Antoinette Perry
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Antoinette Perry was an American actress, director, and co-founder of the American Theatre Wing, in whose honor the Tony Awards for excellence in Broadway theatre are named.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Antoinette Perry canonical | 30 |
| Antoinette Perry (Tony) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T197168 — 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: Antoinette Perry Context triple: [Tony Award, namedAfter, Antoinette Perry]
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A.
Celeste Holm
Celeste Holm was an American actress best known for her Academy Award–winning performance in "Gentleman's Agreement" and her work on stage and screen during Hollywood's Golden Age.
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B.
Jane Wyatt
Jane Wyatt was an American actress best known for her roles in the film "Gentleman's Agreement" and the television series "Father Knows Best."
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C.
Dorothy McGuire
Dorothy McGuire was an American film and stage actress known for her sensitive, understated performances in classic mid-20th-century Hollywood dramas.
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D.
Lucille Sheardown
Lucille Sheardown was one of the later wives of American inventor Lee de Forest, associated with his personal life rather than his pioneering work in radio and electronics.
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E.
Estelle Getty
Estelle Getty was an American actress best known for her Emmy-winning role as the sharp-tongued Sophia Petrillo on the television sitcom "The Golden Girls."
- 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: Antoinette Perry Target entity description: Antoinette Perry was an American actress, director, and co-founder of the American Theatre Wing, in whose honor the Tony Awards for excellence in Broadway theatre are named.
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A.
Celeste Holm
Celeste Holm was an American actress best known for her Academy Award–winning performance in "Gentleman's Agreement" and her work on stage and screen during Hollywood's Golden Age.
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B.
Jane Wyatt
Jane Wyatt was an American actress best known for her roles in the film "Gentleman's Agreement" and the television series "Father Knows Best."
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C.
Dorothy McGuire
Dorothy McGuire was an American film and stage actress known for her sensitive, understated performances in classic mid-20th-century Hollywood dramas.
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D.
Lucille Sheardown
Lucille Sheardown was one of the later wives of American inventor Lee de Forest, associated with his personal life rather than his pioneering work in radio and electronics.
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E.
Estelle Getty
Estelle Getty was an American actress best known for her Emmy-winning role as the sharp-tongued Sophia Petrillo on the television sitcom "The Golden Girls."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actress
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co-founder of organization ⓘ human ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ theatre director ⓘ |
| coFounded | American Theatre Wing ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | annual Tony Awards ceremony ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer | American Theatre Wing ⓘ |
| familyName | Perry ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Broadway
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surface form:
Broadway theatre
theatre ⓘ |
| genre | stage acting ⓘ |
| givenName | Antoinette ⓘ |
| hasAwardNamedAfter | Tony Award ⓘ |
| hasHonor | Tony Awards named in her honor ⓘ |
| influenced |
American theatre awards system
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Broadway ⓘ
surface form:
Broadway theatre
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| knownFor |
being namesake of the Tony Awards
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promoting American theatre ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | Broadway theatre community ⓘ |
| name | Antoinette Perry self-link ⓘ |
| notableRole |
American Theatre Wing co-founder
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American Theatre Wing director ⓘ |
| notableWork |
co-founding the American Theatre Wing
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leadership of the American Theatre Wing during World War II ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
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philanthropist ⓘ producer ⓘ stage director ⓘ theatre director ⓘ theatre executive ⓘ |
| partOf | American theatre history ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Broadway ⓘ |
| positionHeld | leader of the American Theatre Wing ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| sphereOfInfluence |
Broadway community
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United States theatre ⓘ |
| typeOfNamedThing | eponym of the Tony Awards ⓘ |
| workLocation | New York City ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Antoinette Perry Description of subject: Antoinette Perry was an American actress, director, and co-founder of the American Theatre Wing, in whose honor the Tony Awards for excellence in Broadway theatre are named.
Referenced by (31)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Tony Award
this entity surface form:
Antoinette Perry (Tony)
Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
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namedAfter
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Antoinette Perry
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