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matinee idol

noun as in film star

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She had been as foolish over him as a schoolgirl in the matter of a matinée idol.

The boy finds his hero in the baseball player or athlete, the girl in the matinée idol, or the "movie" star.

Her brief interest in "votes for women" had evaporated with the entrance of the matinée idol into her life.

She was supported by Harry Ainley, at that time England's great matinée idol.

Mortimer Farwell is—or was—the most popular matinée idol on the stage.

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