Jean Hagen as Lina Lamont
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Jean Hagen as Lina Lamont is the shrill-voiced, comically vain silent-film star whose transition to talkies provides much of the humor and conflict in the classic musical film "Singin' in the Rain."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jean Hagen as Lina Lamont canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T529646 — 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: Jean Hagen as Lina Lamont Context triple: [Singin' in the Rain, characterPortrayed, Jean Hagen as Lina Lamont]
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A.
Katherine Puening
Katherine Puening, better known as Kitty Oppenheimer, was a German-born American biologist and former Communist Party member who became the wife and close confidante of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer.
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B.
Lindsay Crouse
Lindsay Crouse is an American actress known for her work in film, television, and theater, including an Academy Award–nominated role in "Places in the Heart."
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C.
Annie Savoy – Susan Sarandon
Annie Savoy, portrayed by Susan Sarandon in the baseball romantic comedy "Bull Durham," is a baseball-obsessed, spiritually inclined muse who annually chooses and mentors one player on her beloved minor league team.
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D.
Bonnie Swanson
Bonnie Swanson is a recurring character on the animated sitcom Family Guy, known as Joe Swanson’s soft-spoken, long-pregnant wife and neighbor of the Griffin family.
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E.
Billie Burke
Billie Burke was an American actress best known for her role as Glinda the Good Witch in the classic 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz."
- 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: Jean Hagen as Lina Lamont Target entity description: Jean Hagen as Lina Lamont is the shrill-voiced, comically vain silent-film star whose transition to talkies provides much of the humor and conflict in the classic musical film "Singin' in the Rain."
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A.
Katherine Puening
Katherine Puening, better known as Kitty Oppenheimer, was a German-born American biologist and former Communist Party member who became the wife and close confidante of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer.
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B.
Lindsay Crouse
Lindsay Crouse is an American actress known for her work in film, television, and theater, including an Academy Award–nominated role in "Places in the Heart."
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C.
Annie Savoy – Susan Sarandon
Annie Savoy, portrayed by Susan Sarandon in the baseball romantic comedy "Bull Durham," is a baseball-obsessed, spiritually inclined muse who annually chooses and mentors one player on her beloved minor league team.
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D.
Bonnie Swanson
Bonnie Swanson is a recurring character on the animated sitcom Family Guy, known as Joe Swanson’s soft-spoken, long-pregnant wife and neighbor of the Griffin family.
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E.
Billie Burke
Billie Burke was an American actress best known for her role as Glinda the Good Witch in the classic 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictionalCharacterPortrayal
ⓘ
filmCharacter ⓘ rolePerformance ⓘ |
| alignment | antagonistic ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Singin' in the Rain ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Cosmo Brown
ⓘ
Don Lockwood ⓘ Kathy Selden ⓘ |
| basedOnIndustryTransition | silentFilmsToSoundFilms ⓘ |
| characterName | Lina Lamont ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
selfImportant
ⓘ
temperamental ⓘ vain ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| filmGenre |
comedy
ⓘ
musical ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 1952 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| metaCommentaryOn |
impactOfSoundOnSilentStars
ⓘ
starImageVsReality ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
sourceOfConflict
ⓘ
sourceOfHumor ⓘ |
| notableFor |
comicVanity
ⓘ
difficultyTransitioningToTalkies ⓘ shrillVoice ⓘ |
| occupationInFiction | silentFilmStar ⓘ |
| partOf | MGMMusicalTradition ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Jean Hagen ⓘ |
| roleType | supportingCharacter ⓘ |
| romanticLinkInStory | Don Lockwood ⓘ |
| settingEra | late1920sHollywood ⓘ |
| symbolizes | obsolescenceOfSomeSilentStars ⓘ |
| toneContribution |
satireOfHollywood
ⓘ
slapstickComedy ⓘ |
| usesPlotDevice | dubbingOfVoice ⓘ |
| vocalCharacteristic |
gratingAccent
ⓘ
highPitchedVoice ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jean Hagen as Lina Lamont Description of subject: Jean Hagen as Lina Lamont is the shrill-voiced, comically vain silent-film star whose transition to talkies provides much of the humor and conflict in the classic musical film "Singin' in the Rain."
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