Lina Lamont
E91871
Lina Lamont is a comically vain, shrill-voiced silent film star whose struggle to adapt to talking pictures drives much of the humor and conflict in the classic musical film "Singin' in the Rain."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lina Lamont canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T529636 — 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: Lina Lamont Context triple: [Singin' in the Rain, mainCharacter, Lina Lamont]
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A.
Faye Emerson
Faye Emerson was an American film and stage actress who became a popular early television personality in the 1940s and 1950s.
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B.
Laura Lyons
Laura Lyons is the mother of American fashion model Lily Aldridge.
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C.
Linda
Linda is a feminine given name of Germanic origin that became widely used in English-speaking countries in the 20th century.
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D.
Marla Maples
Marla Maples is an American actress and television personality best known for her high-profile marriage to businessman and future U.S. President Donald Trump in the 1990s.
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E.
Mary Lee Ware
Mary Lee Ware was an American philanthropist and patron of science best known for financing Harvard University’s famous Blaschka Glass Models of Plants (the “Glass Flowers”).
- 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: Lina Lamont Target entity description: Lina Lamont is a comically vain, shrill-voiced silent film star whose struggle to adapt to talking pictures drives much of the humor and conflict in the classic musical film "Singin' in the Rain."
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A.
Faye Emerson
Faye Emerson was an American film and stage actress who became a popular early television personality in the 1940s and 1950s.
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B.
Laura Lyons
Laura Lyons is the mother of American fashion model Lily Aldridge.
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C.
Linda
Linda is a feminine given name of Germanic origin that became widely used in English-speaking countries in the 20th century.
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D.
Marla Maples
Marla Maples is an American actress and television personality best known for her high-profile marriage to businessman and future U.S. President Donald Trump in the 1990s.
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E.
Mary Lee Ware
Mary Lee Ware was an American philanthropist and patron of science best known for financing Harvard University’s famous Blaschka Glass Models of Plants (the “Glass Flowers”).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ musical film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Singin' in the Rain ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cosmo Brown
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Don Lockwood ⓘ Kathy Selden ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
comically antagonistic
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egotistical ⓘ insecure ⓘ jealous ⓘ manipulative ⓘ shrill-voiced ⓘ vain ⓘ |
| costumeCharacteristic |
extravagant hairstyles
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glamorous outfits ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Adolph Green
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Betty Comden ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Singin' in the Rain universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Singin' in the Rain
|
| filmWithinFilm |
The Dancing Cavalier
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The Dueling Cavalier ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Singin' in the Rain (1952 film)
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linked to:
Singin' in the Rain
|
| genre |
musical comedy
ⓘ
romantic comedy ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
antagonist
ⓘ
comic relief ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | American ⓘ |
| notableScene |
final on-stage unmasking of the dubbing
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microphone test for talking pictures ⓘ “Would You” dubbing sequence ⓘ |
| occupation |
movie star
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silent film actress ⓘ |
| plotInvolvement |
has her voice secretly dubbed by Kathy Selden
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is publicly exposed when Kathy Selden is revealed as the real singer ⓘ struggles to transition from silent films to talking pictures ⓘ threatens to sue the studio to maintain her star status ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Jean Hagen ⓘ |
| romanticInterestIn | Don Lockwood ⓘ |
| setting | Hollywood ⓘ |
| speechPattern |
Brooklyn accent
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malapropisms ⓘ |
| studioAffiliationInFiction | Monumental Pictures ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
artificiality of Hollywood stardom
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transition from silent films to sound ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 1920s ⓘ |
| voiceCharacteristic |
high-pitched
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nasal ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lina Lamont Description of subject: Lina Lamont is a comically vain, shrill-voiced silent film star whose struggle to adapt to talking pictures drives much of the humor and conflict in the classic musical film "Singin' in the Rain."
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Jean Shirley Verhagen
subject linked to:
studio head R.F. Simpson in Singin' in the Rain