Eve Harrington
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Eve Harrington is the ambitious, manipulative young actress at the center of the classic 1950 film "All About Eve," whose calculated rise in the theater world drives the story's drama.
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character → theatre character → |
| achieves |
Broadway stardom
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| appearsIn |
All About Eve
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| appearsInGenre |
drama film
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| appearsInYear |
1950
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| associatedWithTheme |
betrayal
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fame → female rivalry → identity → |
| becomes |
Margo Channing's understudy
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| centralTo |
plot of All About Eve
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| characterArc |
from seemingly innocent admirer to exposed manipulator
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| countryOfOriginWork |
United States
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| createdBy |
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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| hasCulturalImpact |
archetype of the scheming understudy
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| hasGender |
female
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| hasNotableScene |
accepting theatre award at film's end
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confrontation with Addison DeWitt in hotel room → |
| hasOccupation |
actress
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| hasTrait |
ambitious
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calculating → manipulative → |
| influenced |
later portrayals of ambitious actresses in film and television
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| initiallyAppearsAs |
devoted fan of Margo Channing
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| languageOfWork |
English
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| manipulates |
Addison DeWitt
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Karen Richards → Lloyd Richards → Margo Channing → |
| medium |
cinema
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| narrativeRole |
antagonist
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protagonist → |
| partOf |
20th Century Fox film catalog
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| portrayedBy |
Anne Baxter
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| risesIn |
theatre world
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| screenTimeContext |
majority of All About Eve
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| seeksToReplace |
Margo Channing
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| settingContext |
New York theatre scene
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| symbolizes |
duplicity
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ruthless ambition in show business → |
Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Karen Richards
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acquaintanceOf |
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All About Eve
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mainCharacter |
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Margo Channing
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rival |