Related Clues:

• Went over the top, in a way
• Exaggerated a part
• Overdid one's part
• Did it broadly, on Broadway
• Was hammy
• Got melodramatic
• Didn't act well
• Acted
• Violated a commandment
• Broke moral edicts
• Was a ham
• Fell from grace
• Acted stagily
• Hammed it up onstage
• Frustrated the director, perhaps