Marcia Lucas
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Marcia Lucas is an American film editor best known for her Oscar-winning work on the original Star Wars and her influential role in shaping the pacing and emotional impact of the film.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Marcia Lucas canonical | 13 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T309128 — 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: Marcia Lucas Context triple: [George Lucas, spouse, Marcia Lucas]
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A.
Alexandra Hedison
Alexandra Hedison is an American photographer, director, and former actress known for her contemporary art photography and her work on the television series "The L Word."
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B.
Katherine Puening
Katherine Puening, better known as Kitty Oppenheimer, was a German-born American biologist and former Communist Party member who became the wife and close confidante of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer.
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C.
Paulette Goddard
Paulette Goddard was an American film actress and former Ziegfeld girl best known for her roles in several 1930s and 1940s Hollywood films, including multiple collaborations with Charlie Chaplin.
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D.
Karen Black
Karen Black was an American actress known for her distinctive roles in 1960s–1970s New Hollywood films such as "Easy Rider," "Five Easy Pieces," and "The Great Gatsby."
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E.
Lorraine Gary
Lorraine Gary is an American actress best known for playing Ellen Brody in the Jaws film series.
- 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: Marcia Lucas Target entity description: Marcia Lucas is an American film editor best known for her Oscar-winning work on the original Star Wars and her influential role in shaping the pacing and emotional impact of the film.
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A.
Alexandra Hedison
Alexandra Hedison is an American photographer, director, and former actress known for her contemporary art photography and her work on the television series "The L Word."
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B.
Katherine Puening
Katherine Puening, better known as Kitty Oppenheimer, was a German-born American biologist and former Communist Party member who became the wife and close confidante of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer.
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C.
Paulette Goddard
Paulette Goddard was an American film actress and former Ziegfeld girl best known for her roles in several 1930s and 1940s Hollywood films, including multiple collaborations with Charlie Chaplin.
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D.
Karen Black
Karen Black was an American actress known for her distinctive roles in 1960s–1970s New Hollywood films such as "Easy Rider," "Five Easy Pieces," and "The Great Gatsby."
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E.
Lorraine Gary
Lorraine Gary is an American actress best known for playing Ellen Brody in the Jaws film series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film editor
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film editor ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
1970s
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1980s ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Academy Award for Best Film Editing ⓘ |
| awardReceivedForWork | Star Wars ⓘ |
| birthName | Marcia Griffin ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
George Lucas
ⓘ
Martin Scorsese ⓘ |
| contributedTo | development of modern blockbuster editing style ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| editedFilm |
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
ⓘ
surface form:
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
American Graffiti ⓘ New York City ⓘ
surface form:
New York, New York
Star Wars ⓘ THX 1138 ⓘ Taxi Driver ⓘ |
| endTimeOfSpouse | 1983 ⓘ |
| familyName | Lucas ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genreSpecialization | narrative feature film editing ⓘ |
| givenName | Marcia ⓘ |
| industry |
film industry
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television industry ⓘ |
| influenced |
emotional structure of the Death Star battle in Star Wars
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final cut of Star Wars ⓘ pacing of the trench run sequence in Star Wars ⓘ |
| knownFor |
editing Star Wars
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enhancing the emotional impact of Star Wars ⓘ shaping the pacing of Star Wars ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Marcia Lucas self-link ⓘ |
| notableAward | Oscar for Best Film Editing for Star Wars ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
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surface form:
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
American Graffiti ⓘ New York City ⓘ
surface form:
New York, New York
Star Wars ⓘ THX 1138 ⓘ Taxi Driver ⓘ |
| occupation |
film editor
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television editor ⓘ |
| partOf | original Star Wars trilogy production team ⓘ |
| residence |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
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| spouse | George Lucas ⓘ |
| startTimeOfSpouse | 1969 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Marcia Lucas Description of subject: Marcia Lucas is an American film editor best known for her Oscar-winning work on the original Star Wars and her influential role in shaping the pacing and emotional impact of the film.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
George Lucas