Jeannette Dubois
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Jeannette Dubois, better known as Ja'Net DuBois, was an American actress and singer best known for her role as Willona Woods on the television sitcom "Good Times" and for co-writing and singing the theme song for "The Jeffersons."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jeannette Dubois canonical | 2 |
| Jeannette Theresa Dubois | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7368690 — 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: Jeannette Dubois Context triple: [Ja'Net DuBois, alsoKnownAs, Jeannette Dubois]
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A.
Eugenie Besserer
Eugenie Besserer was a Canadian-born American actress best known for her role as the protagonist’s mother in the landmark early sound film "The Jazz Singer" (1927).
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B.
Jeanette Demont
Jeanette Demont was the first wife of American oil tycoon and art collector J. Paul Getty.
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C.
Jeanette Jerome
Jeanette Jerome, later known as Lady Randolph Churchill, was an American-born British socialite and the mother of Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
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D.
Marie Jacquelin
Marie Jacquelin was the mother of the renowned French landscape architect André Le Nôtre, famed for designing the gardens of the Palace of Versailles.
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E.
Anne Gravoin
Anne Gravoin is a French violinist and music producer known for her extensive work in classical and popular music, as well as her former marriage to politician Manuel Valls.
- 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: Jeannette Dubois Target entity description: Jeannette Dubois, better known as Ja'Net DuBois, was an American actress and singer best known for her role as Willona Woods on the television sitcom "Good Times" and for co-writing and singing the theme song for "The Jeffersons."
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A.
Eugenie Besserer
Eugenie Besserer was a Canadian-born American actress best known for her role as the protagonist’s mother in the landmark early sound film "The Jazz Singer" (1927).
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B.
Jeanette Demont
Jeanette Demont was the first wife of American oil tycoon and art collector J. Paul Getty.
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C.
Jeanette Jerome
Jeanette Jerome, later known as Lady Randolph Churchill, was an American-born British socialite and the mother of Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
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D.
Marie Jacquelin
Marie Jacquelin was the mother of the renowned French landscape architect André Le Nôtre, famed for designing the gardens of the Palace of Versailles.
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E.
Anne Gravoin
Anne Gravoin is a French violinist and music producer known for her extensive work in classical and popular music, as well as her former marriage to politician Manuel Valls.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actress
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film actor ⓘ human ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeIn |
20th-century American music
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20th-century American television ⓘ 21st-century American television ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Ja’Net Du Bois
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linked to:
Ja'Net DuBois
Jeannette DuBois ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Primetime Emmy Award
ⓘ
linked to:
Primetime Emmy Awards
|
| birthName | Jeannette Dubois ⓘ |
| characterPortrayed | Willona Woods ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| coWrote |
Movin’ On Up
ⓘ
linked to:
Movin' On Up
|
| ethnicGroup |
African American
ⓘ
linked to:
Black Americans
|
| fieldOfWork |
music
ⓘ
television acting ⓘ |
| genre | television comedy ⓘ |
| knownFor |
co-writing the theme song for The Jeffersons
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portraying Willona Woods on Good Times ⓘ singing the theme song for The Jeffersons ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| name | Ja'Net DuBois ⓘ |
| notableSong |
Movin’ On Up
ⓘ
linked to:
Movin' On Up
|
| notableWork |
Good Times
ⓘ
The Jeffersons theme song ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
ⓘ
singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| partOf |
African-American television history
ⓘ
cast of Good Times ⓘ |
| sang |
Movin’ On Up
ⓘ
linked to:
Movin' On Up
|
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| workedOn |
Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle
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Good Times ⓘ I'm Gonna Git You Sucka ⓘ Roots: The Next Generations ⓘ The Jeffersons ⓘ The Wayans Bros. ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jeannette Dubois Description of subject: Jeannette Dubois, better known as Ja'Net DuBois, was an American actress and singer best known for her role as Willona Woods on the television sitcom "Good Times" and for co-writing and singing the theme song for "The Jeffersons."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.