Maureen Lipman
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Maureen Lipman is a British actress and comedian known for her extensive work in film, television, and theatre, as well as her distinctive character roles and witty performances.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maureen Lipman canonical | 9 |
| Maureen Diane Lipman | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5187502 — 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: Maureen Lipman Context triple: [The Pianist, starring, Maureen Lipman]
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A.
Estelle Harris
Estelle Harris was an American actress and comedian best known for her shrill-voiced, comedic roles in film and television, including playing Estelle Costanza on "Seinfeld" and voicing Mrs. Potato Head in the "Toy Story" franchise.
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B.
Harlene Rosen
Harlene Rosen is an American woman best known as the first wife of filmmaker and comedian Woody Allen, to whom she was married in the 1950s.
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C.
Ellen Barkin
Ellen Barkin is an American actress known for her intense, edgy performances in film and television, including prominent roles in movies like "The Big Easy" and the TV series "Animal Kingdom."
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D.
Jane Leeves
Jane Leeves is an English actress best known for her role as Daphne Moon on the television sitcom "Frasier."
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E.
Claire Fisher
Claire Fisher is a rebellious, artistic youngest daughter in the Fisher family whose coming-of-age journey is central to the drama series "Six Feet Under."
- 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: Maureen Lipman Target entity description: Maureen Lipman is a British actress and comedian known for her extensive work in film, television, and theatre, as well as her distinctive character roles and witty performances.
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A.
Estelle Harris
Estelle Harris was an American actress and comedian best known for her shrill-voiced, comedic roles in film and television, including playing Estelle Costanza on "Seinfeld" and voicing Mrs. Potato Head in the "Toy Story" franchise.
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B.
Harlene Rosen
Harlene Rosen is an American woman best known as the first wife of filmmaker and comedian Woody Allen, to whom she was married in the 1950s.
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C.
Ellen Barkin
Ellen Barkin is an American actress known for her intense, edgy performances in film and television, including prominent roles in movies like "The Big Easy" and the TV series "Animal Kingdom."
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D.
Jane Leeves
Jane Leeves is an English actress best known for her role as Daphne Moon on the television sitcom "Frasier."
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E.
Claire Fisher
Claire Fisher is a rebellious, artistic youngest daughter in the Fisher family whose coming-of-age journey is central to the drama series "Six Feet Under."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (65)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actress
ⓘ
columnist ⓘ comedian ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1960s ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Commander of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ |
| birthName |
Maureen Diane Lipman
ⓘ
linked to:
Maureen Lipman
|
| childOccupation | playwright ⓘ |
| citizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth |
England
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1946-05-10 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
comedy
ⓘ
film acting ⓘ stage acting ⓘ television acting ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
memoir ⓘ |
| hasAppearedIn |
Royal National Theatre productions
ⓘ
West End theatre productions ⓘ |
| hasChild | Amy Rosenthal ⓘ |
| hasWritten |
Lip Reading
ⓘ
Past-It Notes ⓘ Something to Fall Back On ⓘ Thank You for Having Me ⓘ You Got an Ology? ⓘ |
| honour | CBE ⓘ |
| knownFor |
distinctive character roles
ⓘ
extensive work in British television ⓘ extensive work in film ⓘ extensive work in theatre ⓘ witty performances ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| marriageEnd | 2004 ⓘ |
| marriageStart | 1973 ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Royal Shakespeare Company (past member)
ⓘ
linked to:
Royal Shakespeare Company
|
| name | Maureen Lipman ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableCharacter | Beattie (BT commercials) ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Agony
ⓘ
Coronation Street ⓘ Doctor Who (guest appearance) ⓘ
linked to:
Doctor Who
Educating Rita (stage productions) ⓘ
linked to:
Educating Rita
Jonathan Creek (guest appearances) ⓘ Ladies of Letters ⓘ Olivier commercials for British Telecom ⓘ Skins (appearance) ⓘ The Pianist ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
ⓘ
author ⓘ columnist ⓘ comedian ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Hull
ⓘ
Kingston upon Hull ⓘ
linked to:
Hull
|
| portrayedIn | British Telecom advertising campaign ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| spouse | Jack Rosenthal ⓘ |
| spouseOccupation |
playwright
ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ |
| televisionGenre |
comedy-drama
ⓘ
drama ⓘ sitcom ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Maureen Lipman Description of subject: Maureen Lipman is a British actress and comedian known for her extensive work in film, television, and theatre, as well as her distinctive character roles and witty performances.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Maureen Lipman