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 |
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)
|
| 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
ⓘ
surface form:
Golden Age of American television
|
| residence | Springfield (fictional town in Father Knows Best) ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative |
mother
ⓘ
wife ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| spouse | Jim Anderson ⓘ |
| targetAudience | family audience ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
domestic life
ⓘ
middle-class American family ⓘ traditional family values ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Jane Wyatt
subject surface form:
Father Knows Best
subject surface form:
Springfield (Father Knows Best)
subject surface form:
June Whitley