Maria Cooper Janis
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Maria Cooper Janis is an American painter and author best known as the daughter of legendary film actor Gary Cooper and for her work preserving and promoting his legacy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Maria Cooper Janis canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2844846 — 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: Maria Cooper Janis Context triple: [Gary Cooper, child, Maria Cooper Janis]
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A.
Maxine Cooper
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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B.
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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C.
Maria Cooley
Maria Cooley was the wife of American landscape painter Jasper Francis Cropsey, a prominent figure of the Hudson River School.
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D.
Janet Coats Black
Janet Coats Black was a Scottish philanthropist and widow of publisher James Tait Black, best known for endowing the prestigious James Tait Black Memorial Prizes in literature.
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E.
Mary Lee Woods
Mary Lee Woods was a British mathematician and computer scientist who worked on early computers at Ferranti and was the mother of World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee.
- 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: Maria Cooper Janis Target entity description: Maria Cooper Janis is an American painter and author best known as the daughter of legendary film actor Gary Cooper and for her work preserving and promoting his legacy.
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A.
Maxine Cooper
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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B.
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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C.
Maria Cooley
Maria Cooley was the wife of American landscape painter Jasper Francis Cropsey, a prominent figure of the Hudson River School.
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D.
Janet Coats Black
Janet Coats Black was a Scottish philanthropist and widow of publisher James Tait Black, best known for endowing the prestigious James Tait Black Memorial Prizes in literature.
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E.
Mary Lee Woods
Mary Lee Woods was a British mathematician and computer scientist who worked on early computers at Ferranti and was the mother of World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
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author ⓘ human ⓘ painter ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Cooper Janis ⓘ |
| father | Gary Cooper ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
biographical writing
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visual arts ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre |
biography
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memoir ⓘ |
| givenName | Maria ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
Byron Janis
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Gary Cooper ⓘ Veronica Cooper ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mother | Veronica Cooper ⓘ |
| name | Maria Cooper Janis ⓘ |
| notableActivity |
collaboration with film historians and archives on Gary Cooper-related projects
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public appearances discussing Gary Cooper’s life and career ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the daughter of actor Gary Cooper
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preserving and promoting Gary Cooper's legacy ⓘ |
| notableRole | custodian of Gary Cooper’s legacy ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Gary Cooper Off Camera: A Daughter Remembers
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linked to:
Gary Cooper
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| occupation |
author
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painter ⓘ |
| participatesIn | exhibitions of her paintings ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
California
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linked to:
California, United States
Los Angeles ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| spouse | Byron Janis ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Maria Cooper Janis Description of subject: Maria Cooper Janis is an American painter and author best known as the daughter of legendary film actor Gary Cooper and for her work preserving and promoting his legacy.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.