Dody Goodman
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Dody Goodman was an American comic actress known for her quirky, high-pitched delivery and memorable roles in television and film from the 1950s through the 1980s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dody Goodman canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1408848 — 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: Dody Goodman Context triple: [Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, starring, Dody Goodman]
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A.
Carole Rothman
Carole Rothman is an American theater producer and director best known as the co-founder and longtime artistic leader of New York’s Off-Broadway company Second Stage Theater.
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B.
Jackie Goldberg
Jackie Goldberg is an American activist and politician known for her prominent role in the 1960s Free Speech Movement at UC Berkeley and her later service in California politics.
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C.
Barbara Robbins
Barbara Robbins is known as the wife of Jon Lindbergh, the son of famed aviator Charles Lindbergh.
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D.
Maxine Singer
Maxine Singer is an American molecular biologist renowned for her pioneering work in genetics and for her leadership in shaping ethical guidelines for recombinant DNA research.
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E.
Leslie Harter
Leslie Harter is a film producer known for her work in Hollywood and for being married to director Robert Zemeckis.
- 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: Dody Goodman Target entity description: Dody Goodman was an American comic actress known for her quirky, high-pitched delivery and memorable roles in television and film from the 1950s through the 1980s.
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A.
Carole Rothman
Carole Rothman is an American theater producer and director best known as the co-founder and longtime artistic leader of New York’s Off-Broadway company Second Stage Theater.
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B.
Jackie Goldberg
Jackie Goldberg is an American activist and politician known for her prominent role in the 1960s Free Speech Movement at UC Berkeley and her later service in California politics.
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C.
Barbara Robbins
Barbara Robbins is known as the wife of Jon Lindbergh, the son of famed aviator Charles Lindbergh.
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D.
Maxine Singer
Maxine Singer is an American molecular biologist renowned for her pioneering work in genetics and for her leadership in shaping ethical guidelines for recombinant DNA research.
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E.
Leslie Harter
Leslie Harter is a film producer known for her work in Hollywood and for being married to director Robert Zemeckis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actress
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comic actress ⓘ film actress ⓘ human ⓘ television actress ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1980s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1950s ⓘ |
| birthName | Dolores Goodman ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Goodman ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
comedy acting
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film comedy ⓘ television comedy ⓘ |
| genre | comedy ⓘ |
| givenName | Dolores ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| medium |
film
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stage ⓘ television ⓘ |
| name | Dody Goodman self-link ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
eccentric comic persona
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high-pitched voice ⓘ |
| notableFor | quirky high-pitched vocal delivery ⓘ |
| notableRole |
Blanche Hodel in Grease
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Blanche Hodel in Grease 2 ⓘ Martha Shumway in Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Grease
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Grease 2 ⓘ Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman ⓘ The Mary Tyler Moore Hour ⓘ
surface form:
Mary Tyler Moore Hour
Punky Brewster ⓘ The Tonight Show ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
ⓘ
comedian ⓘ |
| partOf | American comic acting tradition ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| workedIn |
American film industry
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American television ⓘ American theater ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dody Goodman Description of subject: Dody Goodman was an American comic actress known for her quirky, high-pitched delivery and memorable roles in television and film from the 1950s through the 1980s.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Bedtime Story (1964 film)