Cathy Downs
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Cathy Downs was an American film actress best known for her leading role in classic 1940s Westerns and film noir, including her portrayal of Clementine Carter in "My Darling Clementine."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cathy Downs canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4245781 — 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: Cathy Downs Context triple: [My Darling Clementine, starring, Cathy Downs]
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A.
Linda Harrison
Linda Harrison is an American actress best known for her role as Nova in the original "Planet of the Apes" films.
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B.
Joanne Woodward
Joanne Woodward is an American actress and producer renowned for her Academy Award–winning performance in "The Three Faces of Eve" and her long, celebrated career in film, television, and theater.
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C.
Dina Merrill
Dina Merrill was an American actress, heiress, and philanthropist known for her elegant screen presence in mid-20th-century Hollywood films and television.
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D.
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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E.
Patsy O’Hara
Patsy O’Hara was an Irish republican volunteer and INLA member from Derry who died on hunger strike in the Maze Prison in 1981.
- 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: Cathy Downs Target entity description: Cathy Downs was an American film actress best known for her leading role in classic 1940s Westerns and film noir, including her portrayal of Clementine Carter in "My Darling Clementine."
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A.
Linda Harrison
Linda Harrison is an American actress best known for her role as Nova in the original "Planet of the Apes" films.
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B.
Joanne Woodward
Joanne Woodward is an American actress and producer renowned for her Academy Award–winning performance in "The Three Faces of Eve" and her long, celebrated career in film, television, and theater.
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C.
Dina Merrill
Dina Merrill was an American actress, heiress, and philanthropist known for her elegant screen presence in mid-20th-century Hollywood films and television.
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D.
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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E.
Patsy O’Hara
Patsy O’Hara was an Irish republican volunteer and INLA member from Derry who died on hunger strike in the Maze Prison in 1981.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actress
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film actress ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeInDecade |
1940s
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1950s ⓘ |
| artisticDiscipline | acting ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Downs ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | motion pictures ⓘ |
| genre |
Western film
ⓘ
film noir ⓘ |
| givenName | Cathy ⓘ |
| hasGender | female ⓘ |
| hasNotableEra |
Golden Age of Hollywood
ⓘ
linked to:
Hollywood Golden Age
|
| knownFor |
leading roles in 1940s Western films
ⓘ
roles in film noir ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| medium | cinema ⓘ |
| name | Cathy Downs ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableCharacter | Clementine Carter ⓘ |
| notableWork | My Darling Clementine ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
ⓘ
film actress ⓘ |
| partOf | classic American cinema ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | My Darling Clementine ⓘ |
| role | Clementine Carter ⓘ |
| workedIn |
Hollywood film industry
ⓘ
linked to:
Hollywood
|
| workLocation |
Hollywood
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cathy Downs Description of subject: Cathy Downs was an American film actress best known for her leading role in classic 1940s Westerns and film noir, including her portrayal of Clementine Carter in "My Darling Clementine."
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.