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''But that was thirty years ago, when they used to have a show
''Now it's a [[Deader Than Disco|disco]], but not for Lola
''Still in the dress she used to wear, faded feathers in her hair"''
|'''[[Barry Manilow]]''', "Copacabana (At the Copa)"}}
She was [[Glory Days|once one of the biggest stars in pop music, film, or theatre]]. But now, her time in the spotlight is over. She's over the hill. A joke. A "Where Are They Now?" trivia question. A '''White Dwarf Starlet'''.
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* {{spoiler|Shiho's mother Sayuri Nagasawa}}, in ''[[Private Actress]]''. {{spoiler|While she ''was'' genuinely talented, being scarred ruined her career. }} At the same time, {{spoiler|Sayuri}}'s old rival Ruriko Daichi deeply fears to become this.
** Beautifully lampshaded by Shiho:
{{quote|'''Shiho''': All actresses have their era to shine. Afterwards, they fade away. Like [[Greta Garbo]], retiring in a
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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== [[Live
* ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'' episode "The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine" was about a White Dwarf Starlet, Barbara Jean Trenton, who becomes so obsessed with her old movies she literally gets pulled into one.
* Faith from ''Hope And Faith''.
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* Seedra from [[1000 Ways to Die]]'s episode "Inject-icide". She's an elderly former beauty queen who injected her face with corn oil as a cheap substitute for Botox (as she couldn't afford the actual treatments). Some of that got into her bloodstream, and then it started leaking out of her face...
* Raquel in ''[[The L.A. Complex]]'' had some fame 10 years or so ago, but now she's pushing 30 and still auditioning to [[Dawson Casting|play teenagers]]. She makes a point of not wanting the "mom roles".
== [[Music]] ==
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* [[Meaningful Name|Gloria Swansong]] from [[Sierra]]'s ''[[Laura Bow|The Colonel's Bequest]]''.
* Naoko Mihama from the first ''[[Siren (video game)|Siren]]'' game is a former model and actress reduced to B-list status. She ends up going crazy due to the horrifying situation she finds herself in, and, combined with her vanity, she {{spoiler|willingly allows herself to become a shibito in a misguided attempt to stay eternally young and beautiful. Following her transformation, she is first seen as a regular shibito, before eventually mutating into a dog shibito.}}
* Jack Hammer in the third case of ''[[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney]]''. It turns out that {{spoiler|He accidentally killed his co-star and Dee Vasquez covered it up, forcing him to take on villains' roles for low pay}}.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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