Margaret Anderson
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Margaret Anderson is the sensible and nurturing mother figure at the center of the classic American radio and television sitcom "Father Knows Best."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Margaret Anderson canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3017699 — 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.
Target entity: Margaret Anderson Context triple: [Father Knows Best, mainCharacter, Margaret Anderson]
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Louise Treadwell
Louise Treadwell was an American actress and philanthropist best known as the longtime wife of actor Spencer Tracy and co-founder of the John Tracy Clinic for children with hearing impairments.
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Alice Howe Gibbens
Alice Howe Gibbens was an American schoolteacher and social reformer best known as the wife and intellectual partner of philosopher and psychologist William James.
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Margaret Fuller
Margaret Fuller was a pioneering 19th-century American feminist, writer, and critic associated with the Transcendentalist movement and known for her influential work "Woman in the Nineteenth Century."
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D.
Ellen Zinsser McCloy
Ellen Zinsser McCloy was the wife of influential American lawyer and statesman John J. McCloy, who played major roles in U.S. and international policy in the mid-20th century.
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E.
Helen Menken
Helen Menken was an American stage actress prominent in early 20th-century Broadway theatre and an influential figure in the New York theatrical community.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Margaret Anderson Target entity description: Margaret Anderson is the sensible and nurturing mother figure at the center of the classic American radio and television sitcom "Father Knows Best."
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A.
Louise Treadwell
Louise Treadwell was an American actress and philanthropist best known as the longtime wife of actor Spencer Tracy and co-founder of the John Tracy Clinic for children with hearing impairments.
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B.
Alice Howe Gibbens
Alice Howe Gibbens was an American schoolteacher and social reformer best known as the wife and intellectual partner of philosopher and psychologist William James.
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C.
Margaret Fuller
Margaret Fuller was a pioneering 19th-century American feminist, writer, and critic associated with the Transcendentalist movement and known for her influential work "Woman in the Nineteenth Century."
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D.
Ellen Zinsser McCloy
Ellen Zinsser McCloy was the wife of influential American lawyer and statesman John J. McCloy, who played major roles in U.S. and international policy in the mid-20th century.
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E.
Helen Menken
Helen Menken was an American stage actress prominent in early 20th-century Broadway theatre and an influential figure in the New York theatrical community.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
radio character ⓘ television character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Father Knows Best
ⓘ
surface form:
Father Knows Best (radio series)
Father Knows Best ⓘ
surface form:
Father Knows Best (television series)
|
| associatedWorkCreator | Ed James ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
level-headed
ⓘ
nurturing ⓘ patient ⓘ sensible ⓘ supportive ⓘ |
| child |
Betty Anderson
ⓘ
Bud Anderson ⓘ Kathy Anderson ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalRole | idealized 1950s American housewife ⓘ |
| familyName | Anderson family (Father Knows Best) ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Father Knows Best ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Father Knows Best
ⓘ
surface form:
Father Knows Best radio premiere (1949)
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| genre | sitcom character ⓘ |
| householdRole | homemaker ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium |
radio
ⓘ
television ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
mediates family conflicts
ⓘ
provides emotional stability for the Anderson family ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic | central mother figure of Father Knows Best ⓘ |
| originalNetwork |
CBS
ⓘ
surface form:
CBS (television)
NBC Radio ⓘ
surface form:
NBC (radio)
|
| parentingStyle |
gentle guidance
ⓘ
moral instruction ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Jane Wyatt
ⓘ
surface form:
Jane Wyatt (television)
Jean Vander Pyl (radio) ⓘ June Whitley (radio) ⓘ |
| productionEra |
Golden Age of Television
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surface form:
Golden Age of American television
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| residence | Springfield (fictional town in Father Knows Best) ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative |
mother
ⓘ
wife ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| spouse | Jim Anderson ⓘ |
| targetAudience | family audience ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
domestic life
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middle-class American family ⓘ traditional family values ⓘ |
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Subject: Margaret Anderson Description of subject: Margaret Anderson is the sensible and nurturing mother figure at the center of the classic American radio and television sitcom "Father Knows Best."
Referenced by (8)
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