Mary-Kay Wilmers
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Mary-Kay Wilmers is a British editor and writer best known for her long tenure shaping the London Review of Books into a leading literary and intellectual journal.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mary-Kay Wilmers canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7345820 — 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: Mary-Kay Wilmers Context triple: [London Review of Books, founder, Mary-Kay Wilmers]
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A.
Diane Wilk
Diane Wilk is a television writer and producer known for her work on American TV series and for her marriage to fellow writer-producer Brannon Braga.
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B.
Linda Wallem
Linda Wallem is an American television writer, producer, and actress best known for co-creating the acclaimed medical dramedy series "Nurse Jackie."
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C.
Virginia Weidler
Virginia Weidler was an American child actress of the 1930s and 1940s, best remembered for her witty supporting roles in classic Hollywood films such as "The Philadelphia Story."
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D.
Maureen Arthur
Maureen Arthur was an American actress and singer best known for her comedic roles in film, television, and Broadway during the 1960s and 1970s.
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E.
Linda Gottlieb
Linda Gottlieb is an American film and television producer best known for producing the iconic 1987 romantic drama film "Dirty Dancing."
- 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: Mary-Kay Wilmers Target entity description: Mary-Kay Wilmers is a British editor and writer best known for her long tenure shaping the London Review of Books into a leading literary and intellectual journal.
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A.
Diane Wilk
Diane Wilk is a television writer and producer known for her work on American TV series and for her marriage to fellow writer-producer Brannon Braga.
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B.
Linda Wallem
Linda Wallem is an American television writer, producer, and actress best known for co-creating the acclaimed medical dramedy series "Nurse Jackie."
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C.
Virginia Weidler
Virginia Weidler was an American child actress of the 1930s and 1940s, best remembered for her witty supporting roles in classic Hollywood films such as "The Philadelphia Story."
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D.
Maureen Arthur
Maureen Arthur was an American actress and singer best known for her comedic roles in film, television, and Broadway during the 1960s and 1970s.
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E.
Linda Gottlieb
Linda Gottlieb is an American film and television producer best known for producing the iconic 1987 romantic drama film "Dirty Dancing."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
editor
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human ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
early 21st century
ⓘ
late 20th century ⓘ |
| child |
Sam Frears
ⓘ
Will Frears ⓘ
linked to:
Sam Frears
|
| citizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1938-07-19 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Somerville College, Oxford
ⓘ
St Paul's Girls' School ⓘ
linked to:
St Paul’s Girls’ School
|
| employer | London Review of Books ⓘ |
| familyName | Wilmers ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
editing
ⓘ
journalism ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre |
essay
ⓘ
memoir ⓘ non-fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Mary-Kay ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
Leonid Eitingon
ⓘ
Ludwig Eitingon ⓘ Motty Eitingon ⓘ
linked to:
Max Eitingon
|
| hasRole |
literary editor
ⓘ
publisher ⓘ |
| influenced |
contemporary British literary culture
ⓘ
essayistic journalism in the UK ⓘ |
| knownFor | London Review of Books ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| livedIn |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
Oxford ⓘ |
| name | Mary-Kay Wilmers ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | shaping the London Review of Books into a leading literary and intellectual journal ⓘ |
| notableFor | influential commissioning of essays and reviews ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Eitingons: A Twentieth-Century Story ⓘ |
| occupation |
editor
ⓘ
writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Chicago ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
co-founder of the London Review of Books
ⓘ
editor of the London Review of Books ⓘ |
| residence |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| spouse | Stephen Frears ⓘ |
| subjectOf | profiles in major newspapers and magazines ⓘ |
| workLocation |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Referenced by (4)
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