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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lives in a run-down mansion [[Shrine to Self|full of memorabilia of her lost golden years]], wears moth eaten [[Outdated Outfit|Outdated Outfits]] from her great hits, and still expects everyone to recognize her.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 [[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.
Compare with [[Former Child Star]]. See also [[I Was Quite a Looker]]. Has absolutely nothing to do with the magazine published by Games Workshop; the name is a reference to stars — the kind in the sky — that have ceased to burn and are now glowing only with residual heat from their younger days. (Of course, the magazine used to be the world's premier gaming magazine and is now just an overpriced catalogue for Games Workshop miniatures, so maybe there's a connection after all...)
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
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* Subverted in another Satoshi Kon film, ''[[Millennium Actress (Anime)|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 -- resulting from a broken heart -- and she has no interest in a comeback. She lives in the past, because she's not interested in the present.
* In the anime anthology ''[[Memories]]'', the first short, ''Magnetic Rose'' ([[Creator Thumbprint|also directed by Satoshi Kon]],) has key to its story a once-great opera singer [Eva] who isolated herself in a satellite in the wake of a scandal. It is filled with reminders of her success and uses holograms to simulate a lavish mansion. Her consciousness still haunts the decaying satellite long after her death.
* [[Hates the Job, Loves The Limelight|Akira Kogami]] qualifies for this at age ''14'', having worked as an [[Idol Singer]] since she was 3 years old and now relegated to a three-minute [[Greek Chorus]] [[Show Within a Show|show]] at the end of each ''[[Lucky Star (Anime)|Lucky Star]]'' episode. And boy, [[Yandere|is she bitter about it]].
* It's [[All There in the Manual]]. Ever wonder why {{spoiler|B.T., the manipulative [[Distaff Counterpart]] to Bear}} behaves so peevishly in ''[[.hack|.hack//SIGN]]''? According a hidden message in the OVAs, {{spoiler|she's actually a model who was recently told she's too old to keep in the business.}} Undoubtedly, [[Show Within a Show|The Game Within The Show]], ''The World'', is a vent for her.
* In one of the ''[[Sakura Taisen (Video Game)|Sakura Taisen]]'' [[OAV|OAVs]], 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 (Video Game)|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.}}
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* [[Will Smith]] from ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel Air]]'' was once roped into a date with a thoroughly unpleasant version of this character, who was portrayed as a diva who was rude to everyone and refused to accept that her career was over.
* Parodied in ''[[3rd Rock From the Sun|3rd Rock from the Sun]]'' when Sally began to act like one when her "15 minutes of fame" ran out.
* Jenna Maroney of ''[[
* 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.
* ''[[All My Children]]'''s Erica Kane may count as either a White Dwarf Starlet or as a [[Gender Flip|gender flipped]] Hugh Hefner (i.e., an increasingly desperate and creepy has-been who insists on acting like she's still just as relevant {and vital} as she was decades ago).
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* A rare male example- Gary Golden from ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines]].'' Having lost both his career and his good looks when the local Nosferatu Embraced him, much of his spare time is spent dressed up in a tuxedo, conducting "wrap parties" with the corpses of long-dead actors, and occasionally trying to remind visitors that he was once a Hollywood star. Aside from that, though, he's pretty happy with his position.
** 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 -- 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 -- which is sad, because Isaac really ''does'' care for him.
* Evelyn Morrison, B-movie actress turned motel owner, from ''[[Sam and Max]] Hit the Road''.
* [[Meaningful Name|Gloria Swansong]] from [[Sierra]]'s ''[[Laura Bow|The Colonel's Bequest]]''.
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