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An understudy is an actor learning a role in case the main actor is indisposed.
Understudy or The Understudy may also refer to:
Literature
edit- The Understudy (novel), a 2005 novel by David Nicholls
- The Understudy, a 1975 novel by Elia Kazan
- The Understudy, a 2007 play by Theresa Rebeck
Film
edit- The Understudy (1922 film), an American film of 1922 directed by William A. Seiter
- The Understudy (1976 film), an Australian television film directed by Eric Luithle
- The Understudy: Graveyard Shift II, a 1988 Canadian horror film directed by Jerry Ciccoritti
- The Understudy (2008 film), a British comedy directed by David Conolly and Hannah Davis