Salka Viertel
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Salka Viertel was an Austrian-American screenwriter and actress best known for her collaborations with Greta Garbo on several classic Hollywood films.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Salka Viertel canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4306436 — 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: Salka Viertel Context triple: [Queen Christina (1933 film), screenwriter, Salka Viertel]
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A.
Dorothy Herzka
Dorothy Herzka is an American art professional best known as the wife and longtime partner of pop artist Roy Lichtenstein, with whom she was deeply involved in the contemporary art world.
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B.
Edna Anhalt
Edna Anhalt was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the Oscar-winning screenplay for the film "Panic in the Streets."
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C.
Marion Kozak
Marion Kozak is a Polish-born British human rights activist and academic, best known as the mother of UK politicians Ed and David Miliband.
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D.
Marie Krackowizer
Marie Krackowizer was the wife of pioneering anthropologist Franz Boas and a supportive partner in his academic and intellectual life.
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E.
Ruth Kobart
Ruth Kobart was an American character actress known for her work on stage, film, and television, including roles in Broadway productions and various TV 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: Salka Viertel Target entity description: Salka Viertel was an Austrian-American screenwriter and actress best known for her collaborations with Greta Garbo on several classic Hollywood films.
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A.
Dorothy Herzka
Dorothy Herzka is an American art professional best known as the wife and longtime partner of pop artist Roy Lichtenstein, with whom she was deeply involved in the contemporary art world.
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B.
Edna Anhalt
Edna Anhalt was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the Oscar-winning screenplay for the film "Panic in the Streets."
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C.
Marion Kozak
Marion Kozak is a Polish-born British human rights activist and academic, best known as the mother of UK politicians Ed and David Miliband.
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D.
Marie Krackowizer
Marie Krackowizer was the wife of pioneering anthropologist Franz Boas and a supportive partner in his academic and intellectual life.
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E.
Ruth Kobart
Ruth Kobart was an American character actress known for her work on stage, film, and television, including roles in Broadway productions and various TV series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actress
ⓘ
memoirist ⓘ person ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| activeYearsInFilm |
1930s
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1940s ⓘ |
| birthName | Salomea Sara Steuermann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child | Peter Viertel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Austria
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Greta Garbo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Austria-Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1889-06-15 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1978-10-20 ⓘ |
| emigratedFrom | Austria-Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emigratedTo | United States of America ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish ⓘ |
| familyName | Viertel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film
ⓘ
theatre ⓘ |
| genre | screenwriting ⓘ |
| givenName | Salomea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
German ⓘ |
| nickname | Salka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | hosting an émigré salon in Santa Monica ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Anna Karenina (1935 film)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Conquest (1937 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Queen Christina NERFINISHED ⓘ The Kindness of Strangers NERFINISHED ⓘ The Painted Veil (1934 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Two-Faced Woman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
film actress
ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ stage actress ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Samoklence, Galicia, Austria-Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Klosters, Graubünden, Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence |
Klosters, Graubünden, Switzerland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
Santa Monica, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling | Eduard Steuermann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Berthold Viertel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedIn | Hollywood ⓘ |
| wrote | The Kindness of Strangers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wroteFor | Greta Garbo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Salka Viertel Description of subject: Salka Viertel was an Austrian-American screenwriter and actress best known for her collaborations with Greta Garbo on several classic Hollywood films.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Queen Christina (1933 film)