward Goldenberg Robinson
United States film actor noted for playing gangster roles (1893-1973); Virginia Katherine McMath
United States dancer and film actress who partnered with Fred Astaire (1911-1995); Anton Grigorevich Rubinstein
Russian composer and pianist (1829-1894); Arthur Rubinstein
United States pianist (born in Poland) known for his interpretations of the music of Chopin (1886-1982); Lillian Russell
United States entertainer remembered for her roles in comic operas (1861-1922); Charles Camille Saint-Saens
French pianist and composer (1835-1921); Salome
woman whose dancing beguiled Herod into giving her the head of John the Baptist; Artur Schnabel
United States composer (born in Austria) and pianist noted for his interpretations of the works of Mozart and Beethoven and Schubert (1882-1951); Clara Josephine Schumann
German pianist and composer of piano music; renowned for her interpretation of music, especially the music of her husband Robert Schumann (1819-1896); Ernestine Schumann-Heink
United States operatic contralto (1861-1936); Albert Schweitzer
French philosopher and physician and organist who spent most of his life as a medical missionary in Gabon (1875-1965); George C. Scott
award-winning United States film actor (1928-1999); Peter Seeger
United States folk singer who was largely responsible for the interest in folk music in the 1960s (born in 1919); Andres Segovia
Spanish guitarist who made classical guitar a concert instrument (1893-1987); Peter Sellers
English comic actor (1925-1980); Rudolf Serkin
United States concert pianist (born in Czechoslovakia) (1903-1991); Ravi Shankar
Indian sitar player who popularized classical Indian music in the West (born in 1920); Arthur Jacob Arshawsky
United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (1910-2004); Ted Shawn
United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated with Ruth Saint Denis (1891-1972); Moira Shearer
Scottish ballet dancer and actress (born in 1926); Sarah Kemble Siddons
English actress noted for her performances in Shakespearean roles (1755-1831); Belle Miriam Silverman
United States operatic soprano (born in 1929); Paul Simon
United States singer and songwriter (born in 1942); Francis Albert Sinatra
United States singer and film actor (1915-1998); Cornelia Otis Skinner
United States actress noted for her one-woman shows (1901-1979); Otis Skinner
United States actor (1858-1942); Bessie Smith
United States blues singer (1894-1937); Kathryn Elizabeth Smith
United States singer noted for her rendition of patriotic songs (1909-1986); Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavsky
Russian actor and theater director who trained his actors to emphasize the psychological motivation of their roles (1863-1938); Richard Starkey
rock star and drummer for the Beatles (born in 1940); Ruth Saint Denis
United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated with Ted Shawn (1877-1968); Isaac Stern
United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920); James Maitland Stewart
United States film actor who portrayed incorruptible but modest heros (1908-1997); Israel Strassberg
United States actor and film director (born in Austria) who was a leader in developing method acting in the United States (1901-1982); Meryl Streep
United States film actress (born in 1949); Barbra Joan Streisand
United States singer and actress (born in 1942); Erich von Stroheim
United States film actor (born in Austria) (1885-1957); Dame Joan Sutherland
Australian operatic soprano (born in 1926); Gloria May Josephine Svensson
United States actress in many silent films (1899-1983); Maria Tallchief
United States ballerina who promoted American ballet through tours and television appearances (born in 1925); Thomas Tallis
English organist and composer of church and secular music; was granted a monopoly in music printing with William Byrd (1505-1585); Jessica Tandy
United States actress (born in England) who made many stage appearances, often with her husband Hume Cronyn (1909-1994); Arthur Tatum
United States jazz pianist who was almost completely blind; his innovations influenced many other jazz musicians (1910-1956); Elizabeth Taylor
United States film actress (born in England) who was a childhood star; as an adult she often co-starred with Richard Burton (born in 1932); Renata Tebaldi
Italian operatic soprano (born in 1922); Dame Kiri Janette Te Kanawa
New Zealand operatic soprano (born in 1944); Dame Alice Ellen Terry
English actress (1847-1928); Twyla Tharp
