on-screen

[ on-skreen, awn- ]

adjective
  1. occurring within a motion picture or television show or in an actor's professional life: a raucous on-screen personality that was at odds with his quiet private life.

  2. displayed on a television screen; supplied by means of television: an on-screen course in economics.

adverb
  1. in a motion picture or television program or in one's professional life: On-screen he's a villain.

Origin of on-screen

1
First recorded in 1950–55

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