Ann Wedgeworth
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Ann Wedgeworth was an American character actress best known for her Tony Award-winning stage work and memorable roles in films and television series such as "Three's Company."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ann Wedgeworth canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3269874 — 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: Ann Wedgeworth Context triple: [Rip Torn, spouse, Ann Wedgeworth]
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A.
Susan Wakley
Susan Wakley is best known as the wife of Pro Football Hall of Famer and longtime sportscaster Merlin Olsen.
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B.
Linda Banwell
Linda Banwell is best known as the wife of the late English actor and director Bob Hoskins.
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C.
Elizabeth Nourse
Elizabeth Nourse was an American realist painter known for her sensitive depictions of women and rural life, who built a successful career in Paris in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Ann Hearn
Ann Hearn is an American actress known for her supporting roles in film and television, including an appearance in the legal drama "The Accused."
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E.
Nancy Wheeler
Nancy Wheeler is a determined and resourceful teenager in the series "Stranger Things," known for her investigative instincts and courage in confronting supernatural threats.
- 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: Ann Wedgeworth Target entity description: Ann Wedgeworth was an American character actress best known for her Tony Award-winning stage work and memorable roles in films and television series such as "Three's Company."
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A.
Susan Wakley
Susan Wakley is best known as the wife of Pro Football Hall of Famer and longtime sportscaster Merlin Olsen.
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B.
Linda Banwell
Linda Banwell is best known as the wife of the late English actor and director Bob Hoskins.
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C.
Elizabeth Nourse
Elizabeth Nourse was an American realist painter known for her sensitive depictions of women and rural life, who built a successful career in Paris in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Ann Hearn
Ann Hearn is an American actress known for her supporting roles in film and television, including an appearance in the legal drama "The Accused."
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E.
Nancy Wheeler
Nancy Wheeler is a determined and resourceful teenager in the series "Stranger Things," known for her investigative instincts and courage in confronting supernatural threats.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actress
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film actress ⓘ human ⓘ stage actress ⓘ television actress ⓘ |
| activeIn |
American film
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American television ⓘ American theatre ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Drama Desk Award
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Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Elizabeth Ann Wedgeworth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | long illness ⓘ |
| child |
Danae Torn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Diana Wedgeworth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1934-01-21 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2017-11-16 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Texas at Austin ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | White American ⓘ |
| familyName | Wedgeworth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
drama ⓘ |
| givenName |
Ann
NERFINISHED
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Elizabeth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Ann Wedgeworth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Broadway performances
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character acting ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Evening Shade
NERFINISHED
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Steel Magnolias NERFINISHED ⓘ Sweet Dreams NERFINISHED ⓘ Three's Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
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film actor ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| performedIn | Broadway theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Abilene, Texas, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
New York City
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surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
|
| residence |
New York City
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surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
|
| role |
Lana Shields in Three's Company
NERFINISHED
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Merleen Eldridge in Evening Shade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Ernie Martin
NERFINISHED
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Rip Torn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1958–2006 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Ann Wedgeworth Description of subject: Ann Wedgeworth was an American character actress best known for her Tony Award-winning stage work and memorable roles in films and television series such as "Three's Company."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.