Cecily Adams
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Cecily Adams was an American actress and casting director, best known for her role as Ishka on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" and her extensive work in television casting.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cecily Adams canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5108448 — 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: Cecily Adams Context triple: [Jim Beaver, spouse, Cecily Adams]
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A.
Cecily More
Cecily More was one of the daughters of Sir Thomas More, known primarily through her connection to his prominent humanist and political legacy in Tudor England.
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B.
Cecilia Parker
Cecilia Parker was a Canadian-born American film actress best known for playing Marian Hardy, the sister of Mickey Rooney’s character, in the popular Andy Hardy film series of the 1930s and 1940s.
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C.
Cecilia Pawley
Cecilia Pawley was the first wife of Group Captain Peter Townsend, a distinguished Royal Air Force officer closely associated with the British royal family.
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D.
Adele Cutts
Adele Cutts was a 19th-century American socialite best known as the second wife of prominent U.S. senator and statesman Stephen A. Douglas.
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E.
Bess Macauley
Bess Macauley is the central protagonist of William Saroyan’s novel "The Human Comedy," around whom the story’s emotional and moral themes revolve.
- 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: Cecily Adams Target entity description: Cecily Adams was an American actress and casting director, best known for her role as Ishka on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" and her extensive work in television casting.
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A.
Cecily More
Cecily More was one of the daughters of Sir Thomas More, known primarily through her connection to his prominent humanist and political legacy in Tudor England.
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B.
Cecilia Parker
Cecilia Parker was a Canadian-born American film actress best known for playing Marian Hardy, the sister of Mickey Rooney’s character, in the popular Andy Hardy film series of the 1930s and 1940s.
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C.
Cecilia Pawley
Cecilia Pawley was the first wife of Group Captain Peter Townsend, a distinguished Royal Air Force officer closely associated with the British royal family.
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D.
Adele Cutts
Adele Cutts was a 19th-century American socialite best known as the second wife of prominent U.S. senator and statesman Stephen A. Douglas.
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E.
Bess Macauley
Bess Macauley is the central protagonist of William Saroyan’s novel "The Human Comedy," around whom the story’s emotional and moral themes revolve.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actress
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casting director ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeIn |
film industry
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television industry ⓘ |
| appearedIn | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | lung cancer ⓘ |
| child | Maddie Beaver ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1958-02-06 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2004-03-03 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish American ⓘ |
| familyName | Adams ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction television ⓘ |
| givenName | Cecily ⓘ |
| knownFor | role of Ishka on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Cecily Adams ⓘ |
| notableFamilyRelation | daughter of actor Don Adams ⓘ |
| notableWork |
television casting for 3rd Rock from the Sun
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television casting for That ’70s Show ⓘ |
| occupation |
acting coach
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actress ⓘ casting director ⓘ |
| parent |
Adelaide Efantis Adams
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linked to:
Adelaide Adams
Don Adams ⓘ |
| performedIn |
film
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television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Jamaica, Queens, New York City, New York, United States
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linked to:
Jamaica, Queens
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| placeOfDeath | Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ |
| portrayed | Ishka ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles, California, United States
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linked to:
Los Angeles
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| spouse | Jim Beaver ⓘ |
| workedAsCastingDirectorOn |
3rd Rock from the Sun
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E-Ring ⓘ That ’70s Show ⓘ
linked to:
That '70s Show
The Huntress ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1980s–2004 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cecily Adams Description of subject: Cecily Adams was an American actress and casting director, best known for her role as Ishka on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" and her extensive work in television casting.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.