Elizabeth Cohen
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Elizabeth Cohen, better known by her professional name Betty Comden, was an American lyricist, screenwriter, and performer famed for her long-running musical partnership with Adolph Green on Broadway and in Hollywood.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Elizabeth Cohen canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3367176 — 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: Elizabeth Cohen Context triple: [Betty Comden, birthName, Elizabeth Cohen]
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A.
Elizabeth Cohen
Elizabeth Cohen is the former wife of American actor Paul Giamatti, known for maintaining a largely private life outside of his public career.
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B.
Rachel Elkind
Rachel Elkind is an American music producer and composer best known for her eerie electronic score work with Wendy Carlos, including their influential soundtrack contributions to Stanley Kubrick’s film "The Shining."
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C.
Judith Nelson
Judith Nelson was an American soprano known for her pioneering work and acclaimed performances in the early music and Baroque repertoire.
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D.
Paula Ellis
Paula Ellis is known as the former wife of acclaimed American actor Rod Steiger.
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E.
Elizabeth Dowdeswell
Elizabeth Dowdeswell is a Canadian public servant and former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations who has served as the 29th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.
- 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: Elizabeth Cohen Target entity description: Elizabeth Cohen, better known by her professional name Betty Comden, was an American lyricist, screenwriter, and performer famed for her long-running musical partnership with Adolph Green on Broadway and in Hollywood.
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A.
Elizabeth Cohen
Elizabeth Cohen is the former wife of American actor Paul Giamatti, known for maintaining a largely private life outside of his public career.
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B.
Rachel Elkind
Rachel Elkind is an American music producer and composer best known for her eerie electronic score work with Wendy Carlos, including their influential soundtrack contributions to Stanley Kubrick’s film "The Shining."
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C.
Judith Nelson
Judith Nelson was an American soprano known for her pioneering work and acclaimed performances in the early music and Baroque repertoire.
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D.
Paula Ellis
Paula Ellis is known as the former wife of acclaimed American actor Rod Steiger.
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E.
Elizabeth Dowdeswell
Elizabeth Dowdeswell is a Canadian public servant and former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations who has served as the 29th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (144)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
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lyricist ⓘ performer ⓘ person ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| birthName | Elizabeth Cohen self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Cohen ⓘ |
| givenName | Elizabeth ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Doll's Life
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A Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green ⓘ A Quiet Girl (song lyrics) ⓘ Applause (musical) ⓘ
surface form:
Applause
Auntie Mame (screenplay adaptation) ⓘ
surface form:
Auntie Mame (screenplay contribution)
Bells Are Ringing ⓘ Bells Are Ringing ⓘ
surface form:
Bells Are Ringing (film)
Bells Are Ringing ⓘ
surface form:
Bells Are Ringing (stage musical)
Broadway musical books ⓘ Captain Hook's Waltz (lyrics) ⓘ Comden and Green 20th-century film musical work ⓘ Comden and Green 20th-century musical theatre work ⓘ Comden and Green Academy Award-nominated works ⓘ Comden and Green American film musical contributions ⓘ Comden and Green American musical theatre contributions ⓘ Comden and Green theatrical collaborations ⓘ
surface form:
Comden and Green Broadway comedies
Comden and Green Broadway legacy ⓘ Comden and Green Broadway shows ⓘ Comden and Green Golden Age musicals ⓘ Comden and Green Hollywood films ⓘ Comden and Green Hollywood legacy ⓘ Comden and Green MGM musicals ⓘ Comden and Green New York-themed works ⓘ Comden and Green Tony Award-winning shows ⓘ Comden and Green award-winning works ⓘ Comden and Green backstage musicals ⓘ Comden and Green ballads ⓘ Comden and Green revues ⓘ
