Mala Powers
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Mala Powers was an American film and television actress best known for her roles in 1950s Hollywood dramas and comedies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mala Powers canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5590674 — 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: Mala Powers Context triple: [Tammy and the Bachelor, starring, Mala Powers]
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A.
Donna Powers
Donna Powers is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the 2003 heist film "The Italian Job" and other genre movies.
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B.
Aileen Marlowe
Aileen Marlowe was the wife of American film and television actor Hugh Marlowe.
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C.
Renee Raddick
Renee Raddick is a confident, outspoken district attorney and close friend of Ally on the television series "Ally McBeal."
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D.
Jinx Godfrey
Jinx Godfrey is a British film editor best known for her work on acclaimed documentaries and feature films, including the Oscar-winning "Man on Wire."
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E.
Lucia Chase
Lucia Chase was an influential American dancer, actress, and arts patron best known for co-founding and long directing the American Ballet Theatre, helping to establish it as a leading classical ballet company.
- 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: Mala Powers Target entity description: Mala Powers was an American film and television actress best known for her roles in 1950s Hollywood dramas and comedies.
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A.
Donna Powers
Donna Powers is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the 2003 heist film "The Italian Job" and other genre movies.
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B.
Aileen Marlowe
Aileen Marlowe was the wife of American film and television actor Hugh Marlowe.
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C.
Renee Raddick
Renee Raddick is a confident, outspoken district attorney and close friend of Ally on the television series "Ally McBeal."
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D.
Jinx Godfrey
Jinx Godfrey is a British film editor best known for her work on acclaimed documentaries and feature films, including the Oscar-winning "Man on Wire."
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E.
Lucia Chase
Lucia Chase was an influential American dancer, actress, and arts patron best known for co-founding and long directing the American Ballet Theatre, helping to establish it as a leading classical ballet company.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actress
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human ⓘ stage actress ⓘ television actress ⓘ |
| activeYearsEndYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStartYear | 1942 ⓘ |
| appearedIn |
Bewitched (TV series)
NERFINISHED
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Bonanza (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ City That Never Sleeps (1953 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyrano de Bergerac (1950 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Outrage (1950 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Perry Mason (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ Tammy and the Bachelor (1957 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Colossus of New York (1958 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Unknown Terror (1957 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Wild Wild West (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Golden Globe Award nomination for Most Promising Newcomer – Female NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Mary Ellen Powers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | leukemia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1931-12-20 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2007-06-11 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Max Reinhardt Workshop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Irish American ⓘ |
| familyName | Powers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
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drama film ⓘ television drama ⓘ |
| givenName | Mary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned | English ⓘ |
| name | Mala Powers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRole | Roxane in Cyrano de Bergerac (1950 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
City That Never Sleeps (1953 film)
NERFINISHED
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Cyrano de Bergerac (1950 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Outrage (1950 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Tammy and the Bachelor (1957 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Colossus of New York (1958 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Unknown Terror (1957 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
acting teacher
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actress ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | San Francisco, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Burbank, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christian Science NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles
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surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
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| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse |
M. Hughes Miller
NERFINISHED
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Monte Vanton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedWith |
Ida Lupino
NERFINISHED
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José Ferrer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mala Powers Description of subject: Mala Powers was an American film and television actress best known for her roles in 1950s Hollywood dramas and comedies.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.