Rise Stevens
E463838
Rise Stevens was a renowned American mezzo-soprano opera singer and film actress, celebrated for her leading roles at the Metropolitan Opera and her performance in the classic film "Going My Way."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rise Stevens canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4724891 — 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: Rise Stevens Context triple: [Going My Way, starring, Rise Stevens]
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A.
Fisher Stevens
Fisher Stevens is an American actor, director, and producer known for his work in film, television, and documentary filmmaking, including the Oscar-winning documentary "The Cove."
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B.
Ann Stevens
Ann Stevens is the mother of American actor George Hamilton.
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C.
Billie Stanton
Billie Stanton is the central protagonist of the film "Downhill," around whom the story’s emotional and narrative developments revolve.
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D.
Art Stevens
Art Stevens was an American animator and film director best known for his work on classic Walt Disney animated features in the mid-20th century.
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E.
Wren Stephens
Wren Stephens is the grandchild of Thai-American television personality and cookbook author Vilailuck "Pepper" Teigen and part of the extended family of model and entrepreneur Chrissy Teigen.
- 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: Rise Stevens Target entity description: Rise Stevens was a renowned American mezzo-soprano opera singer and film actress, celebrated for her leading roles at the Metropolitan Opera and her performance in the classic film "Going My Way."
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A.
Fisher Stevens
Fisher Stevens is an American actor, director, and producer known for his work in film, television, and documentary filmmaking, including the Oscar-winning documentary "The Cove."
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B.
Ann Stevens
Ann Stevens is the mother of American actor George Hamilton.
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C.
Billie Stanton
Billie Stanton is the central protagonist of the film "Downhill," around whom the story’s emotional and narrative developments revolve.
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D.
Art Stevens
Art Stevens was an American animator and film director best known for his work on classic Walt Disney animated features in the mid-20th century.
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E.
Wren Stephens
Wren Stephens is the grandchild of Thai-American television personality and cookbook author Vilailuck "Pepper" Teigen and part of the extended family of model and entrepreneur Chrissy Teigen.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
ⓘ
film actress ⓘ human ⓘ mezzo-soprano ⓘ opera singer ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1960s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1930 ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Kennedy Center Honors ⓘ |
| birthName | Rise Gus Steenberg ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Ferncliff Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child | Nicolas Surovy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coStarredWith | Bing Crosby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dateOfBirth | 1913-06-11 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2013-03-20 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Curtis Institute of Music
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Juilliard School ⓘ |
| employer | Metropolitan Opera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Jewish American
ⓘ
Norwegian American ⓘ |
| familyName | Steenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | opera ⓘ |
| givenName | Rise ⓘ |
| name | Rise Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFilmAppearance | Going My Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRole |
Carmen in Bizet's Carmen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Carmen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Der Rosenkavalier NERFINISHED ⓘ Going My Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
film actress
ⓘ
mezzo-soprano ⓘ opera singer ⓘ |
| performedAt |
Metropolitan Opera
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Salzburg Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ Vienna State Opera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
New York
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| placeOfDeath |
New York
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| positionHeld | general manager of the Metropolitan Opera National Company ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| spouse | Walter Surovy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stageName | Rise Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| voiceType | mezzo-soprano ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Rise Stevens Description of subject: Rise Stevens was a renowned American mezzo-soprano opera singer and film actress, celebrated for her leading roles at the Metropolitan Opera and her performance in the classic film "Going My Way."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.