Dana Andrews
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Dana Andrews was a prominent American film actor of the 1940s and 1950s, best known for his leading roles in classics such as "Laura" and "The Best Years of Our Lives."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dana Andrews canonical | 19 |
| Carver Dana Andrews | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3169188 — 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: Dana Andrews Context triple: [State Fair (1945 film), stars, Dana Andrews]
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A.
William Holden
William Holden was an acclaimed American film actor known for his charismatic performances in classics such as "Sunset Boulevard," "Stalag 17," and "The Bridge on the River Kwai."
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B.
Glenn Ford
Glenn Ford was a Canadian-American film actor renowned for his versatile performances in classic Hollywood movies such as "Gilda," "The Big Heat," and "Blackboard Jungle."
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C.
Victor Mature
Victor Mature was an American film actor known for his rugged leading-man roles in 1940s and 1950s Hollywood epics and adventure films.
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D.
Ray Milland
Ray Milland was a Welsh-born American actor and director best known for his Academy Award-winning performance as an alcoholic writer in the 1945 film "The Lost Weekend."
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E.
Melvyn Douglas
Melvyn Douglas was an acclaimed American actor known for his sophisticated screen presence and award-winning performances in both classic Hollywood films and later character roles.
- 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: Dana Andrews Target entity description: Dana Andrews was a prominent American film actor of the 1940s and 1950s, best known for his leading roles in classics such as "Laura" and "The Best Years of Our Lives."
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A.
William Holden
William Holden was an acclaimed American film actor known for his charismatic performances in classics such as "Sunset Boulevard," "Stalag 17," and "The Bridge on the River Kwai."
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B.
Glenn Ford
Glenn Ford was a Canadian-American film actor renowned for his versatile performances in classic Hollywood movies such as "Gilda," "The Big Heat," and "Blackboard Jungle."
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C.
Victor Mature
Victor Mature was an American film actor known for his rugged leading-man roles in 1940s and 1950s Hollywood epics and adventure films.
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D.
Ray Milland
Ray Milland was a Welsh-born American actor and director best known for his Academy Award-winning performance as an alcoholic writer in the 1945 film "The Lost Weekend."
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E.
Melvyn Douglas
Melvyn Douglas was an acclaimed American actor known for his sophisticated screen presence and award-winning performances in both classic Hollywood films and later character roles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1980s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1930s ⓘ |
| awardReceived | star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame ⓘ |
| birthName |
Dana Andrews
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Carver Dana Andrews
|
| causeOfDeath | congestive heart failure ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1909-01-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1992-12-17 ⓘ |
| employer | 20th Century Fox ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | White American ⓘ |
| familyName | Andrews ⓘ |
| genre | film noir ⓘ |
| givenName | Dana ⓘ |
| knownFor |
leading roles in 1940s American cinema
ⓘ
portrayal of Detective Mark McPherson in "Laura" ⓘ portrayal of Fred Derry in "The Best Years of Our Lives" ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| medium |
film
ⓘ
television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| militaryService |
United States Army Air Forces
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Army Air Forces (wartime training films and related work)
|
| name | Dana Andrews self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Walk in the Sun
ⓘ
Boomerang! ⓘ Fallen Angel ⓘ Laura ⓘ Dead of Night ⓘ
surface form:
Night of the Demon
State Fair (1945 film) ⓘ The Best Years of Our Lives ⓘ Iron Curtain ⓘ
surface form:
The Iron Curtain
The North Star ⓘ The Ox-Bow Incident ⓘ Where the Sidewalk Ends ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ stage actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Collins, Mississippi, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Los Alamitos, California
ⓘ
surface form:
Los Alamitos, California, United States
|
| politicalActivity | support for Republican Party candidates in the United States ⓘ |
| positionHeld | president of the Screen Actors Guild ⓘ |
| religion |
Church of Christ, Scientist
ⓘ
surface form:
Christian Science
|
| residence |
Los Angeles
ⓘ
surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling | Steve Forrest ⓘ |
| spouse |
Janet Murray
ⓘ
Mary Todd ⓘ |
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Dana Andrews Description of subject: Dana Andrews was a prominent American film actor of the 1940s and 1950s, best known for his leading roles in classics such as "Laura" and "The Best Years of Our Lives."
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
State Fair (1945 film)
subject surface form:
The North Star (1943 film)
subject surface form:
The Ox-Bow Incident
this entity surface form:
Carver Dana Andrews