title roles
Characters naming films
A title role is a character whose name appears in the title of a work—Hamlet in *Hamlet*, Anna Karenina in *Anna Karenina*, Macbeth in *Macbeth*.
The term applies mainly to plays, operas, films, and novels: She played the title role in Carmen.
Not every lead is a title role; the protagonist of *Death of a Salesman* is the lead but not the title role, since no character is named "Death of a Salesman."
- actressFemale stage performer
- protagonistStory's central figure
- starLuminous astronomical object
- star turnA standout featured performance
- portrayalDepiction of someone
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