Ruth McDevitt
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Ruth McDevitt was an American character actress known for her work on Broadway, film, and television in the mid-20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ruth McDevitt canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14939048 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ruth McDevitt Context triple: [A Family Affair, originalBroadwayCastMember, Ruth McDevitt]
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A.
Ruth McCord
Ruth McCord is known primarily as the wife of James W. McCord Jr., a former CIA officer and key figure in the Watergate scandal.
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B.
Dorothy McIlwraith
Dorothy McIlwraith was an American magazine editor best known for her influential mid-20th-century stewardship of the pulp fantasy and horror magazine Weird Tales.
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C.
Ruth McKenney
Ruth McKenney was an American writer and journalist best known for her humorous autobiographical stories that inspired the play and film adaptations of "My Sister Eileen."
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D.
Ruth Myers
Ruth Myers is an acclaimed British costume designer known for her imaginative and character-defining work on numerous films and television productions.
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E.
Dorothy Donnelly
Dorothy Donnelly was an American actress, playwright, and librettist best known for her work on early 20th-century stage productions and operettas.
- 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: Ruth McDevitt Target entity description: Ruth McDevitt was an American character actress known for her work on Broadway, film, and television in the mid-20th century.
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A.
Ruth McCord
Ruth McCord is known primarily as the wife of James W. McCord Jr., a former CIA officer and key figure in the Watergate scandal.
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B.
Dorothy McIlwraith
Dorothy McIlwraith was an American magazine editor best known for her influential mid-20th-century stewardship of the pulp fantasy and horror magazine Weird Tales.
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C.
Ruth McKenney
Ruth McKenney was an American writer and journalist best known for her humorous autobiographical stories that inspired the play and film adaptations of "My Sister Eileen."
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D.
Ruth Myers
Ruth Myers is an acclaimed British costume designer known for her imaginative and character-defining work on numerous films and television productions.
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E.
Dorothy Donnelly
Dorothy Donnelly was an American actress, playwright, and librettist best known for her work on early 20th-century stage productions and operettas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.