Shelley Winters
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Shelley Winters was an acclaimed American actress known for her versatile performances in films such as "A Place in the Sun," "The Diary of Anne Frank," and "The Poseidon Adventure," earning multiple Academy Awards over her long career.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shelley Winters canonical | 17 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3202098 — 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: Shelley Winters Context triple: [Actors Studio, notableMember, Shelley Winters]
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A.
Sylvia Sidney
Sylvia Sidney was an American actress known for her work in 1930s crime dramas and later roles in films like "Beetlejuice" and "Mars Attacks!".
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B.
Joanne Woodward
Joanne Woodward is an American actress and producer renowned for her Academy Award–winning performance in "The Three Faces of Eve" and her long, celebrated career in film, television, and theater.
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C.
Anne Baxter
Anne Baxter was an American actress known for her Academy Award–winning and nominated performances in classic films such as "The Razor's Edge," "All About Eve," and "The Ten Commandments."
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D.
Kim Hunter
Kim Hunter was an American actress best known for her Oscar-winning performance as Stella Kowalski in the film adaptation of "A Streetcar Named Desire."
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E.
Anne Francis
Anne Francis was an American actress best known for her roles in films like "Forbidden Planet" and the TV series "Honey West," for which she received Emmy and Golden Globe nominations.
- 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: Shelley Winters Target entity description: Shelley Winters was an acclaimed American actress known for her versatile performances in films such as "A Place in the Sun," "The Diary of Anne Frank," and "The Poseidon Adventure," earning multiple Academy Awards over her long career.
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A.
Sylvia Sidney
Sylvia Sidney was an American actress known for her work in 1930s crime dramas and later roles in films like "Beetlejuice" and "Mars Attacks!".
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B.
Joanne Woodward
Joanne Woodward is an American actress and producer renowned for her Academy Award–winning performance in "The Three Faces of Eve" and her long, celebrated career in film, television, and theater.
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C.
Anne Baxter
Anne Baxter was an American actress known for her Academy Award–winning and nominated performances in classic films such as "The Razor's Edge," "All About Eve," and "The Ten Commandments."
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D.
Kim Hunter
Kim Hunter was an American actress best known for her Oscar-winning performance as Stella Kowalski in the film adaptation of "A Streetcar Named Desire."
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E.
Anne Francis
Anne Francis was an American actress best known for her roles in films like "Forbidden Planet" and the TV series "Honey West," for which she received Emmy and Golden Globe nominations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
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film actress ⓘ human ⓘ stage actress ⓘ television actress ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 2000s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1930s ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
NERFINISHED
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Golden Globe Award ⓘ Primetime Emmy Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Shirley Schrift NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart failure ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1920-08-18 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2006-01-14 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Actors Studio
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The New School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish American ⓘ |
| familyName | Schrift ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
ⓘ
thriller film ⓘ |
| givenName | Shirley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChild | one daughter ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Shelley Winters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Place in the Sun
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lolita NERFINISHED ⓘ Patch of Blue NERFINISHED ⓘ The Diary of Anne Frank NERFINISHED ⓘ The Night of the Hunter NERFINISHED ⓘ The Poseidon Adventure NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
acting teacher
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actor ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Beverly Hills, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pseudonym | Shelley Winters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
| spouse |
Anthony Franciosa
NERFINISHED
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Farley Granger NERFINISHED ⓘ Gerry DeFord NERFINISHED ⓘ Vitale De Stefano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedWith |
George Stevens
NERFINISHED
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Robert Aldrich NERFINISHED ⓘ Stanley Kubrick NERFINISHED ⓘ William Wyler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Shelley Winters Description of subject: Shelley Winters was an acclaimed American actress known for her versatile performances in films such as "A Place in the Sun," "The Diary of Anne Frank," and "The Poseidon Adventure," earning multiple Academy Awards over her long career.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959 film)
subject surface form:
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959 film)
subject surface form:
The Portrait of a Lady (1996 film)