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* Darla Dimple from ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance'' takes this UpToEleven.
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* PhantomOfTheOpera has a song for Carlotta called "Prima Donna"
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* Bianca Castafiore from the ''{{Tintin}}'' comics.

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* Bianca Castafiore from the ''{{Tintin}}'' comics.
comics, though much nicer than most examples.
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* Vanilla Hoare in the "Scott of the [[strike:Antarctic]] Sahara" sketch from ''MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''.

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* Vanilla Hoare in the "Scott of the [[strike:Antarctic]] Sahara" sketch from ''MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''.''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''.



* Ms Piggy of ''TheMuppetShow'' often acts like this.

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* Ms Piggy of ''TheMuppetShow'' often acts like this.



* {{Series/Batman}}: Parodied with Dawn Robbins from ''The Penguin's A Jinx'':
--> ''Oh, what a drag it is being a famous movie star and so rich. [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere Why doesn't anything exciting ever happen to me?]]''

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* {{Series/Batman}}: Series/{{Batman}}: Parodied with Dawn Robbins from ''The Penguin's A Jinx'':
--> ''Oh, what a drag it is being a famous movie star and so rich. [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere Why doesn't anything exciting ever happen to me?]]''
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* Eden Starling in ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInAChristmasCarol'' is a NiceCharacterMeanActor, throwing tantrums when the curtain is closed.
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A SisterTrope to DramaQueen.
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* Lena Marelli in ''BugsyMalone''.

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* [[CuteButCacophonic Lena Marelli Marelli]] in ''BugsyMalone''.
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* Lena Marelli in ''BugsyMalone''.
--> "Oscar! Oscar! I'm back! I'll give you one more chance, you hear me? I'll give you one more chance, you hear me, Oscar? Otherwise I'm out for ''good''! Out, out, ''out''! I'm not being ''humiliated'' in this place! You know I ''am'' the star and I should be treated like it absolutely all the time!"
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I can't help but I need it all\\

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I can't help but that I need it all\\
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But it's always someone else's fault.''\\

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But it's always someone else's fault.''\\''
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->''Primadonna girl, yeah\\
All I ever wanted was the world\\
I can't help but I need it all\\
The primadonna life, the rise and fall\\
You say that I'm kinda difficult\\
But it's always someone else's fault.''\\
-->-- Marina and the Diamonds, ''Primadonna''
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* Jenna and Tracy on ''[[Series/ThirtyRock 30 Rock]]''.Tracy often shows up extremely late or not at all and Jenna once locked Herself in Her dressing room because Her niece drew a picture of Her that made Her look fat

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* Jenna and Tracy on ''[[Series/ThirtyRock 30 Rock]]''. Tracy often shows up extremely late or not at all and Jenna once locked Herself herself in Her her dressing room because Her her niece drew a picture of Her her that made Her her look fatfat.
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* Jenna and Tracy on ''[[ThirtyRock 30 Rock]]''.Tracy often shows up extremely late or not at all and Jenna once locked Herself in Her dressing room because Her niece drew a picture of Her that made Her look fat

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* Jenna and Tracy on ''[[ThirtyRock ''[[Series/ThirtyRock 30 Rock]]''.Tracy often shows up extremely late or not at all and Jenna once locked Herself in Her dressing room because Her niece drew a picture of Her that made Her look fat



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* Lena Lamont in ''Film/SinginInTheRain''.

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* Lena Lina Lamont in ''Film/SinginInTheRain''.



* Carlotta from ''ThePhantomOfTheOpera''.
** In the musical she even gets a song ''called'' "Prima Dona" which is all about the new theatre owners sucking up to her.

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* Carlotta from ''ThePhantomOfTheOpera''.
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''ThePhantomOfTheOpera''. In the musical musical, she even gets a song ''called'' "Prima Dona" which is all about Donna" as the new theatre owners sucking suck up to her.her and assure her that they won't let this "Opera Ghost" dictate how she should be treated; even after the Phantom humiliates her on stage and she's forced into a minor role in his ''Don Juan Triumphant'', she never lets up on this attitude.



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* Parodied with Helen Sinclair in ''BulletsOverBroadway''.
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* {{Series/Batman}}: Parodied with Dawn Robbins from ''The Penguin's A Jinx'':
--> ''Oh, what a drag it is being a famous movie star and so rich. [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere Why doesn't anything exciting ever happen to me?]]''
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Let's just say that this is TruthInTelevision for many stars. '''No RealLife examples, please.'''