innovative United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1941); Dame Sybil Thorndike
English actress (1882-1976); Spencer Tracy
United States film actor who appeared in many films with Katharine Hepburn (1900-1967); Helen Traubel
United States operatic soprano (1903-1972); Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree
English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare (1853-1917); Sophie Tucker
United States vaudevillian (born in Russia) noted for her flamboyant performances (1884-1966); Antony Tudor
United States dancer and choreographer (born in England) (1909-1987); Galina Sergeevna Ulanova
Russian ballet dancer (1910-1998); Peter Alexander Ustinov
British actor and playwright (1921-2004); Sarah Vaughan
United States jazz singer noted for her complex bebop phrasing and scat singing (1924-1990); Gaetan Vestris
Italian dancing-master for Louis XVI who was considered the greatest dancer of his day; he was the first to discard the mask in mime (1729-1808); Antonio Lucio Vivaldi
Italian baroque composer and violinist (1675-1741); Thomas Wright Waller
United States jazz musician (1904-1943); Ethel Waters
United States actress and singer (1896-1977); Duke Wayne
United States film actor who played tough heroes (1907-1979); George Orson Welles
United States actor and filmmaker (1915-1985); Mae West
United States film actress (1892-1980); Hiram King Williams
United States country singer and songwriter (1923-1953); Natalie Wood
United States film actress (1938-1981); Tammy Wynetter Pugh
United States country singer (1942-1998); Lester Willis Young
United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959); Loretta Young
United States film and television actress (1913-2000); Efrem Zimbalist
United States violinist (born in Russia) (1889-1985); Pinchas Zukerman
Israeli violinist (born in 1948); Maria Meneghini Callas
Greek coloratura soprano (born in the United States) known for her dramatic intensity in operatic roles (1923-1977); Marilyn Horne
United States operatic mezzo-soprano (born 1934); Helen Porter Mitchell
Australian operatic soprano (1861-1931); Alice-Josephine Pons
United States coloratura soprano (born in France) (1904-1976)

Types:: show 102 types...; hide 102 types...; actor, histrion, player, role player, thespian
a theatrical performer; artiste
a public performer (a dancer or singer); baton twirler, twirler
someone who twirls a baton; comedian, comic
a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts; cowboy, rodeo rider
a performer who gives exhibitions of riding and roping and bulldogging; dancer, professional dancer, terpsichorean
a performer who dances professionally; executant
a performer (usually of musical works); fire-eater, fire-swallower
a performer who pretends to swallow fire; fire walker
someone who walks barefoot on burning coals; geek
a carnival performer who does disgusting acts; headliner, star
a performer who receives prominent billing; juggler
a performer who juggles objects and performs tricks of manual dexterity; conjurer, conjuror, illusionist, magician, prestidigitator
someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience; minstrel
a performer in a minstrel show; monologist
an entertainer who performs alone; instrumentalist, musician, player
someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession); puppeteer
one who operates puppets or marionettes; Savoyard
a person who performs in the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan; sightreader
a performer who reads without preparation or prior acquaintance (as in music); snake charmer
a performer who uses movements and music to control snakes; second banana, straight man
a performer who acts as stooge to a comedian; ecdysiast, exotic dancer, peeler, stripper, striptease, striptease artist, stripteaser
a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music; strongman
a man who performs feats of strength at a fair or circus; vaudevillian
a performer who works in vaudeville; ventriloquist
a performer who projects the voice into a wooden dummy; accompanist, accompanyist
a person who provides musical accompaniment (usually on a piano); accordionist
a musician who plays the accordion; actress
a female actor; ballet dancer
a trained dancer who is a member of a ballet company; ballet master
a man who directs and teaches and rehearses dancers for a ballet company; ballet mistress
a woman who directs and teaches and rehearses dancers for a ballet company; bandsman
a player in a band (especially a military band); barnstormer, play-actor, playactor, trouper
