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
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
Broadway
surface form: "Broadway theatre"
knownFor being namesake of the Tony Awards
promoting American theatre
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement Broadway theatre community
name Antoinette Perry
notableRole American Theatre Wing co-founder
American Theatre Wing director
notableWork co-founding the American Theatre Wing
leadership of the American Theatre Wing during World War II
occupation actress
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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Antoinette Perry name Antoinette Perry
Best Direction of a Musical namedAfter Antoinette Perry
Best Featured Actor in a Play namedAfter Antoinette Perry
Best Sound Design of a Musical namedAfter Antoinette Perry
Tony Award namedAfter Antoinette Perry
Tony namedAfter Antoinette Perry
subject surface form: "Tony Award"
this entity surface form: "Antoinette Perry (Tony)"