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• n  a young (film) actress who is publicized as a future star
• n  a small star

• But the woman who brought the charges -- a friend of the dead starlet -- never testified in court because of a past record of extortion, racketeering and bigamy.
• In the Hollywood firmament, a starlet is a heavenly body twinkling only fleetingly on the screen but readily visible in publicity stills.
• A disgraced starlet is emerging as an unlikely rallying point for South Korean feminists.

News & Articles

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• Good Girls Gone Bad In Movies
  In every young starlet's life, there's a point in her career when she must break free from her squeaky clean image.
  June 14, 2013 - Best Week Ever
• Lindsay Lohan swaps Betty Ford for Cliffside rehab
  LOS ANGELES, June 13 (UPI) -- Troubled starlet Lindsay Lohan left the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, Calif., and checked into the Cliffside rehab clinic in Malibu, UsMagazine.com said.
  June 14, 2013 - UPI
• McCarthy tackles cruel weight comments
  It's hard out there for a plus-sized-and-proud actress like Melissa McCarthy — especially in a world where svelte Jennifer Lawrence considers herself "obese" by Hollywood standards. But McCarthy has built a career even the tiniest starlet should envy — one that's included an Emmy (and another nomination), an Oscar nod, and roles in two $100 million-plus-grossing comedies in the past two years.
  June 14, 2013 - CNN