Marcelle Corday
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American film actress
Belgian emigrant to the United States
character actress
film actress
person
silent film actor
stage actress
Marcelle Corday was a Belgian-born American character actress of the silent and early sound film era, known for her supporting roles in numerous Hollywood productions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Marcelle Corday canonical | 2 |
| Corday | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3282566 — 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: Marcelle Corday Context triple: [The Scarlet Letter (1926 film), starring, Marcelle Corday]
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A.
Charlotte Corday
Charlotte Corday was a French Revolutionary figure best known for assassinating the radical leader Jean-Paul Marat in 1793, an act immortalized in Jacques-Louis David’s painting "The Death of Marat."
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B.
Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie
Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie, better known as Joséphine de Beauharnais, was the first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte and the first Empress of the French.
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C.
Constance Bonacieux
Constance Bonacieux is a key female character in Alexandre Dumas' novel "The Three Musketeers," known as d'Artagnan's love interest and a confidante of Queen Anne.
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D.
Mary Vazeille
Mary Vazeille was the wife of John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, and is chiefly remembered for their troubled and ultimately estranged marriage.
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E.
Hyacinthe-Gabrielle Roland
Hyacinthe-Gabrielle Roland was a French actress who became the wife of Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, and the mother of several of his children.
- 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: Marcelle Corday Target entity description: Marcelle Corday was a Belgian-born American character actress of the silent and early sound film era, known for her supporting roles in numerous Hollywood productions.
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A.
Charlotte Corday
Charlotte Corday was a French Revolutionary figure best known for assassinating the radical leader Jean-Paul Marat in 1793, an act immortalized in Jacques-Louis David’s painting "The Death of Marat."
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B.
Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie
Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie, better known as Joséphine de Beauharnais, was the first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte and the first Empress of the French.
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C.
Constance Bonacieux
Constance Bonacieux is a key female character in Alexandre Dumas' novel "The Three Musketeers," known as d'Artagnan's love interest and a confidante of Queen Anne.
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D.
Mary Vazeille
Mary Vazeille was the wife of John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, and is chiefly remembered for their troubled and ultimately estranged marriage.
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E.
Hyacinthe-Gabrielle Roland
Hyacinthe-Gabrielle Roland was a French actress who became the wife of Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, and the mother of several of his children.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film actress
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Belgian emigrant to the United States ⓘ character actress ⓘ film actress ⓘ person ⓘ silent film actor ⓘ stage actress ⓘ |
| activeIn |
early sound film era
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silent film era ⓘ |
| birthCountry | Belgium ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1890-01-08 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Brussels, Belgium
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surface form:
Brussels
|
| citizenship |
Belgium
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United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfWork | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| deathDate | 1971-06-25 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | New York City ⓘ |
| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| familyName |
Marcelle Corday
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Corday
|
| fieldOfWork |
cinema
ⓘ
theatre ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
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drama film ⓘ |
| givenName | Marcelle ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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French ⓘ |
| name | Marcelle Corday self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Belgian-American ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic | character roles ⓘ |
| notableFor | supporting roles in Hollywood films ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
ⓘ
film actress ⓘ stage actress ⓘ |
| workedIn | Hollywood ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Marcelle Corday Description of subject: Marcelle Corday was a Belgian-born American character actress of the silent and early sound film era, known for her supporting roles in numerous Hollywood productions.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Corday