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juvenile leadnoun1(In a play or film) the chief part performed by a young actor or actress: Fred was cast as the male juvenile lead I never had the shape for juvenile leads...- Haynes is notably charming as Billy Lawlor, the so-called juvenile lead.
- As Dr Jekyll, he was lit, flatteringly, from above, as the conventional handsome, juvenile lead in any play would have been.
- In the toughest role in the show O'Connell is the roguish juvenile lead Billy, in romantic pursuit of Peggy and a match for her in fleet footwork.
1.1The actor or actress performing the part of juvenile lead: the juvenile leads try hard...- In a movie universe dominated by ageless action heroes and charmless juvenile leads, he is an authentic grown-up.
- John had once been actor-handsome, the juvenile lead.
- Rarely has a show dealt so honestly with the ageing of its juvenile leads, with them all seeming to grow up quicker on screen than they were in real life.
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