Joan Crawford as Sadie Thompson
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Joan Crawford as Sadie Thompson is the iconic portrayal of a defiant, worldly woman at the center of moral conflict in the 1928 silent drama film "Rain," adapted from W. Somerset Maugham’s story.
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| Joan Crawford as Sadie Thompson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20035098 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joan Crawford as Sadie Thompson Context triple: [Rain (1928 film), leadActorRole, Joan Crawford as Sadie Thompson]
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Barbara Stanwyck as Lee Leander
Barbara Stanwyck as Lee Leander is the charismatic and complex female lead in the 1940 romantic drama "Remember the Night," where she portrays a shoplifter whose relationship with a prosecuting attorney transforms both their lives.
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B.
Bette Davis as Leslie Crosbie
Bette Davis as Leslie Crosbie is the iconic lead performance in the 1940 film noir drama "The Letter," in which Davis plays a seemingly refined colonial wife whose involvement in a murder exposes deep moral ambiguity.
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C.
Barbara Stanwyck as Ann Mitchell
Barbara Stanwyck as Ann Mitchell is the sharp, ambitious newspaper columnist whose fabricated story about a fictional "John Doe" sets off the central social and political drama in the film "Meet John Doe."
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D.
Virginia Mayo as Honey Swanson
Virginia Mayo as Honey Swanson is the glamorous, streetwise nightclub singer and love interest in the 1948 musical comedy film "A Song Is Born."
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E.
Alice Brady
Alice Brady was an American stage and film actress of the early 20th century, best known for her character roles in both silent and sound films and for winning an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
- 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: Joan Crawford as Sadie Thompson Target entity description: Joan Crawford as Sadie Thompson is the iconic portrayal of a defiant, worldly woman at the center of moral conflict in the 1928 silent drama film "Rain," adapted from W. Somerset Maugham’s story.
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A.
Barbara Stanwyck as Lee Leander
Barbara Stanwyck as Lee Leander is the charismatic and complex female lead in the 1940 romantic drama "Remember the Night," where she portrays a shoplifter whose relationship with a prosecuting attorney transforms both their lives.
-
B.
Bette Davis as Leslie Crosbie
Bette Davis as Leslie Crosbie is the iconic lead performance in the 1940 film noir drama "The Letter," in which Davis plays a seemingly refined colonial wife whose involvement in a murder exposes deep moral ambiguity.
-
C.
Barbara Stanwyck as Ann Mitchell
Barbara Stanwyck as Ann Mitchell is the sharp, ambitious newspaper columnist whose fabricated story about a fictional "John Doe" sets off the central social and political drama in the film "Meet John Doe."
-
D.
Virginia Mayo as Honey Swanson
Virginia Mayo as Honey Swanson is the glamorous, streetwise nightclub singer and love interest in the 1948 musical comedy film "A Song Is Born."
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E.
Alice Brady
Alice Brady was an American stage and film actress of the early 20th century, best known for her character roles in both silent and sound films and for winning an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.