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[[File:norma_desmondnorma desmond.png|link=Sunset Boulevard|frame|"All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up!"]]

But she still maintains dreams of greatness, or that she'll be rediscovered and back in the spotlight. Often totally delusional, quoting random lines and talking about fellow stars that passed her by. She probably lives in a run-down mansion [[Shrine to Self|full of memorabilia of her lost golden years]], wears moth eaten [[Outdated Outfit|Outdated Outfits]]s from her great hits, and still expects everyone to recognize her.

This character is nearly [[Always Female]] and, as such, sets a [[Double Standard]]-- the—the [[Unfortunate Implications|unmentionable downside]] is that women are often kicked out of the entertainment industry once their beauty fades. A male entertainer can often keep performing for as long as he can remember his lines. He might develop some [[Hates the Job, Loves the Limelight|issues of his own]] over the years, but he can still find work.

* Subverted in another Satoshi Kon film, ''[[Millennium Actress]]''. The titular actress has faded from the limelight and lives a reclusive life surrounded by memorabilia of her past fame; but her departure from the spotlight was intentional -- resultingintentional—resulting from a broken heart -- andheart—and she has no interest in a comeback. She lives in the past, because she's not interested in the present.

* In one of the ''[[Sakura Taisen]]'' [[OAV|OAVs]]s, a particular movie studio was supposedly {{spoiler|haunted by the ghost of such a lady; a silent film star whose roles dried up with the introduction of Talkies. Supposedly this was because while she was beautiful, she had a bad speaking voice but the truth is that her diva attitude alienated everyone in the industry. Since this is [[Sakura Taisen]], the rumors are true and her horrific spectre really is hanging around and deadly jealous of the Hanagumi members filming in the studio. The OAV ends with an aesop of respecting both the cast and crew of a production and the ghost fades away as she returns to the state she was in during her glory days.}}

* In the ''[[Angel]]'' episode "Eternity", an actress in her late twenties shows signs of slipping into [[White Dwarf Starlet]] territory, though she's still arguably at an average level of fame. Terrified, both of that and of her own "advancing years", she tries to get Angel to turn her into a vampire, so she'll have eternal youth.

** Quite perversely, Gary has created a [[White Dwarf Starlet]] himself: Imalia, a former model who grew too arrogant for the local Nosferatu to stomach. Following her Embrace, she has become obsessed with the models who have taken her place on the spotlight, to the point of paying the Player Character to disgrace one of them. She'll also pay a lot for any footage (especially pornographic) of herself in her [[Glory Days]], most of which Gary has spitefully removed from the public market.

** Another male actor: Ash, an actor who was being groomed by Isaac, one of the local Toreador, as a hot leading man. Then Isaac found Ash overdosed one night and Embraced him -- leadinghim—leading to the death of his acting career and a ''major'' case of [[I Hate You, Vampire Dad]]. Ash spends his nights running a club gifted to him by Isaac and trading on the last fragments of his movie career, but refuses to have anything to do with his sire -- whichsire—which is sad, because Isaac really ''does'' care for him.