Glen or Glenda
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Glen or Glenda is a 1953 low-budget cult film by Ed Wood that explores cross-dressing and gender identity through a highly unconventional, semi-autobiographical narrative.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Glen or Glenda canonical | 6 |
| Glen/Glenda | 1 |
| Glenda | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5166273 — 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: Glen or Glenda Context triple: [Lyle Talbot, notableWork, Glen or Glenda]
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A.
Glennis
Glennis is a feminine given name, best known for belonging to Glennis Dickhouse Yeager, the wife of test pilot Chuck Yeager and namesake of the Bell X-1 aircraft "Glamorous Glennis."
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B.
Dorothy Fay
Dorothy Fay was an American film actress best known for her roles in 1930s and 1940s Westerns and as the wife of actor Tex Ritter.
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C.
Johnny Belinda
"Johnny Belinda" is a 1948 drama film best known for Jane Wyman’s Oscar-winning performance as a deaf-mute woman living in a small Nova Scotia fishing village.
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D.
Dorotha
Dorotha is a feminine given name, typically considered a variant of Dorothy.
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E.
Glenda Farrell
Glenda Farrell was an American film, stage, and television actress best known for her sharp-tongued, fast-talking roles in 1930s Hollywood, including the popular Torchy Blane detective series.
- 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: Glen or Glenda Target entity description: Glen or Glenda is a 1953 low-budget cult film by Ed Wood that explores cross-dressing and gender identity through a highly unconventional, semi-autobiographical narrative.
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A.
Glennis
Glennis is a feminine given name, best known for belonging to Glennis Dickhouse Yeager, the wife of test pilot Chuck Yeager and namesake of the Bell X-1 aircraft "Glamorous Glennis."
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B.
Dorothy Fay
Dorothy Fay was an American film actress best known for her roles in 1930s and 1940s Westerns and as the wife of actor Tex Ritter.
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C.
Johnny Belinda
"Johnny Belinda" is a 1948 drama film best known for Jane Wyman’s Oscar-winning performance as a deaf-mute woman living in a small Nova Scotia fishing village.
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D.
Dorotha
Dorotha is a feminine given name, typically considered a variant of Dorothy.
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E.
Glenda Farrell
Glenda Farrell was an American film, stage, and television actress best known for her sharp-tongued, fast-talking roles in 1930s Hollywood, including the popular Torchy Blane detective series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
I Changed My Sex
ⓘ
I Led Two Lives ⓘ |
| basedOn | Christine Jorgensen sex reassignment case (loosely inspired) ⓘ |
| budget | low-budget ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | William C. Thompson ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| director | Ed Wood ⓘ |
| distributor | Exploitation Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Bud Schelling ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | The Scientist ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
LGBT-related film
ⓘ
docudrama ⓘ drama film ⓘ exploitation film ⓘ psychodrama ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Barbara
ⓘ
Glen ⓘ Glenda ⓘ
linked to:
Glen or Glenda
|
| musicBy | William Lava ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
nonlinear
ⓘ
semi-autobiographical ⓘ surreal ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Bela Lugosi’s bizarre narrator role
ⓘ
early cinematic depiction of cross-dressing ⓘ use of stock footage and dream sequences ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Ed Wood filmography ⓘ |
| portrays | a man struggling to reveal his cross-dressing to his fiancée ⓘ |
| producer | George Weiss ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Screen Classics ⓘ |
| rating | often cited as one of the best-known "so-bad-it’s-good" films ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1953 ⓘ |
| runningTimeMinutes | 65 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Ed Wood ⓘ |
| starring |
Bela Lugosi
ⓘ
Dolores Fuller ⓘ Ed Wood ⓘ Lyle Talbot ⓘ |
| subject |
cross-dressing
ⓘ
gender identity ⓘ sex reassignment ⓘ transvestism ⓘ |
| writer | Ed Wood ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Glen or Glenda Description of subject: Glen or Glenda is a 1953 low-budget cult film by Ed Wood that explores cross-dressing and gender identity through a highly unconventional, semi-autobiographical narrative.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Glen or Glenda
linked to: Glen or Glenda