Rose Joan Blondell
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Rose Joan Blondell was an American film and stage actress best known for her wisecracking, vivacious roles in 1930s Hollywood movies, particularly at Warner Bros.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Rose Joan Blondell canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10710949 — 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: Rose Joan Blondell Context triple: [Joan Blondell, fullName, Rose Joan Blondell]
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Ruth Hussey
Ruth Hussey was an American actress best known for her sharp-witted supporting roles in classic Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s, including her Oscar-nominated performance in "The Philadelphia Story."
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B.
Helen Sullivan Crothers
Helen Sullivan Crothers was the longtime wife of American actor and musician Scatman Crothers, with whom she shared a decades-long marriage until his death.
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C.
Doris Dowling
Doris Dowling was an American film and television actress best known for her roles in classic 1940s noir and drama films.
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D.
Lucille Bliss
Lucille Bliss was an American voice actress best known for her work in classic animated films and television, including early Disney productions and the original Smurfs series.
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E.
Bette Porter
Bette Porter is a central character in the drama series "The L Word," known as an ambitious, sophisticated art curator navigating complex relationships and LGBTQ+ community dynamics in Los Angeles.
- 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: Rose Joan Blondell Target entity description: Rose Joan Blondell was an American film and stage actress best known for her wisecracking, vivacious roles in 1930s Hollywood movies, particularly at Warner Bros.
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A.
Ruth Hussey
Ruth Hussey was an American actress best known for her sharp-witted supporting roles in classic Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s, including her Oscar-nominated performance in "The Philadelphia Story."
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B.
Helen Sullivan Crothers
Helen Sullivan Crothers was the longtime wife of American actor and musician Scatman Crothers, with whom she shared a decades-long marriage until his death.
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C.
Doris Dowling
Doris Dowling was an American film and television actress best known for her roles in classic 1940s noir and drama films.
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D.
Lucille Bliss
Lucille Bliss was an American voice actress best known for her work in classic animated films and television, including early Disney productions and the original Smurfs series.
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E.
Bette Porter
Bette Porter is a central character in the drama series "The L Word," known as an ambitious, sophisticated art curator navigating complex relationships and LGBTQ+ community dynamics in Los Angeles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actress
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human ⓘ stage actress ⓘ television actress ⓘ |
| activeIn | Hollywood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Joan Blondell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | leukemia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1906-08-30 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1979-12-25 ⓘ |
| employer | Warner Bros. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | American of Irish descent ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre | comedy films ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Rose Joan Blondell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ |
| notableFor |
vivacious screen persona
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wisecracking roles in 1930s films ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
NERFINISHED
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Dames NERFINISHED ⓘ Desk Set NERFINISHED ⓘ Footlight Parade NERFINISHED ⓘ Gold Diggers of 1933 NERFINISHED ⓘ Here Come the Brides NERFINISHED ⓘ Nightmare Alley NERFINISHED ⓘ The Blue Veil NERFINISHED ⓘ The Public Enemy NERFINISHED ⓘ Three on a Match NERFINISHED ⓘ Topper Returns NERFINISHED ⓘ Union Depot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
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film actress ⓘ stage actress ⓘ television actress ⓘ |
| parent | Ed Blondell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
New York
NERFINISHED
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New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
Santa Monica NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| sibling | Gloria Blondell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Dick Powell
NERFINISHED
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George Barnes NERFINISHED ⓘ Mike Todd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1920s–1970s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Rose Joan Blondell Description of subject: Rose Joan Blondell was an American film and stage actress best known for her wisecracking, vivacious roles in 1930s Hollywood movies, particularly at Warner Bros.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.