DeMille family

E124115

American show-business dynasty family

The DeMille family is a prominent American show-business dynasty best known for pioneering film director Cecil B. DeMille and its multigenerational influence on Hollywood cinema.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
DeMille family canonical	2
Cecil B. DeMille branch	1
Cecil B. DeMille is son of Henry Churchill de Mille	1
deMille family	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American show-business dynasty ⓘ family ⓘ
associatedWith	classical Hollywood cinema ⓘ early sound films ⓘ silent film era ⓘ
basedIn	Hollywood ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
fieldOfWork	dance ⓘ film directing ⓘ film industry ⓘ film production ⓘ screenwriting ⓘ theatre ⓘ
hasCulturalImpact	contributed to popularization of large-scale biblical and historical films ⓘ helped define image of Hollywood director as showman ⓘ
hasEthnicOrigin	American ⓘ European descent ⓘ
hasGenerationalInfluence	multiple generations active in film ⓘ
hasLineageConnection	Agnes de Mille ⓘ surface form: Agnes de Mille is niece of Cecil B. DeMille DeMille family self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cecil B. DeMille is son of Henry Churchill de Mille Katherine DeMille ⓘ surface form: Katherine DeMille is adopted daughter of Cecil B. DeMille William C. deMille ⓘ surface form: William C. deMille is son of Henry Churchill de Mille
hasMatriarch	Beatrice DeMille ⓘ surface form: Beatrice deMille
hasNotableMember	Agnes de Mille ⓘ Beatrice DeMille ⓘ surface form: Beatrice deMille Cecil B. DeMille ⓘ Henry Churchill de Mille ⓘ Katherine DeMille ⓘ Richard DeMille ⓘ surface form: Richard de Mille William C. deMille ⓘ
hasPatriarch	Henry Churchill de Mille ⓘ
hasProfessionalNetwork	New York theatre community ⓘ surface form: Broadway theatre community Hollywood studios ⓘ Paramount Pictures ⓘ
influenced	American film narrative style ⓘ development of Hollywood epic film ⓘ
influencedBy	American theatre tradition ⓘ
knownFor	contributions to American popular culture ⓘ spectacle-driven filmmaking tradition ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
notableBranch	DeMille family self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cecil B. DeMille branch William C. deMille branch ⓘ
notableFor	influence on Hollywood cinema ⓘ pioneering work in motion pictures ⓘ
timePeriodOfProminence	20th century ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cecilia DeMille Harper → notableFamily → DeMille family ⓘ

DeMille family → hasLineageConnection → DeMille family self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cecil B. DeMille is son of Henry Churchill de Mille

DeMille family → notableBranch → DeMille family self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cecil B. DeMille branch

Blanche de Mille (stepmother) → hasFamilyConnection → DeMille family ⓘ

subject surface form: Blanche de Mille

this entity surface form: deMille family

John Blount DeMille → memberOf → DeMille family ⓘ