English Explanatory Dictionary

Obie

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small lamp positioned over the camera, sometimes used to produce catchlights in the subject's eyes.
noun
  1. An Off-Broadway Theater Award, given annually to theatre artists and groups in New York City.
name
  1. A surname from French.

Word forms

Obie Obies

Etymology

Named after the actress Merle Oberon, whose husband Lucien Ballard used this kind of lighting to hide small scars on her face after a car accident.

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