Dorothy Cumming
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Dorothy Cumming was an Australian-born silent film actress best known for her role as the Virgin Mary in Cecil B. DeMille’s 1927 biblical epic "The King of Kings."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dorothy Cumming canonical | 3 |
| Dorothy Greville Cumming | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1017399 — 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: Dorothy Cumming Context triple: [The King of Kings (1927 film), starring, Dorothy Cumming]
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A.
Dorothy Revier
Dorothy Revier was an American silent and early sound film actress known for her roles in adventure and drama films of the 1920s and 1930s.
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B.
Dorothy Good
Dorothy Good was a young child accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials in colonial Massachusetts.
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C.
Dorothy Cotton
Dorothy Cotton was a prominent civil rights activist and educator who served as the education director for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and worked closely with Martin Luther King Jr.
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D.
Maud Humphrey
Maud Humphrey was an American illustrator and commercial artist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for her popular depictions of children and as the mother of actor Humphrey Bogart.
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E.
Dorothy Yorke
Dorothy Yorke was the wife of Thomas Dudley, a prominent early colonial leader and multiple-term governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
- 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: Dorothy Cumming Target entity description: Dorothy Cumming was an Australian-born silent film actress best known for her role as the Virgin Mary in Cecil B. DeMille’s 1927 biblical epic "The King of Kings."
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A.
Dorothy Revier
Dorothy Revier was an American silent and early sound film actress known for her roles in adventure and drama films of the 1920s and 1930s.
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B.
Dorothy Good
Dorothy Good was a young child accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials in colonial Massachusetts.
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C.
Dorothy Cotton
Dorothy Cotton was a prominent civil rights activist and educator who served as the education director for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and worked closely with Martin Luther King Jr.
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D.
Maud Humphrey
Maud Humphrey was an American illustrator and commercial artist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for her popular depictions of children and as the mother of actor Humphrey Bogart.
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E.
Dorothy Yorke
Dorothy Yorke was the wife of Thomas Dudley, a prominent early colonial leader and multiple-term governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian actor
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film actress ⓘ person ⓘ silent film actress ⓘ |
| ageAtDeath | 89 ⓘ |
| appearedInFilm |
The Divine Woman
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The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ Great Johnstown Flood of 1889 ⓘ
surface form:
The Johnstown Flood
King of Kings ⓘ
surface form:
The King of Kings
The Man from Home ⓘ The Prairie Wife ⓘ The Road to Yesterday ⓘ The Wedding March ⓘ |
| birthName |
Dorothy Cumming
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Dorothy Greville Cumming
|
| countryOfCitizenship | Australia ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1894-04-12 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1983-12-10 ⓘ |
| era | silent film era ⓘ |
| familyName | Cumming ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre | silent film ⓘ |
| givenName | Dorothy ⓘ |
| movedTo |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| name | Dorothy Cumming self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Australian ⓘ |
| notableRole |
The King of Kings (1927 film)
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surface form:
Virgin Mary in "The King of Kings"
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| notableWork |
King of Kings
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surface form:
The King of Kings
|
| numberOfChildren | 3 ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
ⓘ
film actress ⓘ silent film actress ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Adelaide
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surface form:
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
|
| placeOfDeath |
New York City
ⓘ
surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
|
| spouse |
Allan McNab
ⓘ
Frank Elliott ⓘ |
| workedWith | Cecil B. DeMille ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1915–1929 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dorothy Cumming Description of subject: Dorothy Cumming was an Australian-born silent film actress best known for her role as the Virgin Mary in Cecil B. DeMille’s 1927 biblical epic "The King of Kings."
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Dorothy Greville Cumming