Anderson family (Father Knows Best)

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fictional character fictional family television character group

The Anderson family in "Father Knows Best" is the central, idealized mid-20th-century American suburban household around which the show's domestic stories and moral lessons revolve.

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Label Occurrences
Anderson family (Father Knows Best) canonical 6

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
fictional family ⓘ
television character group ⓘ
appearsIn Father Knows Best ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalRole representation of idealized nuclear family ⓘ
depicts idealized mid-20th-century American suburban life ⓘ
familyRole father ⓘ
mother ⓘ
oldest daughter ⓘ
son ⓘ
youngest daughter ⓘ
firstAppearanceMedium radio series Father Knows Best ⓘ
genre domestic comedy ⓘ
family sitcom ⓘ
hasMember Betty Anderson ⓘ
Bud Anderson ⓘ
Jim Anderson ⓘ
Kathy Anderson ⓘ
Margaret Anderson ⓘ
laterAppearanceMedium Father Knows Best ⓘ
surface form: television series Father Knows Best
medium radio ⓘ
television ⓘ
memberOf Anderson family (Father Knows Best) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
narrativeFunction vehicle for domestic stories ⓘ
vehicle for moral lessons ⓘ
narrativeRole central family ⓘ
occupation insurance salesman ⓘ
portrayedAs harmonious family unit ⓘ
residenceType single-family suburban home ⓘ
setting Springfield ⓘ
socialClass middle class ⓘ
targetAudience American television viewers ⓘ
theme middle-class family values ⓘ
parental guidance and moral lessons ⓘ
traditional gender roles ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted 1950s America ⓘ

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

Margaret Anderson in Father Knows Best → partOf → Anderson family (Father Knows Best) ⓘ
subject surface form: Margaret Anderson (Father Knows Best)
Bud Anderson (Father Knows Best) → familyNameOfFamily → Anderson family (Father Knows Best) ⓘ
Bud Anderson (Father Knows Best) → partOf → Anderson family (Father Knows Best) ⓘ
Margaret Anderson → familyName → Anderson family (Father Knows Best) ⓘ
Bud Anderson → memberOf → Anderson family (Father Knows Best) ⓘ
Anderson family (Father Knows Best) → memberOf → Anderson family (Father Knows Best) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Jim Anderson