Recent Examples on the WebHis career took him from a skinny matinee idol during World War II, to the consummate interpreter of the American songbook. Liz Smith, Good Housekeeping, 20 July 2022 Cruz plays an artsy director who won’t play by anyone else’s rules and Banderas is a matinee idol who finds himself under her command. The Editors, Town & Country, 8 June 2022 In this southwest Michigan kitchen, part of the main living area in Elizabeth and Chris Fisher's new home, polished stainless steel grabs attention like a matinee idol. Sally Finder Weepie, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 May 2022 In the 1920s, actor George Valentin is a bona fide matinee idol with many adoring fans. Travis Bean, Forbes, 23 Apr. 2022 Cooke, already a matinee idol on the church circuit, had designs on a pop career.Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2022 The retrospective, programmed by the film historian Donald Bogle, is dedicated not only to Poitier, but also to other African American screen actors from the time of his peak as a matinee idol.New York Times, 31 Mar. 2022 Wuthering Heights and Gone With the Wind, and Olivier’s lightning-fast rise from matinee idol to titan of the stage (a rise his wife couldn’t match) had all taken a terrible toll. Stephen Galloway, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Mar. 2022 Around the same time, the actor William Haines was forging his own career as a leading man: in Haines’ case, as a wisecracking matinee idol. Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 15 Feb. 2022 See More