Regina Giddens
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Regina Giddens is the ruthless, ambitious Southern matriarch at the center of Lillian Hellman’s play "The Little Foxes," known for her manipulative pursuit of wealth and power.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Regina Giddens canonical | 11 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5515024 — 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: Regina Giddens Context triple: [The Little Foxes, character, Regina Giddens]
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A.
Mary Elfrieda Scruggs
Mary Elfrieda Scruggs, better known as Mary Lou Williams, was an influential American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger whose career spanned swing, bebop, and beyond.
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B.
Mary Hunt
Mary Hunt was a prominent American temperance reformer who led efforts to introduce and standardize anti-alcohol education in public schools during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Dixie Griffith
Dixie Griffith is the adopted daughter of American actor and television icon Andy Griffith, known for largely staying out of the public spotlight despite her father's fame.
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D.
Georgia Groome
Georgia Groome is an English actress best known for her lead role in the teen comedy film "Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging."
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E.
Jane Fulks
Jane Fulks is the birth name of Jane Wyman, the Academy Award–winning American actress and first wife of Ronald Reagan.
- 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: Regina Giddens Target entity description: Regina Giddens is the ruthless, ambitious Southern matriarch at the center of Lillian Hellman’s play "The Little Foxes," known for her manipulative pursuit of wealth and power.
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A.
Mary Elfrieda Scruggs
Mary Elfrieda Scruggs, better known as Mary Lou Williams, was an influential American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger whose career spanned swing, bebop, and beyond.
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B.
Mary Hunt
Mary Hunt was a prominent American temperance reformer who led efforts to introduce and standardize anti-alcohol education in public schools during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Dixie Griffith
Dixie Griffith is the adopted daughter of American actor and television icon Andy Griffith, known for largely staying out of the public spotlight despite her father's fame.
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D.
Georgia Groome
Georgia Groome is an English actress best known for her lead role in the teen comedy film "Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging."
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E.
Jane Fulks
Jane Fulks is the birth name of Jane Wyman, the Academy Award–winning American actress and first wife of Ronald Reagan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
theatrical character ⓘ |
| associatedBusiness | cotton mill investment scheme ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
ambitious
ⓘ
calculating ⓘ greedy ⓘ manipulative ⓘ ruthless ⓘ |
| conflictWith |
Alexandra Giddens
ⓘ
Ben Hubbard ⓘ Horace Giddens ⓘ Oscar Hubbard ⓘ |
| creator | Lillian Hellman ⓘ |
| familyName | Giddens ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Little Foxes ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
The Little Foxes (1939 play)
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linked to:
The Little Foxes
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Little Foxes (1941 film)
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linked to:
The Little Foxes
|
| hasChild | Alexandra Giddens ⓘ |
| hasSibling |
Ben Hubbard
ⓘ
Oscar Hubbard ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | iconic example of a strong, unscrupulous female lead in American drama ⓘ |
| medium | stage play ⓘ |
| moralAlignment | morally corrupt ⓘ |
| motivation |
pursuit of power
ⓘ
pursuit of wealth ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | drives the central business scheme in The Little Foxes ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Little Foxes ⓘ |
| occupation | Southern matriarch ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin |
American South
ⓘ
linked to:
Southern United States
|
| portrayedBy |
Bette Davis
ⓘ
Cynthia Nixon ⓘ Elizabeth Taylor ⓘ Laura Linney ⓘ Stockard Channing ⓘ Tallulah Bankhead ⓘ |
| relationshipToFamily | dominant figure in the Giddens household ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
antagonist
ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ |
| socialClass | upper-middle class Southern family ⓘ |
| spouse | Horace Giddens ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
capitalism
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family conflict ⓘ gender and power ⓘ greed ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFiction | early 20th century ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Regina Giddens Description of subject: Regina Giddens is the ruthless, ambitious Southern matriarch at the center of Lillian Hellman’s play "The Little Foxes," known for her manipulative pursuit of wealth and power.
Referenced by (11)
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