Mary Gish
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Mary Gish was the mother of famed silent film actresses Lillian and Dorothy Gish, known for supporting their early careers in the motion picture industry.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mary Gish canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12969302 — 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 Gish Context triple: [Dorothy Gish, hasRelative, Mary Gish]
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A.
Estelle Parsons
Estelle Parsons is an American actress and director best known for her Academy Award–winning performance in the 1967 film "Bonnie and Clyde" and her extensive work on stage and television.
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B.
Patricia Neal
Patricia Neal was an acclaimed American film, stage, and television actress best known for her Oscar-winning performance in "Hud" and her roles in classics like "The Day the Earth Stood Still."
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C.
Sheila Gish
Sheila Gish was a British actress known for her work on stage and screen, including acclaimed performances in West End theatre and film.
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D.
Agnes Moorehead
Agnes Moorehead was an American actress renowned for her powerful character roles in film, radio, and television, notably in Orson Welles’s Mercury Theatre and as Endora on the TV series "Bewitched."
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E.
Phyllis Thaxter
Phyllis Thaxter was an American film, television, and stage actress best known for her roles in mid-20th-century Hollywood dramas and for playing Martha Kent in the 1978 film "Superman."
- 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 Gish Target entity description: Mary Gish was the mother of famed silent film actresses Lillian and Dorothy Gish, known for supporting their early careers in the motion picture industry.
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A.
Estelle Parsons
Estelle Parsons is an American actress and director best known for her Academy Award–winning performance in the 1967 film "Bonnie and Clyde" and her extensive work on stage and television.
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B.
Patricia Neal
Patricia Neal was an acclaimed American film, stage, and television actress best known for her Oscar-winning performance in "Hud" and her roles in classics like "The Day the Earth Stood Still."
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C.
Sheila Gish
Sheila Gish was a British actress known for her work on stage and screen, including acclaimed performances in West End theatre and film.
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D.
Agnes Moorehead
Agnes Moorehead was an American actress renowned for her powerful character roles in film, radio, and television, notably in Orson Welles’s Mercury Theatre and as Endora on the TV series "Bewitched."
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E.
Phyllis Thaxter
Phyllis Thaxter was an American film, television, and stage actress best known for her roles in mid-20th-century Hollywood dramas and for playing Martha Kent in the 1978 film "Superman."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.