Jean-Louis Barrault
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Jean-Louis Barrault was a renowned French actor, mime, and director, celebrated for his innovative work in theatre and film in the mid-20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jean-Louis Barrault canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5548790 — 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: Jean-Louis Barrault Context triple: [Lycée Condorcet, hasAlumni, Jean-Louis Barrault]
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A.
Pierre Fresnay
Pierre Fresnay was a prominent French stage and film actor known for his refined performances in classics such as "Marius" and "La Grande Illusion."
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B.
Gabriel Feraud
Gabriel Feraud is a hot-tempered, obsessive French cavalry officer in Ridley Scott’s film "The Duellists," whose lifelong series of duels with fellow officer Armand d’Hubert drives the story’s central conflict.
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C.
Jacques Balsan
Jacques Balsan was a French aviation pioneer, industrialist, and socialite known for his early involvement in ballooning and powered flight as well as his marriage into the prominent Vanderbilt family.
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D.
Jean Giraudoux
Jean Giraudoux was a prominent 20th-century French novelist, essayist, and playwright known for his poetic, witty dramas such as "The Madwoman of Chaillot" and "Tiger at the Gates."
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E.
Henri Frenay
Henri Frenay was a prominent French Resistance leader during World War II and founder of the Combat movement, later serving as a statesman in postwar France.
- 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: Jean-Louis Barrault Target entity description: Jean-Louis Barrault was a renowned French actor, mime, and director, celebrated for his innovative work in theatre and film in the mid-20th century.
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A.
Pierre Fresnay
Pierre Fresnay was a prominent French stage and film actor known for his refined performances in classics such as "Marius" and "La Grande Illusion."
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B.
Gabriel Feraud
Gabriel Feraud is a hot-tempered, obsessive French cavalry officer in Ridley Scott’s film "The Duellists," whose lifelong series of duels with fellow officer Armand d’Hubert drives the story’s central conflict.
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C.
Jacques Balsan
Jacques Balsan was a French aviation pioneer, industrialist, and socialite known for his early involvement in ballooning and powered flight as well as his marriage into the prominent Vanderbilt family.
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D.
Jean Giraudoux
Jean Giraudoux was a prominent 20th-century French novelist, essayist, and playwright known for his poetic, witty dramas such as "The Madwoman of Chaillot" and "Tiger at the Gates."
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E.
Henri Frenay
Henri Frenay was a prominent French Resistance leader during World War II and founder of the Combat movement, later serving as a statesman in postwar France.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French actor
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film actor ⓘ human ⓘ mime artist ⓘ theatre director ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1990 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1930 ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Légion d'honneur ⓘ
surface form:
Legion of Honour
|
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1910-09-08 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1994-01-22 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | École du Louvre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Barrault NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cinema
ⓘ
theatre ⓘ |
| founded | Compagnie Renaud-Barrault NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ |
| givenName | Jean-Louis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
modern mime
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postwar French theatre ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Étienne Decroux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Comédie-Française
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Théâtre de France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | French theatre of the 20th century ⓘ |
| name | Jean-Louis Barrault NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRole | Baptiste Deburau in Les Enfants du Paradis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Marcel Marceau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Huis clos (stage production)
NERFINISHED
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La Symphonie Pastorale NERFINISHED ⓘ Les Enfants du Paradis NERFINISHED ⓘ Les Parents terribles NERFINISHED ⓘ Orphée NERFINISHED ⓘ The Longest Day NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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film director ⓘ mime ⓘ theatre director ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Le Vésinet, France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Paris
ⓘ
surface form:
Paris, France
|
| positionHeld | director of Odéon-Théâtre de France ⓘ |
| residence |
Paris
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surface form:
Paris, France
|
| spouse | Madeleine Renaud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedAt | Odéon-Théâtre de France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Jean-Louis Barrault Description of subject: Jean-Louis Barrault was a renowned French actor, mime, and director, celebrated for his innovative work in theatre and film in the mid-20th century.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Cimetière de Passy