Leila Hyams
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Leila Hyams was an American film actress of the late silent and early sound eras, known for her roles in classic horror and pre-Code films of the 1930s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Leila Hyams canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4471947 — 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: Leila Hyams Context triple: [Island of Lost Souls (1932 film), starring, Leila Hyams]
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A.
Helen Morgan
Helen Morgan was an American torch singer and actress of the 1920s and 1930s, best known for her emotionally charged nightclub performances and her iconic role as Julie LaVerne in the musical "Show Boat."
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B.
Gloria Grahame
Gloria Grahame was an American film actress known for her sultry screen presence and acclaimed roles in classic Hollywood films noir and dramas of the 1940s and 1950s.
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C.
Jean Simmons
Jean Simmons was a British actress acclaimed for her versatile performances in classic films from the 1940s through the 1960s, including major roles in both British cinema and Hollywood epics.
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D.
Linda Christian
Linda Christian was a Mexican-born Hollywood actress best known as the first on-screen "Bond girl" in the 1954 television adaptation of Casino Royale.
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E.
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."
- 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: Leila Hyams Target entity description: Leila Hyams was an American film actress of the late silent and early sound eras, known for her roles in classic horror and pre-Code films of the 1930s.
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A.
Helen Morgan
Helen Morgan was an American torch singer and actress of the 1920s and 1930s, best known for her emotionally charged nightclub performances and her iconic role as Julie LaVerne in the musical "Show Boat."
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B.
Gloria Grahame
Gloria Grahame was an American film actress known for her sultry screen presence and acclaimed roles in classic Hollywood films noir and dramas of the 1940s and 1950s.
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C.
Jean Simmons
Jean Simmons was a British actress acclaimed for her versatile performances in classic films from the 1940s through the 1960s, including major roles in both British cinema and Hollywood epics.
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D.
Linda Christian
Linda Christian was a Mexican-born Hollywood actress best known as the first on-screen "Bond girl" in the 1954 television adaptation of Casino Royale.
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E.
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."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
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film actress ⓘ human ⓘ silent film actor ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1930s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1920s ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1905-05-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1977-12-04 ⓘ |
| employer |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | White American ⓘ |
| familyName | Hyams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | John Hyams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
horror film
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pre-Code film ⓘ |
| givenName | Leila NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| IMDbId | nm0405224 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mother | Fay Hyams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Leila Hyams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
roles in classic horror films of the 1930s
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roles in pre-Code Hollywood films ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Freaks
NERFINISHED
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Island of Lost Souls NERFINISHED ⓘ Red-Headed Woman NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruggles of Red Gap NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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film actor ⓘ model ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
New York
NERFINISHED
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New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Bel-Air
NERFINISHED
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California, United States ⓘ
surface form:
California
Los Angeles ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| residence |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
Los Angeles ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | Phil Berg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedInPeriod |
early sound film era
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late silent film era ⓘ |
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: Leila Hyams Description of subject: Leila Hyams was an American film actress of the late silent and early sound eras, known for her roles in classic horror and pre-Code films of the 1930s.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.