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Beloved film star
A cinematic icon is a figure—actor, character, or image—so strongly associated with film history that it transcends individual movies to become culturally symbolic.
Marilyn Monroe, Darth Vader, and the Hollywood sign all qualify.
The phrase emphasizes lasting visual and cultural impact: Audrey Hepburn remains a cinematic icon decades after her death.
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- big screenTheater projection surface
- HollywoodAmerican film industry center
- studio systemVertically integrated film production
- legendUnverified traditional tale
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