Margaret Anderson

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fictional character radio character television character

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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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.

Father Knows Best → mainCharacter → Margaret Anderson ⓘ

Margaret Anderson – Jane Wyatt → portrayed → Margaret Anderson ⓘ

subject surface form: Jane Wyatt

Margaret Anderson – Jane Wyatt → hasCharacter → Margaret Anderson ⓘ

subject surface form: Father Knows Best

Jim Anderson (Father Knows Best) → spouse → Margaret Anderson ⓘ

Jim Anderson (Father Knows Best) → householdMembers → Margaret Anderson ⓘ

Springfield (fictional town in Father Knows Best) → associatedCharacter → Margaret Anderson ⓘ

subject surface form: Springfield (Father Knows Best)

Anderson family (Father Knows Best) → hasMember → Margaret Anderson ⓘ

June Whitley (radio) → notableCharacter → Margaret Anderson ⓘ

subject surface form: June Whitley