Vladimir Sokoloff
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Vladimir Sokoloff was a Russian-born character actor who appeared in numerous American films from the 1930s to the 1960s, often portraying wise or world-weary supporting figures.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Vladimir Sokoloff canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10492997 — 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: Vladimir Sokoloff Context triple: [The Conspirators, starring, Vladimir Sokoloff]
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A.
Nikolai Sokoloff
Nikolai Sokoloff was a Russian-American conductor best known as the founding music director of the Cleveland Orchestra and a prominent leader in U.S. government-sponsored music initiatives during the New Deal era.
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B.
Vladimir Shamanov
Vladimir Shamanov is a Russian military general and politician known for his prominent command roles in the Chechen Wars and later service as a senior official in Russia’s armed forces and government.
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C.
Vladimir Gelfreikh
Vladimir Gelfreikh was a Soviet architect known for his prominent Stalinist-era designs and contributions to major state buildings in Moscow.
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D.
Evgeny Lifshitz
Evgeny Lifshitz was a Soviet theoretical physicist best known for co-authoring the influential multi-volume "Course of Theoretical Physics" and for his contributions to general relativity and cosmology.
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E.
Mikhail Brin
Mikhail Brin is a Soviet-born mathematician and academic, best known as the father of Google co-founder Sergey Brin.
- 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: Vladimir Sokoloff Target entity description: Vladimir Sokoloff was a Russian-born character actor who appeared in numerous American films from the 1930s to the 1960s, often portraying wise or world-weary supporting figures.
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A.
Nikolai Sokoloff
Nikolai Sokoloff was a Russian-American conductor best known as the founding music director of the Cleveland Orchestra and a prominent leader in U.S. government-sponsored music initiatives during the New Deal era.
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B.
Vladimir Shamanov
Vladimir Shamanov is a Russian military general and politician known for his prominent command roles in the Chechen Wars and later service as a senior official in Russia’s armed forces and government.
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C.
Vladimir Gelfreikh
Vladimir Gelfreikh was a Soviet architect known for his prominent Stalinist-era designs and contributions to major state buildings in Moscow.
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D.
Evgeny Lifshitz
Evgeny Lifshitz was a Soviet theoretical physicist best known for co-authoring the influential multi-volume "Course of Theoretical Physics" and for his contributions to general relativity and cosmology.
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E.
Mikhail Brin
Mikhail Brin is a Soviet-born mathematician and academic, best known as the father of Google co-founder Sergey Brin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character actor
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film actor ⓘ human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ |
| activeIn |
American cinema
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Hollywood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
1930s
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1940s ⓘ 1950s ⓘ 1960s ⓘ |
| birthName | Vladimir Aleksandrovich Sokoloff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Russian Empire
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United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1889-12-26 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1962-02-15 ⓘ |
| emigratedTo |
France
NERFINISHED
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Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| ethnicBackground | Russian ⓘ |
| familyName | Sokoloff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreOfWork |
drama film
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war film ⓘ western film ⓘ |
| givenName | Vladimir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languagesSpoken |
English
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German ⓘ Russian ⓘ |
| name | Vladimir Sokoloff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
NERFINISHED
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For Whom the Bell Tolls NERFINISHED ⓘ Gilda NERFINISHED ⓘ Juarez NERFINISHED ⓘ Road to Rio NERFINISHED ⓘ The Brothers Karamazov (1958 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Great Waltz NERFINISHED ⓘ The Life of Emile Zola NERFINISHED ⓘ The Magnificent Seven NERFINISHED ⓘ The Song of Bernadette NERFINISHED ⓘ Vera Cruz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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film actor ⓘ stage actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Moscow ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Hollywood
NERFINISHED
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Los Angeles ⓘ |
| portrayedRolesOften |
wise characters
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world-weary supporting figures ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workedIn |
American film industry
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German theatre ⓘ Russian theatre ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Vladimir Sokoloff Description of subject: Vladimir Sokoloff was a Russian-born character actor who appeared in numerous American films from the 1930s to the 1960s, often portraying wise or world-weary supporting figures.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.