James Karen
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James Karen was an American character actor known for his prolific work in film and television, including notable roles in movies like "Poltergeist" and "The Return of the Living Dead."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| James Karen canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7532148 — 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: James Karen Context triple: [Capricorn One, stars, James Karen]
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A.
Lucinda Jenney
Lucinda Jenney is an American character actress known for her versatile supporting roles in films and television since the 1980s.
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B.
Carol Bridger
Carol Bridger is a fictional character known primarily as the late wife of Captain Nathan Bridger in the science fiction television series "seaQuest DSV."
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C.
Elizabeth Daley
Elizabeth Daley is one of the daughters of the late Chicago First Lady Maggie Daley and former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley.
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D.
Tyne Daly
Tyne Daly is an American actress acclaimed for her powerful performances in television dramas, film, and theater, including her iconic role in the series "Cagney & Lacey."
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E.
Joely Richardson
Joely Richardson is an English actress known for her work in film and television, including roles in projects such as "Nip/Tuck" and various period dramas.
- 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: James Karen Target entity description: James Karen was an American character actor known for his prolific work in film and television, including notable roles in movies like "Poltergeist" and "The Return of the Living Dead."
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A.
Lucinda Jenney
Lucinda Jenney is an American character actress known for her versatile supporting roles in films and television since the 1980s.
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B.
Carol Bridger
Carol Bridger is a fictional character known primarily as the late wife of Captain Nathan Bridger in the science fiction television series "seaQuest DSV."
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C.
Elizabeth Daley
Elizabeth Daley is one of the daughters of the late Chicago First Lady Maggie Daley and former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley.
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D.
Tyne Daly
Tyne Daly is an American actress acclaimed for her powerful performances in television dramas, film, and theater, including her iconic role in the series "Cagney & Lacey."
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E.
Joely Richardson
Joely Richardson is an English actress known for her work in film and television, including roles in projects such as "Nip/Tuck" and various period dramas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actor
ⓘ
human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| birthName | Jacob Karnofsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cardiac arrest ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1923-11-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2018-10-23 ⓘ |
| employer | The Actors Studio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish Americans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Karen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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horror film ⓘ television drama ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| hasChild | 1 ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | The Actors Studio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | James Karen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRole |
Frank in The Return of the Living Dead
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mr. Teague in Poltergeist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
All the President's Men
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eight Is Enough NERFINISHED ⓘ Little House on the Prairie NERFINISHED ⓘ Mulholland Drive NERFINISHED ⓘ Poltergeist NERFINISHED ⓘ Seinfeld NERFINISHED ⓘ The China Syndrome NERFINISHED ⓘ The Jeffersons NERFINISHED ⓘ The Larry Sanders Show NERFINISHED ⓘ The Pursuit of Happyness NERFINISHED ⓘ The Return of the Living Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ The Return of the Living Dead Part II NERFINISHED ⓘ Wall Street NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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character actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles
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surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
New York City ⓘ
surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
|
| spouse |
Alba Francesca
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Susan Reed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedWith |
Dan O'Bannon
NERFINISHED
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Oliver Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ Tobe Hooper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1940s–2010s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: James Karen Description of subject: James Karen was an American character actor known for his prolific work in film and television, including notable roles in movies like "Poltergeist" and "The Return of the Living Dead."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.