Beryl Reid
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Beryl Reid was a British actress renowned for her versatile comic and dramatic performances on stage, film, radio, and television, particularly in mid-20th-century Britain.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Beryl Reid canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6849721 — 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: Beryl Reid Context triple: [Beryl, hasNotableBearer, Beryl Reid]
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A.
Lesley Ashton
Lesley Ashton is known as the spouse of acclaimed British film director Ken Loach.
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B.
Barbara Weston
Barbara Weston is the central character of the American sitcom "Empty Nest," portrayed as a quirky and often scatterbrained adult daughter living with her widowed father.
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C.
Beryl Mercer
Beryl Mercer was a British-born character actress known for her maternal and supporting roles in early 20th-century stage and Hollywood films.
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D.
Phyllis Bone
Phyllis Bone was a pioneering Scottish sculptor renowned for her animal sculptures and as the first female Academician of the Royal Scottish Academy.
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E.
June Rowlands
June Rowlands was a Canadian politician who became the first woman to serve as mayor of Toronto, leading the city in the early 1990s.
- 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: Beryl Reid Target entity description: Beryl Reid was a British actress renowned for her versatile comic and dramatic performances on stage, film, radio, and television, particularly in mid-20th-century Britain.
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A.
Lesley Ashton
Lesley Ashton is known as the spouse of acclaimed British film director Ken Loach.
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B.
Barbara Weston
Barbara Weston is the central character of the American sitcom "Empty Nest," portrayed as a quirky and often scatterbrained adult daughter living with her widowed father.
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C.
Beryl Mercer
Beryl Mercer was a British-born character actress known for her maternal and supporting roles in early 20th-century stage and Hollywood films.
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D.
Phyllis Bone
Phyllis Bone was a pioneering Scottish sculptor renowned for her animal sculptures and as the first female Academician of the Royal Scottish Academy.
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E.
June Rowlands
June Rowlands was a Canadian politician who became the first woman to serve as mayor of Toronto, leading the city in the early 1990s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actress
ⓘ
comedian ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
late 20th century
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mid-20th century ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Beryl Elizabeth Reid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | pneumonia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1919-06-17 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1996-10-13 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Bradford Girls’ Grammar School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film acting
ⓘ
radio acting ⓘ stage acting ⓘ television acting ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
drama ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
British comedy
ⓘ
British drama ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Officer of the Order of the British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
comic performances
ⓘ
dramatic performances ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | divorced ⓘ |
| medium |
film
ⓘ
radio ⓘ stage ⓘ television ⓘ |
| name | Beryl Reid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Smiley’s People (1982 TV series)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Beryl Reid Show NERFINISHED ⓘ The Beryl Reid Show (radio) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Beryl Reid Show (television) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Killing of Sister George NERFINISHED ⓘ The Killing of Sister George (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Killing of Sister George (stage play) NERFINISHED ⓘ Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979 TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
ⓘ
comedian ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
England
ⓘ
Hereford NERFINISHED ⓘ Herefordshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Berkshire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
England ⓘ Slough NERFINISHED ⓘ Wexham Park Hospital NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| spouse | Derek Franklin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Beryl Reid Description of subject: Beryl Reid was a British actress renowned for her versatile comic and dramatic performances on stage, film, radio, and television, particularly in mid-20th-century Britain.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.