Bebe Barron
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Bebe Barron was an American electronic music pioneer best known for co-creating the groundbreaking, fully electronic score for the 1956 science fiction film "Forbidden Planet."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bebe Barron canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6135500 — 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: Bebe Barron Context triple: [Forbidden Planet, musicBy, Bebe Barron]
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A.
Mary Hopkins
Mary Hopkins was a colonial-era New England woman known primarily as a daughter of early Rhode Island governor and signer of the Declaration of Independence, Stephen Hopkins.
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B.
Connie Francis
Connie Francis is an American pop singer who rose to fame in the late 1950s and 1960s with a string of international hits and is regarded as one of the most successful female vocalists of her era.
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C.
Jo Stafford
Jo Stafford was an American traditional pop and jazz singer renowned for her smooth vocal style and numerous hit recordings from the 1940s through the 1950s.
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D.
Fay Marvin
Fay Marvin is a supporting character in the comedy film "What About Bob?", known as the good-natured wife of psychiatrist Dr. Leo Marvin.
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E.
Patti Page
Patti Page was a popular mid-20th-century American singer known for her smooth vocal style and hit songs like "Tennessee Waltz."
- 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: Bebe Barron Target entity description: Bebe Barron was an American electronic music pioneer best known for co-creating the groundbreaking, fully electronic score for the 1956 science fiction film "Forbidden Planet."
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A.
Mary Hopkins
Mary Hopkins was a colonial-era New England woman known primarily as a daughter of early Rhode Island governor and signer of the Declaration of Independence, Stephen Hopkins.
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B.
Connie Francis
Connie Francis is an American pop singer who rose to fame in the late 1950s and 1960s with a string of international hits and is regarded as one of the most successful female vocalists of her era.
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C.
Jo Stafford
Jo Stafford was an American traditional pop and jazz singer renowned for her smooth vocal style and numerous hit recordings from the 1940s through the 1950s.
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D.
Fay Marvin
Fay Marvin is a supporting character in the comedy film "What About Bob?", known as the good-natured wife of psychiatrist Dr. Leo Marvin.
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E.
Patti Page
Patti Page was a popular mid-20th-century American singer known for her smooth vocal style and hit songs like "Tennessee Waltz."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
electronic music composer
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film composer ⓘ human ⓘ pioneer of electronic music ⓘ |
| activeIn | New York City electronic music scene ⓘ |
| birthName | Charlotte May Wind NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Hollywood Forever Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| coComposedWith | Louis Barron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
John Cage
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maya Deren NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composedFor |
experimental film
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science fiction film ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1925-06-16 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2008-04-20 ⓘ |
| dateOfMarriage | 1947 ⓘ |
| education | University of Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 20th-century music ⓘ |
| familyName | Barron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | music ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre |
electronic music
ⓘ
film score ⓘ |
| givenName | Charlotte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later electronic film composers ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Pierre Schaeffer
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
musique concrète ⓘ |
| instrument | electronic circuits ⓘ |
| knownFor | co-creating the fully electronic score for the 1956 film Forbidden Planet ⓘ |
| memberOf | Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movedTo | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Bebe Barron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname | Bebe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | helping create one of the first entirely electronic film scores ⓘ |
| notableWork | Forbidden Planet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
ⓘ
electronic musician ⓘ sound designer ⓘ |
| pioneered | use of self-destructing electronic circuits as sound sources ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Duluth, Minnesota, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | first president of the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States ⓘ |
| spouse | Louis Barron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedTechnology |
custom-built electronic circuits
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tape manipulation ⓘ |
| workOn | Forbidden Planet electronic score ⓘ |
| yearOfWork | 1956 ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bebe Barron Description of subject: Bebe Barron was an American electronic music pioneer best known for co-creating the groundbreaking, fully electronic score for the 1956 science fiction film "Forbidden Planet."
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