Joan Mary Waller Greenwood
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Joan Mary Waller Greenwood was an English actress renowned for her husky voice and roles in classic Ealing comedies and British cinema of the mid-20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Joan Mary Waller Greenwood canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11227632 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joan Mary Waller Greenwood Context triple: [Joan Greenwood, birthName, Joan Mary Waller Greenwood]
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Margaret Eva Watson
Margaret Eva Watson was the wife of Herbert Hoover Jr., an engineer and businessman and the elder son of U.S. President Herbert Hoover.
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B.
Caroline Southwood Smith
Caroline Southwood Smith was a 19th-century English social reformer and writer, known for her work on education and housing and as the daughter of sanitary reformer Thomas Southwood Smith and mother of social reformer Octavia Hill.
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C.
Gillian Mary Baverstock
Gillian Mary Baverstock was a British author and the elder daughter of famed children's writer Enid Blyton, known for promoting and preserving her mother's literary legacy.
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D.
Gladys Joyce Walsh
Gladys Joyce Walsh was the wife of American film and television actor Grant Withers.
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E.
Marie Evelyn Moreton
Marie Evelyn Moreton, better known as Lady Byng of Vimy, was the wife of Canadian Governor General Julian Byng and the namesake of the National Hockey League’s Lady Byng Memorial Trophy for sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct.
- 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: Joan Mary Waller Greenwood Target entity description: Joan Mary Waller Greenwood was an English actress renowned for her husky voice and roles in classic Ealing comedies and British cinema of the mid-20th century.
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A.
Margaret Eva Watson
Margaret Eva Watson was the wife of Herbert Hoover Jr., an engineer and businessman and the elder son of U.S. President Herbert Hoover.
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B.
Caroline Southwood Smith
Caroline Southwood Smith was a 19th-century English social reformer and writer, known for her work on education and housing and as the daughter of sanitary reformer Thomas Southwood Smith and mother of social reformer Octavia Hill.
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C.
Gillian Mary Baverstock
Gillian Mary Baverstock was a British author and the elder daughter of famed children's writer Enid Blyton, known for promoting and preserving her mother's literary legacy.
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D.
Gladys Joyce Walsh
Gladys Joyce Walsh was the wife of American film and television actor Grant Withers.
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E.
Marie Evelyn Moreton
Marie Evelyn Moreton, better known as Lady Byng of Vimy, was the wife of Canadian Governor General Julian Byng and the namesake of the National Hockey League’s Lady Byng Memorial Trophy for sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actress
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film actress ⓘ human ⓘ stage actress ⓘ television actress ⓘ |
| activeIn | Ealing Studios productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| activePeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | myocardial infarction ⓘ |
| child | Jason Morell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1921-03-04 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1987-02-28 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Royal Academy of Dramatic Art ⓘ |
| familyName | Greenwood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy films
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drama films ⓘ |
| givenName | Joan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Joan Mary Waller Greenwood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor |
British cinema of the mid-20th century
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husky voice ⓘ roles in Ealing comedies ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Kind Hearts and Coronets
NERFINISHED
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Little Dorrit (1987 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Mandy (1952 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Moonfleet NERFINISHED ⓘ Mysterious Island (1961 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Shroud for a Nightingale (TV) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Amazing Mr. Blunden NERFINISHED ⓘ The Girl with the Pistol NERFINISHED ⓘ The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Importance of Being Earnest (1952 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Little Hut NERFINISHED ⓘ The Man in the White Suit NERFINISHED ⓘ The October Man NERFINISHED ⓘ The World of Wooster (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Jones (1963 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Whisky Galore! NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | actress ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Chelsea, London, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | London, England ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | André Morell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theatricalWork |
The Confidential Clerk
NERFINISHED
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The Grass is Greener NERFINISHED ⓘ The Importance of Being Earnest (stage) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Joan Mary Waller Greenwood Description of subject: Joan Mary Waller Greenwood was an English actress renowned for her husky voice and roles in classic Ealing comedies and British cinema of the mid-20th century.
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