Deanna Durbin
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Deanna Durbin was a Canadian-born American actress and singer who became one of Hollywood’s most popular musical film stars of the 1930s and 1940s, known for her clear soprano voice and girl-next-door charm.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Deanna Durbin canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5214160 — 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: Deanna Durbin Context triple: [Joe Pasternak, discovered, Deanna Durbin]
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A.
Margaret O'Brien
Margaret O'Brien is an American former child actress best known for her acclaimed performances in 1940s films such as "Meet Me in St. Louis."
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B.
Dorothy Lamour
Dorothy Lamour was an American actress and singer best known for her roles in the "Road to..." comedy films alongside Bing Crosby and Bob Hope.
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C.
Shirley Temple
Shirley Temple was a hugely popular American child actress, singer, and dancer of the 1930s who later became a diplomat.
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D.
Zoe Hart
Zoe Hart is the main character of the TV series "Hart of Dixie," a New York doctor who moves to a small town in Alabama and navigates its tight-knit community and relationships.
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E.
Jeanette MacDonald
Jeanette MacDonald was an American singer and actress best known as a glamorous operetta and musical film star of the 1930s and 1940s, frequently paired on screen with Nelson Eddy.
- 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: Deanna Durbin Target entity description: Deanna Durbin was a Canadian-born American actress and singer who became one of Hollywood’s most popular musical film stars of the 1930s and 1940s, known for her clear soprano voice and girl-next-door charm.
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A.
Margaret O'Brien
Margaret O'Brien is an American former child actress best known for her acclaimed performances in 1940s films such as "Meet Me in St. Louis."
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B.
Dorothy Lamour
Dorothy Lamour was an American actress and singer best known for her roles in the "Road to..." comedy films alongside Bing Crosby and Bob Hope.
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C.
Shirley Temple
Shirley Temple was a hugely popular American child actress, singer, and dancer of the 1930s who later became a diplomat.
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D.
Zoe Hart
Zoe Hart is the main character of the TV series "Hart of Dixie," a New York doctor who moves to a small town in Alabama and navigates its tight-knit community and relationships.
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E.
Jeanette MacDonald
Jeanette MacDonald was an American singer and actress best known as a glamorous operetta and musical film star of the 1930s and 1940s, frequently paired on screen with Nelson Eddy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hollywood star
ⓘ
child actor ⓘ film actress ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeDuring |
1930s
ⓘ
1940s ⓘ |
| activeIn |
Hollywood
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
musical films ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Academy Juvenile Award
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame ⓘ |
| birthName | Edna Mae Durbin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| coStarredWith | Judy Garland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Canada
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1921-12-04 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2013-04-17 ⓘ |
| describedAs | one of Hollywood’s most popular musical stars of the 1930s and 1940s ⓘ |
| employer | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Canadian ⓘ |
| filmDebut | Every Sunday NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | musical film ⓘ |
| givenName | Edna Mae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| laterResidence | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
clear soprano voice
ⓘ
girl-next-door screen persona ⓘ |
| notableWork |
First Love
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
His Butler's Sister NERFINISHED ⓘ It Started with Eve NERFINISHED ⓘ Lady on a Train NERFINISHED ⓘ One Hundred Men and a Girl NERFINISHED ⓘ Spring Parade NERFINISHED ⓘ That Certain Age NERFINISHED ⓘ Three Smart Girls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 2 ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
ⓘ
singer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Neauphle-le-Château, Yvelines, France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Neauphle-le-Château, France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| retiredFrom | film acting ⓘ |
| retirementPeriod | early 1950s ⓘ |
| spouse |
Charles David
NERFINISHED
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Felix Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ Vaughn Paul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stageName | Deanna Durbin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vocalRange | soprano ⓘ |
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: Deanna Durbin Description of subject: Deanna Durbin was a Canadian-born American actress and singer who became one of Hollywood’s most popular musical film stars of the 1930s and 1940s, known for her clear soprano voice and girl-next-door charm.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.