I Married Dora
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I Married Dora is a short-lived 1987–1988 American sitcom about a housekeeper in a marriage of convenience with her employer, notable for its unconventional, self-aware series finale.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| I Married Dora canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9753890 — 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: I Married Dora Context triple: [Elizabeth Peña, notableWork, I Married Dora]
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A.
My Wife and I
"My Wife and I" is a lesser-known domestic and social novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe that explores marriage, morality, and middle-class life in the 19th century.
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B.
I Married a Witch
I Married a Witch is a 1942 romantic fantasy-comedy film best known for starring Veronica Lake as a mischievous witch who complicates a politician’s life with magic and romance.
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C.
My Favorite Wife
My Favorite Wife is a 1940 screwball comedy film starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant, centered on a presumed-dead wife who returns to find her husband newly remarried.
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D.
Wedding of the Painted Doll
"Wedding of the Painted Doll" is a popular 1929 song from the early sound film era, known for its waltz tempo and association with composer Nacio Herb Brown and lyricist Arthur Freed.
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E.
Foolish Wives
Foolish Wives is a 1922 silent drama film directed by and starring Erich von Stroheim, renowned for its lavish production, psychological complexity, and early exploration of cinematic realism.
- 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: I Married Dora Target entity description: I Married Dora is a short-lived 1987–1988 American sitcom about a housekeeper in a marriage of convenience with her employer, notable for its unconventional, self-aware series finale.
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A.
My Wife and I
"My Wife and I" is a lesser-known domestic and social novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe that explores marriage, morality, and middle-class life in the 19th century.
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B.
I Married a Witch
I Married a Witch is a 1942 romantic fantasy-comedy film best known for starring Veronica Lake as a mischievous witch who complicates a politician’s life with magic and romance.
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C.
My Favorite Wife
My Favorite Wife is a 1940 screwball comedy film starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant, centered on a presumed-dead wife who returns to find her husband newly remarried.
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D.
Wedding of the Painted Doll
"Wedding of the Painted Doll" is a popular 1929 song from the early sound film era, known for its waltz tempo and association with composer Nacio Herb Brown and lyricist Arthur Freed.
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E.
Foolish Wives
Foolish Wives is a 1922 silent drama film directed by and starring Erich von Stroheim, renowned for its lavish production, psychological complexity, and early exploration of cinematic realism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television series ⓘ |
| audioFormat | stereo ⓘ |
| broadcastPeriod | late 1980s ⓘ |
| cameraSetup | multi-camera ⓘ |
| characterPortrayed |
Daniel Hugh Kelly as Peter Farrell
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Elizabeth Peña as Dora Calderon NERFINISHED ⓘ Jason Horst as Will Farrell ⓘ Juliette Lewis as Kate Farrell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Mark Snow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Michael J. Leeson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| episodeRuntime | 30 minutes ⓘ |
| executiveProducer | Michael J. Leeson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingStyle | multi-camera ⓘ |
| finaleFeature |
cast informs viewers the show is canceled
ⓘ
characters walk off the set at the end ⓘ |
| genre | situation comedy ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Daniel Hugh Kelly
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Elizabeth Peña NERFINISHED ⓘ Jason Horst NERFINISHED ⓘ Juliette Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ Sanford Jensen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
cultural differences
ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ work–life balance ⓘ |
| leadActor |
Daniel Hugh Kelly
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Elizabeth Peña NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Dora Calderon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Peter Farrell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
immigration issues
ⓘ
marriage of convenience ⓘ |
| notableFor |
breaking the fourth wall in final episode
ⓘ
self-referential series finale ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 13 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 1 ⓘ |
| openingTheme | instrumental theme by Mark Snow ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originallyAiredOnDayOfWeek | Tuesday ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | ABC ⓘ |
| originalReleaseEnd | 1988-01-08 ⓘ |
| originalReleaseStart | 1987-09-22 ⓘ |
| pictureFormat |
NTSC color television standard
ⓘ
surface form:
NTSC
|
| plotSummary | A widowed architect enters a marriage of convenience with his Salvadoran housekeeper to prevent her deportation. ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Touchstone Television NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shortLived | true ⓘ |
| targetAudience | primetime network television viewers ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | 1980s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: I Married Dora Description of subject: I Married Dora is a short-lived 1987–1988 American sitcom about a housekeeper in a marriage of convenience with her employer, notable for its unconventional, self-aware series finale.
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