stock company
noun
1
: a corporation or joint-stock company of which the capital is represented by stock
2
: a theatrical company attached to a repertory theater
especially
: one without outstanding stars
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Joan Benedict Steiger, who was part of the original stock company for Candid Camera and later became the wife of actor Rod Steiger, died June 24 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles of complications from a stroke.
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 8 July 2024
Benedict was a member of Allen Funt’s stock company for Candid Camera.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 July 2024
The song plays as the stock company Robin Hood is introduced.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 22 Sep. 2023
While a student at the old Calvert Hall College on Mulberry Street in downtown Baltimore, Bushman began acting in 1896, taking walk-on parts with a Baltimore stock company, while modeling for the Maryland Institute College of Art and the Charcoal Club.
—Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, 23 Apr. 2021
Another word about the Emmett/Furla Oasis Films stock company behind so many of these films: Tyler Jon Olson, the wounded brother, is in ten of these; Lydia Hull, the doc’s wife, is in six.
—Donald Liebenson, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2021
Nolan likes to use a stock company of actors, with not only Branagh, but Murphy, Damon and Modine serving as return collaborators.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 22 Feb. 2022
The pair are longtime collaborators (Nolan has a stock company of players like Tom Hardy, Michael Caine and Christian Bale who have popped up in multiple films).
—Brent Lang, Variety, 8 Oct. 2021
As part of the deal, Ohio National will demutualize – policyholders will be paid for their ownership stake and the company will become a stock company owned by shareholders.
—Alexander Coolidge, The Enquirer, 23 Mar. 2021
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 8 July 2024
Benedict was a member of Allen Funt’s stock company for Candid Camera.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 July 2024
The song plays as the stock company Robin Hood is introduced.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 22 Sep. 2023
While a student at the old Calvert Hall College on Mulberry Street in downtown Baltimore, Bushman began acting in 1896, taking walk-on parts with a Baltimore stock company, while modeling for the Maryland Institute College of Art and the Charcoal Club.
—Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, 23 Apr. 2021
Another word about the Emmett/Furla Oasis Films stock company behind so many of these films: Tyler Jon Olson, the wounded brother, is in ten of these; Lydia Hull, the doc’s wife, is in six.
—Donald Liebenson, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2021
Nolan likes to use a stock company of actors, with not only Branagh, but Murphy, Damon and Modine serving as return collaborators.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 22 Feb. 2022
The pair are longtime collaborators (Nolan has a stock company of players like Tom Hardy, Michael Caine and Christian Bale who have popped up in multiple films).
—Brent Lang, Variety, 8 Oct. 2021
As part of the deal, Ohio National will demutualize – policyholders will be paid for their ownership stake and the company will become a stock company owned by shareholders.
—Alexander Coolidge, The Enquirer, 23 Mar. 2021
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“Stock company.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stock%20company. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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