Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Famous Female Movie Stars

By Xavier Pignon

Most actresses dream of becoming famous female movie stars but few of them are able to achieve that goal.It is very difficult to compete with the large number of other women, who flock to Hollywood for trying to bag the few amount of meaty roles that can actually make them a big star.

Many famous female movie stars had contacts within the Hollywood elite.When an actress is born into a show business family she often profits from her connections with influential people in the industry and gains knowledge of the business from an early age.Some examples of this would be Drew Barrymore, Jane Fonda, Lisa Minnelli, and Angelina Jolie.These actresses gained much publicity and the exposure and networks of their families, aided more to their journey of becoming major stars, than their acting abilities.

Other actresses became famous female movie stars because of some quality that set them apart from the rest.Meryl Streep, Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis are a few among the many others who reached the stature of famous movie stars owing to their exceptional acting talents.

Longevity can be a real problem for famous female movie stars. Transitioning roles from the teenage love interest to the middle-aged wife to the grandmother can be a huge obstacle.Audiences become used to seeing major movie stars in a particular role and only reluctantly accept any change.This killed the careers of some of Hollywood's greatest stars, most notably that of Shirley Temple whose career quickly died in her early twenties because fans didn't want her to grow out of her sweet little darling character.

Some famous female actresses manage to overcome aging and continue very successfully as in the case of Brooke Shields, Barbara Stanwyck and many others.This can be done by playing roles in different movies, which slowly transition them from one age group to the next age group, and hence ensure that the audience gets a smooth transition.For example, the actress can star as a teenage love, from 15, or even earlier and then slowly advance to more mature and motherly roles by the time she reaches 35. From there on, she can slowly pick up more elderly roles till she reaches 50 or so, to ensure that the audience see her manifest in the new age group and hence improve the life of her movie career.

Perhaps the most encouraging change in the industry for the promise of both opportunity and longevity for major stars is the development of cable and satellite television!The large number of openings owing to the huge number of channels provides a chance for many new upcoming actresses to have a break in their showbiz career.In addition, many producers look at signing up the famous female movie stars in diverse roles for their television shows. This allows the actresses to get into different characters, which suit her age group better, and improve the longevity of their careers.For now, with the prospects of Internet TV and streaming media and other interactive content on the Internet, the number of such opportunities for the female movie stars to strike it big on the small screen, is likely to go on increasing. - 40724

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