surface form:
Comden and Green cabaret acts
Comden and Green character songs ⓘ Comden and Green theatrical collaborations ⓘ
surface form:
Comden and Green classic collaborations
Comden and Green classic films ⓘ Comden and Green classic revues ⓘ Comden and Green classic shows ⓘ Comden and Green classic songs ⓘ Comden ⓘ
surface form:
Comden and Green collected works
Comden and Green comedy material ⓘ Comden and Green comedy songs ⓘ Comden and Green concert appearances ⓘ Comden and Green dance musicals ⓘ Comden and Green ensemble numbers ⓘ Comden and Green film collaborations ⓘ Comden ⓘ
surface form:
Comden and Green finales
Comden and Green influential works ⓘ Comden and Green integrated musicals ⓘ Comden and Green memoir performances ⓘ Comden and Green theatrical collaborations ⓘ
surface form:
Comden and Green musical comedies
Comden and Green revues ⓘ
surface form:
Comden and Green musical sketches
Comden and Green musical theatre legacy ⓘ Comden and Green musical theatre songs ⓘ Comden and Green overtures ⓘ Comden and Green ensemble numbers ⓘ
surface form:
Comden and Green patter songs
Comden and Green production numbers ⓘ Comden and Green published lyrics ⓘ Comden and Green recordings ⓘ Comden and Green reprises ⓘ Comden and Green revues ⓘ Comden and Green romantic comedies ⓘ Comden and Green satirical works ⓘ Comden and Green show business-themed works ⓘ Comden and Green song catalog ⓘ Comden and Green song collaborations ⓘ Comden and Green stage collaborations ⓘ Comden and Green television specials ⓘ Comden and Green theatrical collaborations ⓘ Comden and Green title songs ⓘ Do Re Mi ⓘ Fade Out – Fade In ⓘ Garbo Talks ⓘ Good News (1927 stage musical) ⓘ
surface form:
Good News (1947 film screenplay)
Hallelujah, Baby! ⓘ Hollywood musical screenplays ⓘ I Got Out of Bed on the Right Side ⓘ
surface form:
I Got Out of Bed on the Right Side (lyrics)
I Met a Girl (song lyrics) ⓘ It's Always Fair Weather ⓘ Just in Time ⓘ
surface form:
Just in Time (song lyrics)
Lonely Town ⓘ
surface form:
Lonely Town (song lyrics)
Long Before I Knew You (song lyrics) ⓘ Lucky to Be Me (song lyrics) ⓘ Make Someone Happy ⓘ
surface form:
Make Someone Happy (song lyrics)
My Fortune Is My Face (lyrics) ⓘ Never Met a Man I Didn't Like (lyrics) ⓘ New York, New York (song performance) ⓘ
surface form:
New York, New York (song lyrics)
Ohio (song lyrics) ⓘ On the Riviera ⓘ On the Town ⓘ On the Town ⓘ
surface form:
On the Town (film)
On the Town ⓘ
surface form:
On the Town (stage musical)
On the Twentieth Century ⓘ On the Twentieth Century (song lyrics) ⓘ Peter Pan (1954 musical) ⓘ
surface form:
Peter Pan (1954 musical book)
Say, Darling ⓘ Singin' in the Rain ⓘ Singin' in the Rain ⓘ
surface form:
Singin' in the Rain (film screenplay)
Some Other Time ⓘ
surface form:
Some Other Time (song lyrics)
Stuart Little (fictional character) ⓘ
surface form:
Stuart Little (stage adaptation book)
Subways Are for Sleeping ⓘ The Band Wagon ⓘ The Band Wagon ⓘ
surface form:
The Band Wagon (film screenplay)
The Barkleys of Broadway ⓘ The Madwoman of Central Park West ⓘ The Party's Over (song lyrics) ⓘ The Revuers (comedy troupe material) ⓘ
surface form:
The Revuers (performing group material)
The Will Rogers Follies ⓘ Two on the Aisle ⓘ What a Way to Go! ⓘ Wonderful Town ⓘ autobiographical stage pieces ⓘ books for Broadway musicals ⓘ collaborations with Adolph Green ⓘ collaborations with André Previn ⓘ collaborations with Cy Coleman ⓘ collaborations with Garson Kanin ⓘ collaborations with Gene Kelly ⓘ collaborations with Hal Prince ⓘ collaborations with Jerome Robbins ⓘ collaborations with Jule Styne ⓘ collaborations with Leonard Bernstein ⓘ collaborations with Morton Gould ⓘ collaborations with Roger Edens ⓘ collaborations with Saul Chaplin ⓘ collaborations with Tommy Tune ⓘ collaborations with Vincente Minnelli ⓘ concert and cabaret material ⓘ lyrics for Broadway songs ⓘ musical comedy librettos ⓘ radio scripts ⓘ revue material for The Revuers ⓘ screenplays for MGM musicals ⓘ song lyrics for film and stage ⓘ television scripts ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
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librettist ⓘ lyricist ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| stageName | Betty Comden ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Elizabeth Cohen Description of subject: Elizabeth Cohen, better known by her professional name Betty Comden, was an American lyricist, screenwriter, and performer famed for her long-running musical partnership with Adolph Green on Broadway and in Hollywood.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Betty Comden