Joyce Van Patten
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Joyce Van Patten is an American actress known for her extensive work in film, television, and theater since the mid-20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Joyce Van Patten canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6320646 — 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: Joyce Van Patten Context triple: [Dick Van Patten, sibling, Joyce Van Patten]
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A.
Joyce Heath
Joyce Heath is the troubled, self-destructive former stage star at the center of the 1935 Bette Davis film "Dangerous."
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B.
Joyce McClure
Joyce McClure is known as the spouse of Andy Hertzfeld, a prominent software engineer and key member of the original Apple Macintosh development team.
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C.
Joyce Johnston
Joyce Johnston is known as the wife of American record producer Bob Johnston, who worked with major artists such as Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash.
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D.
Barbara Hackett
Barbara Hackett is a Canadian businesswoman and home renovator best known as the wife of former Toronto mayor John Tory.
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E.
Eileen Shearer
Eileen Shearer is a political figure best known for founding the American Independent Party in the United States.
- 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: Joyce Van Patten Target entity description: Joyce Van Patten is an American actress known for her extensive work in film, television, and theater since the mid-20th century.
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A.
Joyce Heath
Joyce Heath is the troubled, self-destructive former stage star at the center of the 1935 Bette Davis film "Dangerous."
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B.
Joyce McClure
Joyce McClure is known as the spouse of Andy Hertzfeld, a prominent software engineer and key member of the original Apple Macintosh development team.
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C.
Joyce Johnston
Joyce Johnston is known as the wife of American record producer Bob Johnston, who worked with major artists such as Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash.
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D.
Barbara Hackett
Barbara Hackett is a Canadian businesswoman and home renovator best known as the wife of former Toronto mayor John Tory.
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E.
Eileen Shearer
Eileen Shearer is a political figure best known for founding the American Independent Party in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actress
ⓘ
film actress ⓘ human ⓘ stage actress ⓘ television actress ⓘ |
| activeIn |
film
ⓘ
television ⓘ theater ⓘ |
| child | Timmothy Balsam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1934-03-09 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Dutch American ⓘ |
| familyName | Van Patten NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | acting ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
drama ⓘ |
| givenName | Joyce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPartIn | Broadway theatre ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Joyce Van Patten NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Brighton Beach Memoirs
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Desperate Housewives NERFINISHED ⓘ Grown Ups NERFINISHED ⓘ I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! NERFINISHED ⓘ Mame NERFINISHED ⓘ Rumors NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Elmo’s Fire NERFINISHED ⓘ The Bad News Bears NERFINISHED ⓘ The Danny Kaye Show NERFINISHED ⓘ The Good Guys NERFINISHED ⓘ The Mary Tyler Moore Show NERFINISHED ⓘ The Odd Couple NERFINISHED ⓘ The Sopranos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
New York
NERFINISHED
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New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| relative | Dick Van Patten NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| sibling | Dick Van Patten NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Martin Balsam
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thomas Casey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workPeriod |
20th century
ⓘ
21st century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Joyce Van Patten Description of subject: Joyce Van Patten is an American actress known for her extensive work in film, television, and theater since the mid-20th century.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.