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Let's just say that this is TruthInTelevision for many stars. '''No RealLife examples, please.'''NoRealLifeExamplesPlease.'''
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ThePrimaDonna is TheLibby of show business. She knows how to ingratiate her audience and infuriate her producers by demanding, for instance, they give her an UnlimitedWardrobe fashioned to her personal preference. She has high-class admirers, perhaps even royal ones, and will explode with rage against people who fail to give her the respect she feels is her due. She will not tolerate seeing someone else play ''her'' leading part, especially an inexperienced youngster, never considering she might be way out of her element (perhaps because she's too old for the part) or that her meddling could be actively destroying the show. Often she'll be [[NiceCharacterMeanActor considerably meaner backstage than any of her famous roles]].

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ThePrimaDonna is TheLibby the AlphaBitch of show business. She knows how to ingratiate her audience and infuriate her producers by demanding, for instance, they give her an UnlimitedWardrobe fashioned to her personal preference. She has high-class admirers, perhaps even royal ones, and will explode with rage against people who fail to give her the respect she feels is her due. She will not tolerate seeing someone else play ''her'' leading part, especially an inexperienced youngster, never considering she might be way out of her element (perhaps because she's too old for the part) or that her meddling could be actively destroying the show. Often she'll be [[NiceCharacterMeanActor considerably meaner backstage than any of her famous roles]].
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* Jenna and Tracy on ''{{30 Rock}}''.Tracy often shows up extremely late or not at all and Jenna once locked Herself in Her dressing room because Her niece drew a picture of Her that made Her look fat

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* Jenna and Tracy on ''{{30 Rock}}''.''[[ThirtyRock 30 Rock]]''.Tracy often shows up extremely late or not at all and Jenna once locked Herself in Her dressing room because Her niece drew a picture of Her that made Her look fat
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* Carlotta in Andre Lloyd Weber's ''[[PhantomOfTheOpera]]''. There's even a song devoted to her called "Prima Donna".

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* Carlotta in Andre Lloyd Weber's ''[[PhantomOfTheOpera]]''. There's even a song devoted to her called "Prima Donna".
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* Carlotta in Andre Lloyd Weber's ''[[PhantomOfTheOpera]]''. There's even a song devoted to her called "Prima Donna".
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* Lena [=LaMont=] in ''[[SingingInTheRain Singin' in the Rain]]''.

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* Lena [=LaMont=] Lamont in ''[[SingingInTheRain Singin' in the Rain]]''.''Film/SinginInTheRain''.

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* Margo Channing in AllAboutEve.

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* Margo Channing in AllAboutEve.
''AllAboutEve''.
* Norma Desmond in ''SunsetBoulevard'' is a WhiteDwarfStarlet who clearly used to be this. Due to her sheltered life, she still believes millions of fans are desperately eager to see her next picture.
* The plot of ''Thank Your Lucky Stars'', such as it is, involves getting GlamorousWartimeSinger Dinah Shore into a benefit revue while keeping her manager Eddie Cantor away from it by any necessary means.
-->"Well, Mr. Cantor, to be brutally frank, you have the reputation of taking over everything you participate in."
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* Jenna and Tracy on ''{{30 Rock}}''.Tracy often shows up extremely late or not at all and Jenna once locked Herself in Her dressing room because Her niece drew a picture of Her that made Her look fat
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* Ms Piggy of ''TheMuppetShow'' often acts like this.




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* Dorothy Brock in ''42nd Street''. The UltimateJobSecurity which allows her to get away with this is not her talent (as she's long past her prime), but that she's the mistress of the show's sponsor. She gets over this attitude after she breaks her ankle and is forced to leave the production.
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* Really? nobody has mentioned "La Carlotta" from Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The phantom of the opera"? I mean even Andre and Firmin sing the song "prima donna" to encourage her to take the lead role in the next Opera "Il mutto".

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* Really? nobody has mentioned "La Carlotta" from Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The phantom of the opera"? I mean even Andre and Firmin sing the song "prima donna" to encourage her to take the lead role in the next Opera "Il mutto".
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* Rachel Berry in ''{{Glee}}'' seems to be one of these in-training.
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*Parodied in {{Dilbert}} Comics, where a technology Prima Donna is shown to be rude but indespensible
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* Margo Channing in AllAboutEve.

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