Polly Bergen
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Polly Bergen was an American actress and singer known for her work in film, television, and theater, including a prominent role in the 1962 thriller "Cape Fear."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Polly Bergen canonical | 13 |
| Polly Bergen (in television adaptations) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2326029 — 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: Polly Bergen Context triple: [Cape Fear (1962 film), starring, Polly Bergen]
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A.
Estelle Parsons
Estelle Parsons is an American actress and director best known for her Academy Award–winning performance in the 1967 film "Bonnie and Clyde" and her extensive work on stage and television.
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B.
Ruth Gordon
Ruth Gordon was an American actress and screenwriter renowned for her late-career film roles, particularly in "Rosemary's Baby" and "Harold and Maude."
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C.
Julie Harris
Julie Harris was an acclaimed American stage and screen actress known for her intense, nuanced performances and record number of Tony Awards.
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D.
Betty Warner
Betty Warner was a daughter of Harry Warner, one of the co-founders of Warner Bros.
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E.
Joan Blondell
Joan Blondell was a popular American film and stage actress of the 1930s and 1940s, known for her wisecracking, warm-hearted characters in numerous Warner Bros. productions.
- 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: Polly Bergen Target entity description: Polly Bergen was an American actress and singer known for her work in film, television, and theater, including a prominent role in the 1962 thriller "Cape Fear."
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A.
Estelle Parsons
Estelle Parsons is an American actress and director best known for her Academy Award–winning performance in the 1967 film "Bonnie and Clyde" and her extensive work on stage and television.
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B.
Ruth Gordon
Ruth Gordon was an American actress and screenwriter renowned for her late-career film roles, particularly in "Rosemary's Baby" and "Harold and Maude."
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C.
Julie Harris
Julie Harris was an acclaimed American stage and screen actress known for her intense, nuanced performances and record number of Tony Awards.
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D.
Betty Warner
Betty Warner was a daughter of Harry Warner, one of the co-founders of Warner Bros.
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E.
Joan Blondell
Joan Blondell was a popular American film and stage actress of the 1930s and 1940s, known for her wisecracking, warm-hearted characters in numerous Warner Bros. productions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actress
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film actress ⓘ human ⓘ singer ⓘ stage actress ⓘ television actress ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 2011 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1949 ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
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Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical ⓘ |
| birthName | Nellie Paulina Burgin ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart failure ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1930-07-14 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2014-09-20 ⓘ |
| employer |
CBS
ⓘ
NBC ⓘ |
| familyName | Burgin ⓘ |
| genre |
pop music
ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ |
| givenName | Nellie ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Cape Fear (1962 film)
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Commander-in-Chief (TV series) ⓘ Desperate Housewives (TV series) ⓘ
linked to:
Desperate Housewives
The Polly Bergen Show ⓘ The Winds of War (TV miniseries) ⓘ
linked to:
The Winds of War
War and Remembrance (TV miniseries) ⓘ
linked to:
War and Remembrance
|
| occupation |
actress
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author ⓘ singer ⓘ television host ⓘ |
| performedIn |
Cape Fear (1962 film)
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Commander-in-Chief (TV series) ⓘ Cry of the Hunted (1953 film) ⓘ Desperate Housewives (TV series) ⓘ
linked to:
Desperate Housewives
Kisses for My President (1964 film) ⓘ
linked to:
Kisses for My President
Move Over, Darling (1963 film) ⓘ
linked to:
Move Over, Darling
That Wonderful Urge (1948 film) ⓘ The Caretakers (1963 film) ⓘ The Polly Bergen Show ⓘ The Winds of War (TV miniseries) ⓘ
linked to:
The Winds of War
War and Remembrance (TV miniseries) ⓘ
linked to:
War and Remembrance
|
| placeOfBirth |
Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
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linked to:
Knoxville, Tennessee
|
| placeOfDeath | Southbury, Connecticut, United States ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles, California, United States
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linked to:
Los Angeles
New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
linked to:
New York City
|
| spouse |
Freddie Fields
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Jeffrey Endervelt ⓘ Jérôme Courtland ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Polly Bergen Description of subject: Polly Bergen was an American actress and singer known for her work in film, television, and theater, including a prominent role in the 1962 thriller "Cape Fear."
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Polly Bergen