marquee name

次ぎの文はDigest 11月号のDita Von Teese と言う芸能人についての記事からです。
Von Teese(born Heather Sweet) became its marquee name, with Vogue calling her an "entrancing pocket Venus",
"marquee name" あるいは "marquee" は前にも見た事がありますが忘れています。今度は忘れないようにしっかりと辞書で確認します。
・Oxford English Dictionary:
[as modifier] leading; pre-eminent: a marquee player [with allusion to the practice of billing the name of an entertainer on the canopy over the entrance to a theatre]
having or associated with the name recognition and attraction of one whose name appears on a marquee : big-name, star (marquee athletes) (marquee events)
・Merriam-Webster's Dictionary: having or associated with the name recognition and attraction of one whose name appears on a marquee: big-name, star (marquee athletes) (marquee events)
・Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary: being the main performer or sports person in a show, film, sports event, etc. or being the performer, etc. whose name will attract most people to the show, film, etc; The studio chiefs wanted a marquee name in the lead role, not some unknown.
名詞としての "marquee" に "a sign usually over the entrance of a theater or arena that displays the names of featured attractions and principal performers" があるのを見ると、日本語の看板スターや広告塔と似ている表現ですね。