Doris Kenyon
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Doris Kenyon was an American actress and singer prominent in silent and early sound films, known for her elegant screen presence and successful transition across entertainment eras.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Doris Kenyon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2860626 — 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: Doris Kenyon Context triple: [Albert Lasker, spouse, Doris Kenyon]
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A.
Marjorie Hood
Marjorie Hood was the first wife of American lyricist and playwright Alan Jay Lerner, known for her marriage to the celebrated Broadway writer.
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B.
Dorothy Arnold
Dorothy Arnold was a young American socialite whose mysterious 1910 disappearance in New York City became one of the era’s most famous unsolved missing-person cases.
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C.
Dorothy Arnold
Dorothy Arnold was an American film actress of the 1930s and 1940s who appeared in several Hollywood productions before retiring from the screen.
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D.
Marjorie Frost
Marjorie Frost was one of the daughters of American poet Robert Frost, whose short life was marked by illness and personal tragedy within the Frost family.
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E.
Dorothy Marie Ogden
Dorothy Marie Ogden was the wife of British character actor Sydney Greenstreet, known for his roles in classic Hollywood films of the 1940s.
- 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: Doris Kenyon Target entity description: Doris Kenyon was an American actress and singer prominent in silent and early sound films, known for her elegant screen presence and successful transition across entertainment eras.
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A.
Marjorie Hood
Marjorie Hood was the first wife of American lyricist and playwright Alan Jay Lerner, known for her marriage to the celebrated Broadway writer.
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B.
Dorothy Arnold
Dorothy Arnold was a young American socialite whose mysterious 1910 disappearance in New York City became one of the era’s most famous unsolved missing-person cases.
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C.
Dorothy Arnold
Dorothy Arnold was an American film actress of the 1930s and 1940s who appeared in several Hollywood productions before retiring from the screen.
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D.
Marjorie Frost
Marjorie Frost was one of the daughters of American poet Robert Frost, whose short life was marked by illness and personal tragedy within the Frost family.
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E.
Dorothy Marie Ogden
Dorothy Marie Ogden was the wife of British character actor Sydney Greenstreet, known for his roles in classic Hollywood films of the 1940s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
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film actress ⓘ human ⓘ silent film actor ⓘ singer ⓘ stage actress ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1962 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1915 ⓘ |
| birthName | Doris Margaret Kenyon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | pneumonia ⓘ |
| child | Kenyon Sills NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1897-09-05 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1979-09-01 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Columbia University
ⓘ
Packer Collegiate Institute NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | James Kenyon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
early sound film
ⓘ
silent film ⓘ |
| hasSibling | Raymond Kenyon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor | successful transition from silent films to sound films ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| medium |
film
ⓘ
radio ⓘ stage ⓘ |
| mother | Mary Kenyon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Doris Kenyon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic | elegant screen presence ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Madame X (1929 film)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Dark Angel (1925 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Great Meadow (1931 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Home Maker (1925 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Rescue (1929 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Road to Yesterday (1925 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Valley of the Giants (1927 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
ⓘ
singer ⓘ |
| performedMusicGenre |
light classical music
ⓘ
popular song ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Syracuse, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Beverly Hills, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christian Science NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles
ⓘ
surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
New York City ⓘ |
| spouse |
Albert D. Lasker
NERFINISHED
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Arthur Hopkins NERFINISHED ⓘ Bronislaw Mlynarski NERFINISHED ⓘ Milton Sills NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Doris Kenyon Description of subject: Doris Kenyon was an American actress and singer prominent in silent and early sound films, known for her elegant screen presence and successful transition across entertainment eras.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.