Mary Boland
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Mary Boland was an American stage and film actress best known for her comedic character roles in early 20th-century Hollywood cinema.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mary Boland canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5321568 — 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: Mary Boland Context triple: [The Women (1939 film), starred, Mary Boland]
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A.
Mary Cleary
Mary Cleary was the wife of Commodore John Barry, an early U.S. naval officer often called the "Father of the American Navy."
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B.
Mary Fitzgerald
Mary Fitzgerald is the daughter of Mary Josephine Hannon Fitzgerald, placing her in the prominent Fitzgerald family associated with early 20th-century Boston politics.
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C.
Katherine Parnell
Katherine Parnell was a 19th-century Irishwoman best known as the sister of British Army officer and Victoria Cross recipient Sir Evelyn Wood.
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D.
Mary Durkan
Mary Durkan is an Irish politician known for her involvement in local and national public affairs.
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E.
Leonora O’Reilly
Leonora O’Reilly was an American labor organizer and suffragist who became a prominent figure in the early 20th-century women’s rights and labor movements.
- 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: Mary Boland Target entity description: Mary Boland was an American stage and film actress best known for her comedic character roles in early 20th-century Hollywood cinema.
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A.
Mary Cleary
Mary Cleary was the wife of Commodore John Barry, an early U.S. naval officer often called the "Father of the American Navy."
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B.
Mary Fitzgerald
Mary Fitzgerald is the daughter of Mary Josephine Hannon Fitzgerald, placing her in the prominent Fitzgerald family associated with early 20th-century Boston politics.
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C.
Katherine Parnell
Katherine Parnell was a 19th-century Irishwoman best known as the sister of British Army officer and Victoria Cross recipient Sir Evelyn Wood.
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D.
Mary Durkan
Mary Durkan is an Irish politician known for her involvement in local and national public affairs.
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E.
Leonora O’Reilly
Leonora O’Reilly was an American labor organizer and suffragist who became a prominent figure in the early 20th-century women’s rights and labor movements.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comedian
ⓘ
film actress ⓘ human ⓘ stage actress ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1950s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1890s ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Cemetery of the Evergreens, Brooklyn, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1880-01-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1965-06-23 ⓘ |
| era |
Hollywood Golden Age
ⓘ
surface form:
Golden Age of Hollywood
early 20th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Irish American ⓘ |
| familyName | Boland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cinema
ⓘ
comedy ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| genre | comedy film ⓘ |
| givenName | Mary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIMDbId | nm0092780 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| medium |
film
ⓘ
stage ⓘ |
| name | Mary Boland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor | comic character roles ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Pride and Prejudice (1940 film)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ruggles of Red Gap NERFINISHED ⓘ Six of a Kind NERFINISHED ⓘ The Great Ziegfeld NERFINISHED ⓘ The Women NERFINISHED ⓘ The Women (1939 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Women (stage and film adaptations) NERFINISHED ⓘ Three-Cornered Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
ⓘ
comedian ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Philadelphia
ⓘ
surface form:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
|
| placeOfDeath |
New York City
ⓘ
surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
|
| residence |
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
|
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | William B. Caldwell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedIn |
Broadway theatre
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hollywood film industry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Los Angeles
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Mary Boland Description of subject: Mary Boland was an American stage and film actress best known for her comedic character roles in early 20th-century Hollywood cinema.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Women (1939 film)