Madame Arcati
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Madame Arcati is the eccentric, enthusiastic medium from Noël Coward’s play "Blithe Spirit," best known in popular culture through Margaret Rutherford’s comic film portrayal.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Madame Arcati canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8802262 — 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: Madame Arcati Context triple: [Margaret Rutherford, portrayed, Madame Arcati]
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A.
Madame Campardon
Madame Campardon is a bourgeois Parisian woman in Émile Zola’s novel "Pot-Bouille," emblematic of the era’s domestic hypocrisies and social pretenses.
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B.
Madame Hedouin
Madame Hédouin is a business-savvy, independent shop owner in Émile Zola’s novel "Pot-Bouille," representing the emerging class of self-reliant bourgeois women in 19th-century Paris.
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C.
Madame Josserand
Madame Josserand is a domineering, socially ambitious bourgeois matron in Émile Zola’s novel "Pot-Bouille," obsessed with arranging advantageous marriages for her daughters.
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D.
Madame Pichon
Madame Pichon is a minor fictional character in Émile Zola’s novel "Pot-Bouille," representing the petty-bourgeois milieu of a Parisian apartment building.
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E.
Madame Vabre
Madame Vabre is a fictional bourgeois woman in Émile Zola’s novel "Pot-Bouille," representing the hypocrisies and moral decay of Parisian middle-class society in the 19th century.
- 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: Madame Arcati Target entity description: Madame Arcati is the eccentric, enthusiastic medium from Noël Coward’s play "Blithe Spirit," best known in popular culture through Margaret Rutherford’s comic film portrayal.
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A.
Madame Campardon
Madame Campardon is a bourgeois Parisian woman in Émile Zola’s novel "Pot-Bouille," emblematic of the era’s domestic hypocrisies and social pretenses.
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B.
Madame Hedouin
Madame Hédouin is a business-savvy, independent shop owner in Émile Zola’s novel "Pot-Bouille," representing the emerging class of self-reliant bourgeois women in 19th-century Paris.
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C.
Madame Josserand
Madame Josserand is a domineering, socially ambitious bourgeois matron in Émile Zola’s novel "Pot-Bouille," obsessed with arranging advantageous marriages for her daughters.
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D.
Madame Pichon
Madame Pichon is a minor fictional character in Émile Zola’s novel "Pot-Bouille," representing the petty-bourgeois milieu of a Parisian apartment building.
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E.
Madame Vabre
Madame Vabre is a fictional bourgeois woman in Émile Zola’s novel "Pot-Bouille," representing the hypocrisies and moral decay of Parisian middle-class society in the 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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medium ⓘ spiritualist ⓘ stage character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Blithe Spirit
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linked to:
Blithe Spirit (stage)
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| associatedWith |
Charles Condomine
ⓘ
Elvira Condomine ⓘ
linked to:
Elvira
Ruth Condomine ⓘ |
| basedOn | spiritualist mediums of the early 20th century ⓘ |
| characteristic |
eccentric
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enthusiastic ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Noël Coward ⓘ |
| describedAs |
robustly practical despite mystical interests
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unconventional ⓘ unselfconscious ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | play "Blithe Spirit" ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1941 ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | comedy ⓘ |
| hasAbility |
conduct séances
ⓘ
summon spirits ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
1945 film adaptation of "Blithe Spirit"
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2020 film adaptation of "Blithe Spirit" ⓘ various television adaptations of "Blithe Spirit" ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact | archetype of the comic eccentric medium in British drama ⓘ |
| hasGenre | supernatural comedy ⓘ |
| influencedBy | interwar British spiritualism ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| medium |
film
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television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
catalyst of the plot
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comic figure ⓘ |
| notableAction | accidentally summons the ghost of Elvira Condomine ⓘ |
| notablePortrayal | Margaret Rutherford in the 1945 film "Blithe Spirit" ⓘ |
| occupation | medium ⓘ |
| partOf | British theatrical canon ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Angela Lansbury
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Beryl Reid ⓘ Geraldine Page ⓘ Hermione Gingold ⓘ Judi Dench ⓘ Margaret Rutherford ⓘ Penelope Keith ⓘ Ruth Gordon ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Kent, England (setting of "Blithe Spirit")
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linked to:
Broadstairs, Kent, England
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| workOfFiction | West End theatre ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Madame Arcati Description of subject: Madame Arcati is the eccentric, enthusiastic medium from Noël Coward’s play "Blithe Spirit," best known in popular culture through Margaret Rutherford’s comic film portrayal.
Referenced by (5)
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