わんさガール

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Meanings

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noun

minor actress; bit-part actress; female extra

colloquialdated term

Dated colloquial term for a young actress with a small or walk-on role in film or TV. Related to わんさ (many, in crowds), suggesting a crowd of minor actresses.

See also: わんさ

彼かの女じょはまだわんさガールで、セリフは一ひと言ことだけだった。
She was still just a bit-part actress and had only one line.

昔むかしの映えい画がでは、わんさガールが大おお勢ぜいエキストラで出でていた。

In old movies, many female extras appeared as わんさガール.