Suzanne de Passe
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Suzanne de Passe is an American television, film, and music producer known for her influential work at Motown Productions and for developing and producing numerous successful projects spotlighting Black talent and stories.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Suzanne de Passe canonical | 6 |
| Suzanne De Passe | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6139905 — 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: Suzanne de Passe Context triple: [Freaky Friday (1995 film), executiveProducer, Suzanne de Passe]
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A.
Suzanne Perrin
Suzanne Perrin was the second wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., a lawyer and politician and son of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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B.
JoAnne Chesimard
JoAnne Chesimard is the birth name of Assata Shakur, a former Black Liberation Army member convicted of killing a New Jersey state trooper who later escaped prison and received political asylum in Cuba.
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C.
Mary van der Linden
Mary van der Linden is the emotionally conflicted central figure of Sebastian Faulks's novel "On Green Dolphin Street," whose life and marriage are upended by an intense love affair in Cold War-era Washington, D.C.
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D.
Suzanne Curchod
Suzanne Curchod was an 18th-century Swiss salonnière and intellectual, renowned for hosting influential literary circles in Paris and for her marriage to French finance minister Jacques Necker.
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E.
Jeannine Guillou
Jeannine Guillou was a French painter and the first wife and close artistic companion of the Russian-born French artist Nicolas de Staël.
- 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: Suzanne de Passe Target entity description: Suzanne de Passe is an American television, film, and music producer known for her influential work at Motown Productions and for developing and producing numerous successful projects spotlighting Black talent and stories.
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A.
Suzanne Perrin
Suzanne Perrin was the second wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., a lawyer and politician and son of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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B.
JoAnne Chesimard
JoAnne Chesimard is the birth name of Assata Shakur, a former Black Liberation Army member convicted of killing a New Jersey state trooper who later escaped prison and received political asylum in Cuba.
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C.
Mary van der Linden
Mary van der Linden is the emotionally conflicted central figure of Sebastian Faulks's novel "On Green Dolphin Street," whose life and marriage are upended by an intense love affair in Cold War-era Washington, D.C.
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D.
Suzanne Curchod
Suzanne Curchod was an 18th-century Swiss salonnière and intellectual, renowned for hosting influential literary circles in Paris and for her marriage to French finance minister Jacques Necker.
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E.
Jeannine Guillou
Jeannine Guillou was a French painter and the first wife and close artistic companion of the Russian-born French artist Nicolas de Staël.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
business executive
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film producer ⓘ human ⓘ music producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ television producer ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
NAACP Image Award
NERFINISHED
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Peabody Award ⓘ Primetime Emmy Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Manhattanville College
NERFINISHED
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Syracuse University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Jobete Music
NERFINISHED
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Motown Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ Motown Records NERFINISHED ⓘ de Passe Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African American
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| familyName | de Passe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Suzanne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry |
film industry
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music industry ⓘ television industry ⓘ |
| name | Suzanne de Passe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
developing and promoting Black talent
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producing projects centered on Black stories ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Class Act
NERFINISHED
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Lady Sings the Blues NERFINISHED ⓘ Lonesome Dove NERFINISHED ⓘ Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years NERFINISHED ⓘ Lonesome Dove: The Series NERFINISHED ⓘ Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever NERFINISHED ⓘ Motown Returns to the Apollo NERFINISHED ⓘ Sister, Sister NERFINISHED ⓘ Smart Guy NERFINISHED ⓘ The Jacksons: An American Dream NERFINISHED ⓘ The Jacksons: An American Dream (miniseries) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Temptations (miniseries) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
business executive
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film producer ⓘ music producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ television producer ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
co-chairwoman of de Passe Entertainment
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president of Motown Productions ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| workedFor | Berry Gordy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Los Angeles
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New York City ⓘ |
| wrote | screenplay for Lady Sings the Blues ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Suzanne de Passe Description of subject: Suzanne de Passe is an American television, film, and music producer known for her influential work at Motown Productions and for developing and producing numerous successful projects spotlighting Black talent and stories.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Lady Sings the Blues
this entity surface form:
Suzanne De Passe
this entity surface form:
Suzanne De Passe