an actor who travels around the country presenting plays; bassist
a musician who play the bass viol; bassoonist
a musician who plays the bassoon; bell ringer
someone who plays musical handbells; belly dancer, exotic belly dancer, exotic dancer
a woman who performs a solo belly dance; carillonneur
a musician who plays a carillon; cellist, violoncellist
someone who plays a violoncello; character actor
an actor who specializes in playing supporting roles; chorine, chorus girl, showgirl
a woman who dances in a chorus line; clarinetist, clarinettist
a musician who plays the clarinet; buffoon, clown, goof, goofball, merry andrew
a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior; comedian
an actor in a comedy; comedienne
a female comedian; dance master, dancing-master
a professional teacher of dancing; drum majorette, majorette
a female baton twirler who accompanies a marching band; corner man, end man
a man at one end of line of performers in a minstrel show; carries on humorous dialogue with the interlocutor; escape expert, escapologist
an entertainer who is expert in the art of escaping; flautist, flute player, flutist
someone who plays the flute; gagman, standup comedian
a comedian who uses gags; gambist
a musician who performs upon the viola da gamba; guitar player, guitarist
a musician who plays the guitar; ham, ham actor
an unskilled actor who overacts; harmoniser, harmonizer
a musician who sings or plays in harmony; harper, harpist
someone who plays the harp; harpsichordist
someone who plays the harpsichord; heavy
an actor who plays villainous roles; hoofer, stepper
a professional dancer; hornist
a musician who plays a horn (especially a French horn); ingenue
an actress who specializes in playing the role of an artless innocent young girl; interlocutor, middleman
the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk; jazz musician, jazzman
a musician who plays or composes jazz music; joker, jokester
a person who enjoys telling or playing jokes; kachina
a masked dancer during a Pueblo religious ceremony who is thought to embody some particular spirit; keyboardist
a musician who plays a keyboard instrument; koto player
a musician who plays the koto; leading man
actor who plays the leading male role; lutanist, lutenist, lutist
a musician who plays the lute; mime, mimer, mummer, pantomimer, pantomimist
an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression; mind reader, telepathist, thought-reader
a magician who seems to discern the thoughts of another person (usually by clever signals from an accomplice); nautch girl
a professional dancing girl in India; oboist
a musician who plays the oboe; organist
a person who plays an organ; percussionist
a musician who plays percussion instruments; pianist, piano player
a person who plays the piano; bagpiper, piper
someone who plays the bagpipe; plant
an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience; recorder player
someone who plays the recorder; reenactor
a person who enacts a role in an event that occurred earlier; rhythm and blues musician
a performer (and sometimes composer) of rhythm and blues music; rock 'n' roll musician, rocker
a performer or composer or fan of rock music; saxist, saxophonist
a musician who plays the saxophone; scene-stealer
an actor who draws more attention than other actors in the same scene; movie actor, screen actor
an actor who plays a role in a film; singer, vocaliser, vocalist, vocalizer
a person who sings; sitar player
a musician who plays the sitar; soloist
a musician who performs a solo; lead, principal, star
an actor who plays a principal role; extra, spear carrier, supernumerary
a minor actor in crowd scenes; tap dancer, tapper
a dancer who sounds out rhythms by using metal taps on the toes and heels of the shoes; taxi dancer
a woman employed to dance with patrons who pay a fee for each dance; top banana
the leading comedian in a burlesque show; tragedian
an actor who specializes in tragic roles; trombone player, trombonist
a musician who plays the trombone; cornetist, trumpeter
a musician who plays the trumpet or cornet; standby, understudy
an actor able to replace a regular performer when required; upstager
a selfish actor who upstages the other actors; vibist, vibraphonist
a musician who plays the vibraphone; fiddler, violinist
a musician who plays the violin; violist
a musician who plays the viola; walk-on
plays a small part in a dramatic production

Type of:: entertainer
a person who tries to please or amuse

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