Irene Mayer Selznick
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Irene Mayer Selznick was an American theatrical producer and Hollywood socialite, known for producing the original Broadway production of "A Streetcar Named Desire" and for being the daughter of MGM co-founder Louis B. Mayer.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Irene Mayer Selznick canonical | 10 |
| Irene Gladys Mayer Selznick | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2294733 — 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: Irene Mayer Selznick Context triple: [David O. Selznick, spouse, Irene Mayer Selznick]
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A.
David O. Selznick
David O. Selznick was a prominent American film producer of Hollywood's Golden Age, best known for overseeing the epic production of "Gone with the Wind" and other major studio classics.
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B.
Beatrice DeMille
Beatrice DeMille was an American playwright and literary agent best known as the mother of pioneering film director Cecil B. DeMille.
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C.
Katherine DeMille
Katherine DeMille was a Canadian-born American film actress of the 1930s and 1940s who appeared in numerous Hollywood productions.
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D.
Constance Adams DeMille
Constance Adams DeMille was the longtime wife and collaborator of pioneering Hollywood film director Cecil B. DeMille, active in early American cinema’s social and creative circles.
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E.
Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn was a pioneering American film producer and studio executive who played a key role in shaping Hollywood’s early motion picture industry.
- 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: Irene Mayer Selznick Target entity description: Irene Mayer Selznick was an American theatrical producer and Hollywood socialite, known for producing the original Broadway production of "A Streetcar Named Desire" and for being the daughter of MGM co-founder Louis B. Mayer.
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A.
David O. Selznick
David O. Selznick was a prominent American film producer of Hollywood's Golden Age, best known for overseeing the epic production of "Gone with the Wind" and other major studio classics.
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B.
Beatrice DeMille
Beatrice DeMille was an American playwright and literary agent best known as the mother of pioneering film director Cecil B. DeMille.
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C.
Katherine DeMille
Katherine DeMille was a Canadian-born American film actress of the 1930s and 1940s who appeared in numerous Hollywood productions.
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D.
Constance Adams DeMille
Constance Adams DeMille was the longtime wife and collaborator of pioneering Hollywood film director Cecil B. DeMille, active in early American cinema’s social and creative circles.
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E.
Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn was a pioneering American film producer and studio executive who played a key role in shaping Hollywood’s early motion picture industry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
memoirist ⓘ socialite ⓘ theatrical producer ⓘ |
| activeYears | 1940s–1960s ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Elia Kazan
ⓘ
Tennessee Williams ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Broadway, New York City
ⓘ
linked to:
Broadway in New York City
|
| birthName |
Irene Gladys Mayer
ⓘ
linked to:
Irene Mayer
|
| burialPlace | Hollywood Forever Cemetery ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | pneumonia ⓘ |
| child |
Daniel Selznick
ⓘ
Lewis Jeffrey Selznick ⓘ
linked to:
Lewis J. Selznick
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1907-04-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1990-10-10 ⓘ |
| dateOfDivorce | 1949-01-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfMarriage | 1930-04-29 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Hollywood School for Girls ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish American ⓘ |
| familyName | Selznick ⓘ |
| father | Louis B. Mayer ⓘ |
| fullName |
Irene Gladys Mayer Selznick
ⓘ
linked to:
Irene Mayer Selznick
|
| genre | theatre production ⓘ |
| givenName | Irene ⓘ |
| industry |
film
ⓘ
theatre ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mother |
Margaret Shenberg Mayer
ⓘ
linked to:
Margaret Shenberg
|
| notableFor |
being a prominent Hollywood hostess in the 1930s and 1940s
ⓘ
being the daughter of MGM co-founder Louis B. Mayer ⓘ helping launch Marlon Brando’s stage career through "A Streetcar Named Desire" ⓘ producing significant Broadway plays after World War II ⓘ |
| notableWork |
"A Private View" (memoir)
ⓘ
"Bell, Book and Candle" (Broadway production) ⓘ
linked to:
Bell, Book and Candle
"The Chalk Garden" (Broadway production) ⓘ original Broadway production of "A Streetcar Named Desire" ⓘ |
| occupation |
socialite
ⓘ
theatrical producer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Brooklyn, New York, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
New York City, New York, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
New York City
|
| produced |
"A Streetcar Named Desire" (original Broadway production)
ⓘ
linked to:
A Streetcar Named Desire
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| relative | Nicholas Schenck ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence |
Hollywood, California, United States
ⓘ
New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
linked to:
New York City
|
| sibling |
Edith Mayer Goetz
ⓘ
linked to:
Ruth Goetz
|
| spouse | David O. Selznick ⓘ |
| wrote | "A Private View" ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Irene Mayer Selznick Description of subject: Irene Mayer Selznick was an American theatrical producer and Hollywood socialite, known for producing the original Broadway production of "A Streetcar Named Desire" and for being the daughter of MGM co-founder Louis B. Mayer.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Irene Mayer Selznick
subject linked to:
"A Private View"
subject linked to:
"A Private View"
subject linked to:
"A Private View"
subject linked to:
"The Chalk Garden" (Broadway production)
subject linked to:
"A Private View" (memoir)
subject linked to:
"A Private View" (memoir)
subject linked to:
"A Private View" (memoir)