1) Actress 2) Aspiring actress 3) Budding movie personality 4) Cinema novice 5) English girl name 6) Garland was one 7) Hollywood comer 8) Hollywood hopeful 9) Hollywood novice 10) Hollywood wannabe 11) Hype focus, at times 12) Ingenue 13) Member of a galaxy 14) Movie hopeful 15) Paltrow, circa 1993 1) Actress 
Rarely does a starlet receive a leading role. She is nevertheless promoted and touted by the studio as a star of the future. They were primarily phenomenon of the 40s and 50s in the so-called `heyday` of Hollywood. Few `starlets ever made the transition to a full-fledged star
noun a small star
a young actress promoted and publicized as a future star, esp. in motion pictures. · a small star or other heavenly body.