Mary Martin
E336910
Mary Martin was a celebrated American stage actress and singer best known for originating iconic musical roles on Broadway, including Maria in *The Sound of Music* and the title role in *Peter Pan*.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mary Martin canonical | 17 |
| Mary Virginia Martin | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3169048 — 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 Martin Context triple: [The Sound of Music, originalBroadwayMariaActress, Mary Martin]
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A.
Jane Powell
Jane Powell was an American actress, singer, and dancer best known as a 1940s–1950s MGM musical star, particularly for her role in "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers."
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B.
Eleanor Powell
Eleanor Powell was an acclaimed American film and Broadway actress and dancer, celebrated especially for her virtuosic tap dancing in Hollywood musicals of the 1930s and 1940s.
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C.
Janis Paige
Janis Paige was an American film, stage, and television actress and singer best known for her work in 1940s–1950s Hollywood musicals and Broadway productions such as "The Pajama Game."
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D.
Joan Greenwood
Joan Greenwood was a distinctive English actress renowned for her husky voice and roles in classic British films such as "Kind Hearts and Coronets" and "The Man in the White Suit."
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E.
Nico Charisse
Nico Charisse was a French-born dancer and choreographer best known as the first husband and early dance partner of Hollywood star Cyd Charisse.
- 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 Martin Target entity description: Mary Martin was a celebrated American stage actress and singer best known for originating iconic musical roles on Broadway, including Maria in *The Sound of Music* and the title role in *Peter Pan*.
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A.
Jane Powell
Jane Powell was an American actress, singer, and dancer best known as a 1940s–1950s MGM musical star, particularly for her role in "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers."
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B.
Eleanor Powell
Eleanor Powell was an acclaimed American film and Broadway actress and dancer, celebrated especially for her virtuosic tap dancing in Hollywood musicals of the 1930s and 1940s.
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C.
Janis Paige
Janis Paige was an American film, stage, and television actress and singer best known for her work in 1940s–1950s Hollywood musicals and Broadway productions such as "The Pajama Game."
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D.
Joan Greenwood
Joan Greenwood was a distinctive English actress renowned for her husky voice and roles in classic British films such as "Kind Hearts and Coronets" and "The Man in the White Suit."
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E.
Nico Charisse
Nico Charisse was a French-born dancer and choreographer best known as the first husband and early dance partner of Hollywood star Cyd Charisse.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Broadway performer
ⓘ
human ⓘ musical theatre actress ⓘ singer ⓘ stage actress ⓘ |
| activeIn |
Broadway
ⓘ
West End theatre district ⓘ
surface form:
West End theatre
|
| awardReceived |
Tony Award special honors
ⓘ
surface form:
Special Tony Award
Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical ⓘ |
| birthName |
Mary Martin
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Mary Virginia Martin
|
| causeOfDeath | cancer ⓘ |
| child | Larry Hagman ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1913-12-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1990-11-03 ⓘ |
| education | studied voice and dance in Texas ⓘ |
| ethnicity | White American ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre | musical theatre ⓘ |
| languageOfPerformance | English ⓘ |
| medium |
stage
ⓘ
television ⓘ |
| name | Mary Martin self-link ⓘ |
| notableAppearance | television production of Peter Pan ⓘ |
| notableFor |
originating leading roles in Broadway musicals
ⓘ
portrayal of Peter Pan on stage and television ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Leave It to Me!
ⓘ
One Touch of Venus ⓘ Peter and Wendy ⓘ
surface form:
Peter Pan
South Pacific ⓘ The Sound of Music ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
ⓘ
producer ⓘ singer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Weatherford, Texas
ⓘ
surface form:
Weatherford, Texas, United States
|
| placeOfDeath | Rancho Mirage, California, United States ⓘ |
| relative | Larry Hagman ⓘ |
| residence |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
New York City ⓘ |
| role |
Hattie Maloney
ⓘ
surface form:
Hattie Maloney in Panama Hattie
Maria (from "The Sound of Music") ⓘ
surface form:
Maria Rainer in The Sound of Music
Nellie Forbush ⓘ
surface form:
Nellie Forbush in South Pacific
Peter Pan in Peter Pan ⓘ One Touch of Venus ⓘ
surface form:
Venus in One Touch of Venus
|
| spouse | Richard Halliday ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1930s–1980s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mary Martin Description of subject: Mary Martin was a celebrated American stage actress and singer best known for originating iconic musical roles on Broadway, including Maria in *The Sound of Music* and the title role in *Peter Pan*.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Maria Rainer
this entity surface form:
Mary Virginia Martin