кинозвезда [kinozvezda]

[Valery Belyanin]

it may be _obschego roda_ liek starosta, jabeda, bedolaga, kollega etc
the verb is conjugated according to the gender of the person it refers to
(if this is a male then - byl, if female - byla)
http://www.spelling.spb.ru/rosenthal/alpha/r191.htm
-- 
Валерий Белянин / Valery Belyanin, PhD

On Jan 11, 2008 2:33 PM, Charles Byrd <byrdc at uga.edu> wrote:

> I'm afraid I didn't have an answer for a beginning language-learner's
> questions:
> Is this term applicable to male stars?  Can it absorb masculine gender,
> like
> "плакса" [plaksa]?  Which of the following, if any, is acceptable?
> 1)Брад Питт - известный американский кинозвезда.
>   [Brad Pitt - izvestnyi amerikanskii kinozvezda.]
> 2)Брад Питт - известная американская кинозвезда.
>   [Brad Pitt - izvestnaia amerikanskaia kinozvezda.]
> Thanks,
> Charles Byrd,
> Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies
> The University of Georgia
> Room 201 Joseph E. Brown Hall
> Athens, GA  30602-6797
> (706) 583-8160
> byrdc at uga.edu