Jean Merilyn Simmons
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Jean Merilyn Simmons was a British actress renowned for her work in mid-20th-century cinema, including acclaimed performances in films such as "Great Expectations," "Hamlet," and "Spartacus."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jean Merilyn Simmons canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10082828 — 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: Jean Merilyn Simmons Context triple: [Jean Simmons, birthName, Jean Merilyn Simmons]
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A.
Grace Van Patten
Grace Van Patten is an American actress known for her nuanced performances in independent films and television series, including notable roles in projects like "The Meyerowitz Stories" and "Nine Perfect Strangers."
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B.
Lisa Blount
Lisa Blount was an American actress and producer best known for her acclaimed supporting role in the film "An Officer and a Gentleman."
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C.
Linda Gray Sexton
Linda Gray Sexton is an American writer and memoirist known for her novels and for editing and chronicling the life and work of her mother, poet Anne Sexton.
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D.
Marcia Wallace
Marcia Wallace was an American actress and comedian best known for her roles as the witty receptionist Carol Kester on television and as the voice of Edna Krabappel on "The Simpsons."
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E.
Lorraine Taylor
Lorraine Taylor is known as a former spouse of musician and bandleader Ike Turner, associated with his early personal life and career period.
- 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: Jean Merilyn Simmons Target entity description: Jean Merilyn Simmons was a British actress renowned for her work in mid-20th-century cinema, including acclaimed performances in films such as "Great Expectations," "Hamlet," and "Spartacus."
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A.
Grace Van Patten
Grace Van Patten is an American actress known for her nuanced performances in independent films and television series, including notable roles in projects like "The Meyerowitz Stories" and "Nine Perfect Strangers."
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B.
Lisa Blount
Lisa Blount was an American actress and producer best known for her acclaimed supporting role in the film "An Officer and a Gentleman."
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C.
Linda Gray Sexton
Linda Gray Sexton is an American writer and memoirist known for her novels and for editing and chronicling the life and work of her mother, poet Anne Sexton.
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D.
Marcia Wallace
Marcia Wallace was an American actress and comedian best known for her roles as the witty receptionist Carol Kester on television and as the voice of Edna Krabappel on "The Simpsons."
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E.
Lorraine Taylor
Lorraine Taylor is known as a former spouse of musician and bandleader Ike Turner, associated with his early personal life and career period.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actress
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human ⓘ stage actress ⓘ television actress ⓘ |
| activeIn |
film
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television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | lung cancer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1929-01-31 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2010-01-22 ⓘ |
| familyName | Simmons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Jean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Jean Merilyn Simmons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best Actress
ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Angel Face
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Elmer Gantry NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Expectations NERFINISHED ⓘ Guys and Dolls NERFINISHED ⓘ Hamlet NERFINISHED ⓘ Home Before Dark NERFINISHED ⓘ Spartacus NERFINISHED ⓘ The Big Country NERFINISHED ⓘ The Happy Ending NERFINISHED ⓘ The Robe NERFINISHED ⓘ The Thorn Birds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
ⓘ
voice actress ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Lower Holloway, London, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Santa Monica, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedIn |
Angel Face
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Elmer Gantry NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Expectations NERFINISHED ⓘ Guys and Dolls NERFINISHED ⓘ Hamlet NERFINISHED ⓘ Home Before Dark NERFINISHED ⓘ Spartacus NERFINISHED ⓘ The Big Country NERFINISHED ⓘ The Happy Ending NERFINISHED ⓘ The Robe NERFINISHED ⓘ The Thorn Birds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse |
Richard Brooks
NERFINISHED
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Stewart Granger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1940s–2000s ⓘ |
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: Jean Merilyn Simmons Description of subject: Jean Merilyn Simmons was a British actress renowned for her work in mid-20th-century cinema, including acclaimed performances in films such as "Great Expectations," "Hamlet," and "Spartacus."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.