Eleanor Perry
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Eleanor Perry was an American screenwriter and playwright best known for her psychologically nuanced film and television scripts in the 1960s and 1970s.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eleanor Perry canonical | 1 |
| Margaret Perry | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5286741 — 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: Eleanor Perry Context triple: [David and Lisa, screenwriter, Eleanor Perry]
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A.
Eleanor Boardman
Eleanor Boardman was a prominent American silent film actress of the 1920s, best known for her work with director King Vidor and her performances in films such as "The Crowd."
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B.
Marjorie Hood
Marjorie Hood was the first wife of American lyricist and playwright Alan Jay Lerner, known for her marriage to the celebrated Broadway writer.
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C.
Edith Luckett
Edith Luckett was an American stage actress best known as the mother of Nancy Reagan, the future First Lady of the United States.
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D.
Margaret Russell
Margaret Russell was an English noblewoman of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, known primarily as the wife of Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford, a prominent admiral and Whig statesman.
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E.
Elizabeth Nourse
Elizabeth Nourse was an American realist painter known for her sensitive depictions of women and rural life, who built a successful career in Paris in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- 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: Eleanor Perry Target entity description: Eleanor Perry was an American screenwriter and playwright best known for her psychologically nuanced film and television scripts in the 1960s and 1970s.
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A.
Eleanor Boardman
Eleanor Boardman was a prominent American silent film actress of the 1920s, best known for her work with director King Vidor and her performances in films such as "The Crowd."
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B.
Marjorie Hood
Marjorie Hood was the first wife of American lyricist and playwright Alan Jay Lerner, known for her marriage to the celebrated Broadway writer.
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C.
Edith Luckett
Edith Luckett was an American stage actress best known as the mother of Nancy Reagan, the future First Lady of the United States.
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D.
Margaret Russell
Margaret Russell was an English noblewoman of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, known primarily as the wife of Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford, a prominent admiral and Whig statesman.
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E.
Elizabeth Nourse
Elizabeth Nourse was an American realist painter known for her sensitive depictions of women and rural life, who built a successful career in Paris in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
ⓘ
person ⓘ playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| activeIn | American New Hollywood cinema NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Eleanor R. Perry
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eleanor Rosenfeld Perry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
novel "David and Lisa" by Theodore Isaac Rubin
ⓘ
novel "Diary of a Mad Housewife" by Sue Kaufman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Eleanor Rosenfeld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Cleveland, Ohio, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cancer ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Frank Perry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1914-10-13 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1981-03-14 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Western Reserve University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish Americans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName |
Perry
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rosenfeld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
playwriting
ⓘ
screenwriting ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
psychological drama ⓘ |
| givenName | Eleanor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Eleanor Perry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ |
| notableFor | psychologically nuanced scripts ⓘ |
| notableWork |
David and Lisa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Diary of a Mad Housewife NERFINISHED ⓘ Ladybug Ladybug NERFINISHED ⓘ The House Without a Christmas Tree NERFINISHED ⓘ The Man Who Could Talk to Kids NERFINISHED ⓘ The Swimmer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
playwright
ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ television writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Cleveland, Ohio, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
New York City
ⓘ
surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
|
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse |
Frank Perry
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leo G. Rosenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workPeriod |
1960s
ⓘ
1970s ⓘ |
| wroteFor |
film
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television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Eleanor Perry Description of subject: Eleanor Perry was an American screenwriter and playwright best known for her psychologically nuanced film and television scripts in the 1960s and 1970s.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Margaret Perry