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Meanings of leading lady in English

Spanish
señora principal
Catalan
dona principal

Female lead in a film or play or female love interest or renowned actress.

Related terms
señora principal
Usage of leading lady in English
1
The look in the eyes of the leading lady began to fade.
Buttered Side Down: Stories
2
Mae was at last triumphantly secure in the rôle of leading lady.
Just Patty
3
The leading lady cocked her head to catch it, and smiled blissfully.
Buttered Side Down: Stories
4
How could you ever be pretty enough to be a leading lady?
Unbearable lightness: a story of loss and gain
5
With such a leading lady, his drama could not fail of success.
A Man of Means
6
I told you she'd sulk if she couldn't be the leading lady.
Grace Harlowe's Junior Year at High School / Or, Fast Friends in...
7
The leading lady thanked her and said she'd come if she could.
Buttered Side Down: Stories
8
I was standing over near the piano when the leading lady galloped in.
The Sorrows of a Show Girl: A Story of the Great "White Way"
9
She may have had a better time than another former Cruise leading lady.
News.com.au
10
How much power should a director have over his leading lady?
Watch them die
11
Carter is a revelation here despite a long career as a leading lady.
Reuters
12
He has been married 26 years to Mildred Davis, his one-time leading lady.
The new yorker
13
Where did you start to repackage the series minus your former leading lady?
Ebony
14
Isa Tate, as leading lady in the place, solved the problem.
Joyce of the North Woods
15
The tenor would be making impassioned love to the leading lady.
Paul Kelver
16
This is the nine-time Grammy award winner's first role as a leading lady.
Ebony
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Translations for leading lady
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Australia
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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