The first person in film to make you cry (6)
I believe the answer is:
shriek
'cry' is the definition.
(shriek is a kind of cry)
'the first person in film' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'first' could be 'i' (I in Roman numerals eg Elizabeth I) and 'i' is found in the answer.
'film' could be 'shrek' (I've seen this before) and 'shrek' is found within the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'to make you' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for shriek that I've seen before include "Scream or squeal" , "A high-pitched shrill cry" , "Shrill cry or scream" , "Howl" , "Shrill cry of a shrike" .)