Kathryn Crosby
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Kathryn Crosby is an American actress and singer best known for her film and television work in the 1950s and 1960s and for being the second wife of entertainer Bing Crosby.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kathryn Crosby canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4609458 — 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: Kathryn Crosby Context triple: [Kathryn Grant, alsoKnownAs, Kathryn Crosby]
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A.
Kathryn Hays
Kathryn Hays was an American actress best known for her long-running role as Kim Hughes on the soap opera "As the World Turns."
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B.
Cynthia Ludwig
Cynthia Ludwig is a film editor known for her work on the 2009 horror film "My Bloody Valentine 3D."
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C.
Kathryn Stevens
Kathryn Stevens is known as the daughter of the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens.
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D.
Lisa Loring
Lisa Loring was an American actress best known for originating the role of Wednesday Addams as a child in the 1960s television adaptation of The Addams Family.
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E.
Coleen Gray
Coleen Gray was an American film and television actress best known for her roles in classic 1940s and 1950s noir and Western films.
- 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: Kathryn Crosby Target entity description: Kathryn Crosby is an American actress and singer best known for her film and television work in the 1950s and 1960s and for being the second wife of entertainer Bing Crosby.
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A.
Kathryn Hays
Kathryn Hays was an American actress best known for her long-running role as Kim Hughes on the soap opera "As the World Turns."
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B.
Cynthia Ludwig
Cynthia Ludwig is a film editor known for her work on the 2009 horror film "My Bloody Valentine 3D."
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C.
Kathryn Stevens
Kathryn Stevens is known as the daughter of the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens.
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D.
Lisa Loring
Lisa Loring was an American actress best known for originating the role of Wednesday Addams as a child in the 1960s television adaptation of The Addams Family.
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E.
Coleen Gray
Coleen Gray was an American film and television actress best known for her roles in classic 1940s and 1950s noir and Western films.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actress
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ human ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeYearsInCareer |
1950s
ⓘ
1960s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Kathryn Grant
NERFINISHED
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Olive Kathryn Crosby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Olive Kathryn Grandstaff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1933-11-25 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Texas at Austin
ⓘ
University of Texas at Austin College of Fine Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTimeOfMarriageToBingCrosby | 1977 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | White American ⓘ |
| genre |
film
ⓘ
television ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Harry Crosby
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mary Crosby NERFINISHED ⓘ Nathaniel Crosby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName |
Crosby
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Grandstaff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGivenName |
Kathryn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Olive NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Kathryn Crosby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the second wife of Bing Crosby ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Anatomy of a Murder
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gunman’s Walk NERFINISHED ⓘ Playhouse 90 NERFINISHED ⓘ The 7th Voyage of Sinbad NERFINISHED ⓘ The Big Circus NERFINISHED ⓘ The Brothers Rico NERFINISHED ⓘ The Ford Television Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
ⓘ
singer ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
American cinema
ⓘ
American television ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Houston, Texas, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative | Bing Crosby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence | California, United States ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse |
Bing Crosby
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kathryn Crosby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTimeOfMarriageToBingCrosby | 1957 ⓘ |
| workPeriodEnd | 1970s ⓘ |
| workPeriodStart | 1953 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kathryn Crosby Description of subject: Kathryn Crosby is an American actress and singer best known for her film and television work in the 1950s and 1960s and for being the second wife of entertainer Bing Crosby.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.