Antoinette Perry
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Antoinette Perry was an American actress, director, and co-founder of the American Theatre Wing, in whose honor the Tony Awards for excellence in Broadway theatre are named.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actress
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co-founder of organization → human → philanthropist → theatre director → |
| coFounded | American Theatre Wing → |
| commemoratedBy | annual Tony Awards ceremony → |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America → |
| employer | American Theatre Wing → |
| familyName | Perry → |
| fieldOfWork |
Broadway
→
surface form: "Broadway theatre"
theatre → |
| genre | stage acting → |
| givenName | Antoinette → |
| hasAwardNamedAfter | Tony Award → |
| hasHonor | Tony Awards named in her honor → |
| influenced |
American theatre awards system
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Broadway →
surface form: "Broadway theatre"
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| knownFor |
being namesake of the Tony Awards
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promoting American theatre → |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English → |
| movement | Broadway theatre community → |
| name | Antoinette Perry → |
| notableRole |
American Theatre Wing co-founder
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American Theatre Wing director → |
| notableWork |
co-founding the American Theatre Wing
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leadership of the American Theatre Wing during World War II → |
| occupation |
actress
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philanthropist → producer → stage director → theatre director → theatre executive → |
| partOf | American theatre history → |
| placeOfActivity | Broadway → |
| positionHeld | leader of the American Theatre Wing → |
| sexOrGender | female → |
| sphereOfInfluence |
Broadway community
→
United States theatre → |
| typeOfNamedThing | eponym of the Tony Awards → |
| workLocation | New York City → |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form: "Tony Award"
this entity surface form: "Antoinette Perry (Tony)"