Ethel Ruby Keeler
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Ethel Ruby Keeler, better known as Ruby Keeler, was a Canadian-American actress, singer, and tap dancer famed for her starring roles in early 1930s Warner Bros. musical films such as "42nd Street."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ethel Ruby Keeler canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8941518 — 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: Ethel Ruby Keeler Context triple: [Ruby Keeler, birthName, Ethel Ruby Keeler]
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A.
Babette Dell
Babette Dell is a quirky, fast-talking resident of Stars Hollow on the television series "Gilmore Girls," known for being Lorelai Gilmore’s close friend and neighbor.
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B.
Frances Bavier
Frances Bavier was an American actress best known for her portrayal of the warm but no-nonsense Aunt Bee on the classic television sitcom "The Andy Griffith Show."
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C.
Barbara Rush
Barbara Rush is an American actress best known for her work in mid-20th-century film and television, including prominent roles in dramas and science fiction classics.
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D.
Frances Vernon Cagney
Frances Vernon Cagney was the longtime wife and partner of Hollywood actor James Cagney, known for her supportive role in his life and career away from the spotlight.
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E.
Dore Ashton
Dore Ashton was an influential American art critic and historian best known for her writings on postwar modern art and her close engagement with avant-garde movements in New York.
- 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: Ethel Ruby Keeler Target entity description: Ethel Ruby Keeler, better known as Ruby Keeler, was a Canadian-American actress, singer, and tap dancer famed for her starring roles in early 1930s Warner Bros. musical films such as "42nd Street."
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A.
Babette Dell
Babette Dell is a quirky, fast-talking resident of Stars Hollow on the television series "Gilmore Girls," known for being Lorelai Gilmore’s close friend and neighbor.
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B.
Frances Bavier
Frances Bavier was an American actress best known for her portrayal of the warm but no-nonsense Aunt Bee on the classic television sitcom "The Andy Griffith Show."
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C.
Barbara Rush
Barbara Rush is an American actress best known for her work in mid-20th-century film and television, including prominent roles in dramas and science fiction classics.
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D.
Frances Vernon Cagney
Frances Vernon Cagney was the longtime wife and partner of Hollywood actor James Cagney, known for her supportive role in his life and career away from the spotlight.
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E.
Dore Ashton
Dore Ashton was an influential American art critic and historian best known for her writings on postwar modern art and her close engagement with avant-garde movements in New York.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canadian-American
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film actress ⓘ human ⓘ stage actress ⓘ tap dancer ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1980s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1920s ⓘ |
| birthName | Ethel Ruby Keeler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cancer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Canada
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1910-08-25 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1993-02-28 ⓘ |
| employer | Warner Bros. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Irish-Canadian ⓘ |
| familyName | Keeler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | musical film ⓘ |
| givenName |
Ethel
NERFINISHED
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Ruby ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| marriageEnd | 1940 (to Al Jolson) ⓘ |
| marriageStart |
1928 (to Al Jolson)
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1941 (to John Homer Lowe) ⓘ |
| name | Ruby Keeler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
starring in early 1930s Warner Bros. musical films
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tap dancing performances on film ⓘ |
| notableWork |
42nd Street
NERFINISHED
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Colleen NERFINISHED ⓘ Dames NERFINISHED ⓘ Footlight Parade NERFINISHED ⓘ Gold Diggers of 1933 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 4 ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
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dancer ⓘ singer ⓘ tap dancer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Rancho Mirage, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
California, United States
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New York City, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Al Jolson
NERFINISHED
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John Homer Lowe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedWith |
Busby Berkeley
NERFINISHED
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Dick Powell NERFINISHED ⓘ Warner Bros. chorus and ensemble casts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Ethel Ruby Keeler Description of subject: Ethel Ruby Keeler, better known as Ruby Keeler, was a Canadian-American actress, singer, and tap dancer famed for her starring roles in early 1930s Warner Bros. musical films such as "42nd Street."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.