Joyce Redman as Emilia
E189949
Joyce Redman as Emilia is the portrayal of Othello’s loyal yet pivotal attendant to Desdemona in the 1965 film adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Joyce Redman as Emilia canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1679003 — 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: Joyce Redman as Emilia Context triple: [Othello (1965 film), featuresPerformanceBy, Joyce Redman as Emilia]
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A.
Faye Emerson
Faye Emerson was an American film and stage actress who became a popular early television personality in the 1940s and 1950s.
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B.
Evelyn Wade
Evelyn Wade was the wife of British mathematician and philosopher Alfred North Whitehead, known primarily in relation to his personal and intellectual life.
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C.
Lina Lamont
Lina Lamont is a comically vain, shrill-voiced silent film star whose struggle to adapt to talking pictures drives much of the humor and conflict in the classic musical film "Singin' in the Rain."
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D.
Joan Valentine
Joan Valentine is a quick-witted, resourceful young woman who works as a journalist and adventurer in P. G. Wodehouse’s comic fiction.
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E.
Laura Lyons
Laura Lyons is the mother of American fashion model Lily Aldridge.
- 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: Joyce Redman as Emilia Target entity description: Joyce Redman as Emilia is the portrayal of Othello’s loyal yet pivotal attendant to Desdemona in the 1965 film adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy.
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A.
Faye Emerson
Faye Emerson was an American film and stage actress who became a popular early television personality in the 1940s and 1950s.
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B.
Evelyn Wade
Evelyn Wade was the wife of British mathematician and philosopher Alfred North Whitehead, known primarily in relation to his personal and intellectual life.
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C.
Lina Lamont
Lina Lamont is a comically vain, shrill-voiced silent film star whose struggle to adapt to talking pictures drives much of the humor and conflict in the classic musical film "Singin' in the Rain."
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D.
Joan Valentine
Joan Valentine is a quick-witted, resourceful young woman who works as a journalist and adventurer in P. G. Wodehouse’s comic fiction.
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E.
Laura Lyons
Laura Lyons is the mother of American fashion model Lily Aldridge.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film character portrayal
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performance ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | stage role of Emilia in Othello ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Othello (1965 film) ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Emilia (Othello character)
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surface form:
Emilia (Shakespeare character)
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| basedOnAuthor | William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| basedOnWork |
Othello (character)
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surface form:
Othello
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| character |
Emilia (Othello character)
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surface form:
Emilia
|
| characterRelation |
servant of Desdemona
ⓘ
wife of Iago ⓘ |
| characterTrait | loyal ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| directorOfFilm | Stuart Burge ⓘ |
| filmLeadActor |
Laurence Olivier as Othello
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Maggie Smith as Desdemona ⓘ |
| genre | tragedy film ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
attendant to Desdemona
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pivotal character in the tragedy ⓘ |
| notableFor |
key role in revealing Iago’s plot
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portrayal of Emilia’s moral awakening ⓘ |
| partOfFranchise | Shakespearean film adaptations ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Joyce Redman ⓘ |
| productionType | feature film ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1965 ⓘ |
| roleType | supporting character ⓘ |
| sourceMaterialForm | stage play ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | late 16th century Venice and Cyprus ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Input
Subject: Joyce Redman as Emilia Description of subject: Joyce Redman as Emilia is the portrayal of Othello’s loyal yet pivotal attendant to Desdemona in the 1965 film adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy.
Referenced by (1)
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