Maxine Cooper
E247311
Maxine Cooper was an American actress best known for her role as Velda, the loyal secretary in the classic 1955 film noir "Kiss Me Deadly."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maxine Cooper canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1839891 — 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: Maxine Cooper Context triple: [Kiss Me Deadly, starring, Maxine Cooper]
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A.
Barbara Cooper
Barbara Cooper is one of the teenage daughters in the classic American sitcom "One Day at a Time," known for navigating adolescence and family life with humor and heart.
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B.
Maxine Singer
Maxine Singer is an American molecular biologist renowned for her pioneering work in genetics and for her leadership in shaping ethical guidelines for recombinant DNA research.
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C.
Miriam Cooper
Miriam Cooper was an American silent film actress best known for her roles in D.W. Griffith’s landmark films "The Birth of a Nation" and "Intolerance."
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D.
Paulina Neely
Paulina Neely is known as the wife of former NHL star and Boston Bruins president Cam Neely.
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E.
Vera Florence Cooper
Vera Florence Cooper, better known as Vera Rubin, was an American astronomer whose pioneering work on galaxy rotation curves provided key evidence for the existence of dark matter.
- 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: Maxine Cooper Target entity description: Maxine Cooper was an American actress best known for her role as Velda, the loyal secretary in the classic 1955 film noir "Kiss Me Deadly."
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A.
Barbara Cooper
Barbara Cooper is one of the teenage daughters in the classic American sitcom "One Day at a Time," known for navigating adolescence and family life with humor and heart.
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B.
Maxine Singer
Maxine Singer is an American molecular biologist renowned for her pioneering work in genetics and for her leadership in shaping ethical guidelines for recombinant DNA research.
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C.
Miriam Cooper
Miriam Cooper was an American silent film actress best known for her roles in D.W. Griffith’s landmark films "The Birth of a Nation" and "Intolerance."
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D.
Paulina Neely
Paulina Neely is known as the wife of former NHL star and Boston Bruins president Cam Neely.
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E.
Vera Florence Cooper
Vera Florence Cooper, better known as Vera Rubin, was an American astronomer whose pioneering work on galaxy rotation curves provided key evidence for the existence of dark matter.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actress
ⓘ
human ⓘ television actress ⓘ |
| activeIn |
1950s American cinema
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American television ⓘ |
| birthName | Maxine Cooper ⓘ |
| citizenship | American ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish Americans ⓘ |
| familyName | Cooper ⓘ |
| genre | film noir ⓘ |
| givenName | Maxine ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| mediaType |
film
ⓘ
television ⓘ |
| movement |
civil rights movement
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linked to:
American civil rights movement
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| name | Maxine Cooper ⓘ |
| notableFor | portrayal of Velda in Kiss Me Deadly (1955) ⓘ |
| notableRole | Velda ⓘ |
| notableWork | Kiss Me Deadly ⓘ |
| occupation | actress ⓘ |
| performerIn |
Kiss Me Deadly
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television series ⓘ |
| politicalActivity | anti–House Un-American Activities Committee activism ⓘ |
| residence | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | Sy Gomberg ⓘ |
| workLocation | Hollywood ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Maxine Cooper Description of subject: Maxine Cooper was an American actress best known for her role as Velda, the loyal secretary in the classic 1955 film noir "Kiss Me Deadly."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.