Eleanor Iselin
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Eleanor Iselin is the manipulative, power-hungry mother and political schemer in the Cold War thriller film "The Manchurian Candidate" (1962).
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Eleanor Iselin canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5417148 — 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: Eleanor Iselin Context triple: [The Manchurian Candidate (1962 film), character, Eleanor Iselin]
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A.
Elinor Donahue
Elinor Donahue is an American actress best known for her work in classic television sitcoms of the 1950s and 1960s.
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B.
Eleanor Parker
Eleanor Parker was an acclaimed American film and television actress best known for her versatile dramatic roles, including the Baroness in "The Sound of Music."
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C.
Marguerite Roberts
Marguerite Roberts was a prominent American screenwriter known for her sharp dialogue and work on numerous Hollywood films from the 1930s through the 1960s, including the classic Western "True Grit."
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D.
Florence Crawford
Florence Crawford was an early 20th-century Pentecostal evangelist and leader who helped spread the Azusa Street Revival’s message across the United States, particularly through her work in the Pacific Northwest.
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E.
Eleanor Russell
Eleanor Russell is known primarily as the wife of William Craig.
- 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: Eleanor Iselin Target entity description: Eleanor Iselin is the manipulative, power-hungry mother and political schemer in the Cold War thriller film "The Manchurian Candidate" (1962).
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A.
Elinor Donahue
Elinor Donahue is an American actress best known for her work in classic television sitcoms of the 1950s and 1960s.
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B.
Eleanor Parker
Eleanor Parker was an acclaimed American film and television actress best known for her versatile dramatic roles, including the Baroness in "The Sound of Music."
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C.
Marguerite Roberts
Marguerite Roberts was a prominent American screenwriter known for her sharp dialogue and work on numerous Hollywood films from the 1930s through the 1960s, including the classic Western "True Grit."
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D.
Florence Crawford
Florence Crawford was an early 20th-century Pentecostal evangelist and leader who helped spread the Azusa Street Revival’s message across the United States, particularly through her work in the Pacific Northwest.
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E.
Eleanor Russell
Eleanor Russell is known primarily as the wife of William Craig.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Manchurian Candidate (1962 film)
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linked to:
The Manchurian Candidate
The Manchurian Candidate (novel) ⓘ
linked to:
novel "The Manchurian Candidate" (1959)
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| basedOn | Eleanor Shaw Iselin (character in Richard Condon's novel "The Manchurian Candidate") ⓘ |
| child | Raymond Shaw ⓘ |
| controls | assassination plot in The Manchurian Candidate (1962 film) ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| creator | Richard Condon ⓘ |
| familyName | Iselin ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
The Manchurian Candidate universe
ⓘ
linked to:
The Manchurian Candidate
|
| firstAppearance | novel "The Manchurian Candidate" (1959) ⓘ |
| firstFilmAppearance |
The Manchurian Candidate (1962 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Manchurian Candidate
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| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre |
Cold War thriller
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political thriller ⓘ |
| givenName | Eleanor ⓘ |
| goal |
to gain national political power
ⓘ
to install her husband as a puppet leader ⓘ |
| manipulates |
Raymond Shaw
ⓘ
Senator John Iselin ⓘ |
| medium | cinema ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
antagonist
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villain ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
The Manchurian Candidate (1962 film)
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linked to:
The Manchurian Candidate
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| occupation |
political operative
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political schemer ⓘ |
| plotInvolvement |
conspires with communist agents in a brainwashing plot
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uses her son Raymond Shaw as an unwitting assassin ⓘ |
| politicalActivity | engineers her husband’s rise as a demagogic senator ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | far-right ⓘ |
| portrayalReceived | critical acclaim ⓘ |
| portrayalRecognition | Angela Lansbury Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Angela Lansbury ⓘ |
| setting |
Cold War era
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linked to:
Cold War
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| spouse | Senator John Iselin ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
abuse of maternal power
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brainwashing and mind control ⓘ political corruption ⓘ |
| trait |
controlling
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manipulative ⓘ power-hungry ⓘ ruthless ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Eleanor Iselin Description of subject: Eleanor Iselin is the manipulative, power-hungry mother and political schemer in the Cold War thriller film "The Manchurian Candidate" (1962).
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.