Bing Crosby’s mother Catherine Harrigan Crosby
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Catherine Harrigan Crosby was the mother of famed American singer and actor Bing Crosby and is remembered primarily for her connection to her celebrated son.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bing Crosby’s mother Catherine Harrigan Crosby canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18340849 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Bing Crosby’s mother Catherine Harrigan Crosby Context triple: [Holy Cross Cemetery (Culver City), hasNotableBurial, Bing Crosby’s mother Catherine Harrigan Crosby]
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A.
Mary Crosby
Mary Crosby is an American actress best known for her role as Kristin Shepard on the television series "Dallas."
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B.
Gladys Crosby Hopkins
Gladys Crosby Hopkins was an American socialite and heiress known for her marriage into the prominent Whitney family.
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C.
Kitty Carlisle
Kitty Carlisle was an American singer, actress, and television personality best known for her long-running panelist role on the game show "To Tell the Truth" and her contributions to the performing arts.
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D.
Peggy Crosby
Peggy Crosby is best known as the wife of influential quality management expert and author Philip B. Crosby.
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E.
Peggy Rae Burdick
Peggy Rae Burdick is a relative of Marvel Comics character Cassie Lang, connecting to the extended family of Ant-Man (Scott Lang).
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bing Crosby’s mother Catherine Harrigan Crosby Target entity description: Catherine Harrigan Crosby was the mother of famed American singer and actor Bing Crosby and is remembered primarily for her connection to her celebrated son.
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A.
Mary Crosby
Mary Crosby is an American actress best known for her role as Kristin Shepard on the television series "Dallas."
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B.
Gladys Crosby Hopkins
Gladys Crosby Hopkins was an American socialite and heiress known for her marriage into the prominent Whitney family.
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C.
Kitty Carlisle
Kitty Carlisle was an American singer, actress, and television personality best known for her long-running panelist role on the game show "To Tell the Truth" and her contributions to the performing arts.
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D.
Peggy Crosby
Peggy Crosby is best known as the wife of influential quality management expert and author Philip B. Crosby.
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E.
Peggy Rae Burdick
Peggy Rae Burdick is a relative of Marvel Comics character Cassie Lang, connecting to the extended family of Ant-Man (Scott Lang).
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Holy Cross Cemetery (Culver City)
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hasNotableBurial
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Bing Crosby’s mother Catherine Harrigan Crosby
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Holy Cross Cemetery