Sandra Bernhard
E322078
actress
author
comedian
film actress
human
podcaster
radio host
singer
stage actress
stand-up comedian
television actress
writer
Sandra Bernhard is an American comedian, actress, singer, and author known for her sharp, satirical stand-up and distinctive roles in film and television.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sandra Bernhard canonical | 25 |
| Sandra Bernhard as Masha | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3068102 — 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: Sandra Bernhard Context triple: [Pose, leadActor, Sandra Bernhard]
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A.
Marilu Henner
Marilu Henner is an American actress and author best known for her role as Elaine Nardo on the TV sitcom "Taxi" and for her appearances in numerous film and television projects.
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B.
Kathy Najimy
Kathy Najimy is an American actress and comedian best known for her roles in films like "Hocus Pocus" and "Sister Act" and for her extensive voice work in animation.
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C.
Bebe Neuwirth
Bebe Neuwirth is an American actress, singer, and dancer best known for her Tony-winning Broadway work and her Emmy-winning role as Dr. Lilith Sternin on the television series "Cheers" and "Frasier."
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D.
Margaret Cho
Margaret Cho is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and social activist known for her outspoken commentary on race, sexuality, and politics.
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E.
Conchata Ferrell
Conchata Ferrell was an American character actress best known for her role as the sharp-tongued housekeeper Berta on the television sitcom "Two and a Half Men."
- 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: Sandra Bernhard Target entity description: Sandra Bernhard is an American comedian, actress, singer, and author known for her sharp, satirical stand-up and distinctive roles in film and television.
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A.
Marilu Henner
Marilu Henner is an American actress and author best known for her role as Elaine Nardo on the TV sitcom "Taxi" and for her appearances in numerous film and television projects.
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B.
Kathy Najimy
Kathy Najimy is an American actress and comedian best known for her roles in films like "Hocus Pocus" and "Sister Act" and for her extensive voice work in animation.
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C.
Bebe Neuwirth
Bebe Neuwirth is an American actress, singer, and dancer best known for her Tony-winning Broadway work and her Emmy-winning role as Dr. Lilith Sternin on the television series "Cheers" and "Frasier."
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D.
Margaret Cho
Margaret Cho is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and social activist known for her outspoken commentary on race, sexuality, and politics.
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E.
Conchata Ferrell
Conchata Ferrell was an American character actress best known for her role as the sharp-tongued housekeeper Berta on the television sitcom "Two and a Half Men."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actress
ⓘ
author ⓘ comedian ⓘ film actress ⓘ human ⓘ podcaster ⓘ radio host ⓘ singer ⓘ stage actress ⓘ stand-up comedian ⓘ television actress ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| birthName | Sandra Gail Bernhard ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1955-06-06 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish American ⓘ |
| familyName | Bernhard ⓘ |
| genre |
observational comedy
ⓘ
satire ⓘ stand-up comedy ⓘ |
| givenName | Sandra ⓘ |
| hasChild | Cicely Yasin Bernhard ⓘ |
| isLGBT | true ⓘ |
| knownFor |
portraying Nancy Bartlett on Roseanne
ⓘ
sharp satirical stand-up comedy ⓘ |
| languagesSpoken | English ⓘ |
| medium |
film
ⓘ
podcasts ⓘ radio ⓘ stand-up ⓘ television ⓘ |
| movement | alternative comedy ⓘ |
| name | Sandra Bernhard ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Hudson Hawk
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I Love Being Me, Don’t You? ⓘ Pose ⓘ Roseanne ⓘ Sandra After Dark ⓘ The King of Comedy ⓘ The L Word ⓘ Without You I'm Nothing ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
ⓘ
comedian ⓘ podcaster ⓘ radio host ⓘ singer ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| performedAt |
Broadway
ⓘ
Off-Broadway ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Flint, Michigan, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Flint, Michigan
|
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| sexualOrientation | bisexual ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1970s–present ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Sandra Bernhard Description of subject: Sandra Bernhard is an American comedian, actress, singer, and author known for her sharp, satirical stand-up and distinctive roles in film and television.
Referenced by (26)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.