: a young movie actress being coached and publicized for starring roles
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She was a starlet in the 1940s.
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Others not in Flick’s plans for next season include former La Masia starlet Ansu Fati, young playmaker Pablo Torre, homegrown goalkeeper Inaki Pena and holding midfielder Oriol Romeu.
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James McNicholas, New York Times, 9 June 2025
So many of the talented starlets who rose around the same time as Cyrus suffered an unravelling, undone by intense media scrutiny and impossible expectations.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 5 June 2025
Although the film is set in the early 1980s, one look at the trailer tells you that her character is an Old Hollywood starlet.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 5 June 2025
The perfect hair, arching eyebrows, and high cheekbones of Hollywood starlets often hid the truth of their ancestry.
—Kendra Nordin Beato, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Mar. 2025
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James McNicholas, New York Times, 9 June 2025
So many of the talented starlets who rose around the same time as Cyrus suffered an unravelling, undone by intense media scrutiny and impossible expectations.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 5 June 2025
Although the film is set in the early 1980s, one look at the trailer tells you that her character is an Old Hollywood starlet.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 5 June 2025
The perfect hair, arching eyebrows, and high cheekbones of Hollywood starlets often hid the truth of their ancestry.
—Kendra Nordin Beato, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Mar. 2025
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“Starlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/starlet. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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starlet
noun
star·let
ˈstär-lət 
: a young movie actress
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