Jean Muir
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Jean Muir was an American film, stage, and television actress active in the 1930s and 1940s, known for her roles in Hollywood productions and later for being one of the first performers blacklisted during the Red Scare.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jean Muir canonical | 5 |
| Jean Muir Fullarton | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1200258 — 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: Jean Muir Context triple: [A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935 film), stars, Jean Muir]
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A.
Katharine Tait
Katharine Tait is a British writer and teacher best known as the daughter of philosopher Bertrand Russell and for her memoir about growing up in his unconventional, secular household.
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B.
Jane Innes
Jane Innes was the wife of British statesman Thomas Pitt, connecting her to a prominent political and mercantile family in 18th-century Britain.
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C.
Elizabeth Mure
Elizabeth Mure was a 14th-century Scottish noblewoman best known as the first wife of King Robert II of Scotland and the mother of several children who founded key branches of the Stewart dynasty.
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D.
Margaret McGregor
Margaret McGregor was the wife of American frontiersman and military officer Robert Rogers, associated with the colonial era in North America.
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E.
Barbara Duncan
Barbara Duncan was the second wife of Harry Hopkins, a key advisor to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the New Deal and World War II.
- 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: Jean Muir Target entity description: Jean Muir was an American film, stage, and television actress active in the 1930s and 1940s, known for her roles in Hollywood productions and later for being one of the first performers blacklisted during the Red Scare.
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A.
Katharine Tait
Katharine Tait is a British writer and teacher best known as the daughter of philosopher Bertrand Russell and for her memoir about growing up in his unconventional, secular household.
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B.
Jane Innes
Jane Innes was the wife of British statesman Thomas Pitt, connecting her to a prominent political and mercantile family in 18th-century Britain.
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C.
Elizabeth Mure
Elizabeth Mure was a 14th-century Scottish noblewoman best known as the first wife of King Robert II of Scotland and the mother of several children who founded key branches of the Stewart dynasty.
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D.
Margaret McGregor
Margaret McGregor was the wife of American frontiersman and military officer Robert Rogers, associated with the colonial era in North America.
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E.
Barbara Duncan
Barbara Duncan was the second wife of Harry Hopkins, a key advisor to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the New Deal and World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
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film actress ⓘ human ⓘ stage actress ⓘ television actress ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
McCarthyism
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surface form:
Hollywood blacklist
McCarthyism ⓘ
surface form:
Red Scare
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| birthName |
Jean Muir
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Jean Muir Fullarton
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| causeOfNotability | blacklisting in the entertainment industry during the Red Scare ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| era |
First Red Scare
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surface form:
Red Scare in the United States
|
| familyName | Fullarton ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film acting
ⓘ
stage acting ⓘ television acting ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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drama ⓘ |
| givenName | Jean ⓘ |
| hasRoleIn | Hollywood productions ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement |
Hollywood studios
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surface form:
Hollywood studio system
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| name | Jean Muir self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Hollywood films of the 1930s
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Hollywood films of the 1940s ⓘ being one of the first performers blacklisted during the Red Scare ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Hollywood film roles in the 1930s
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Hollywood film roles in the 1940s ⓘ television appearances in the early years of American TV ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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film actor ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| partOf |
Hollywood Golden Age
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surface form:
American cinema of the 1930s
American cinema of the 1940s ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
American television industry
ⓘ
American theatre ⓘ Hollywood ⓘ American cinema ⓘ
surface form:
United States film industry
|
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| subjectOf | discussions of the Hollywood blacklist ⓘ |
| workPeriod |
1930s
ⓘ
1940s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jean Muir Description of subject: Jean Muir was an American film, stage, and television actress active in the 1930s and 1940s, known for her roles in Hollywood productions and later for being one of the first performers blacklisted during the Red Scare.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Jean Muir Fullarton