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.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
film character
theatre character
achieves Broadway stardom
appearsIn All About Eve
appearsInGenre drama film
appearsInYear 1950
associatedWithTheme betrayal
fame
female rivalry
identity
becomes Margo Channing's understudy
centralTo plot of All About Eve
characterArc from seemingly innocent admirer to exposed manipulator
countryOfOriginWork United States
createdBy Joseph L. Mankiewicz
hasCulturalImpact archetype of the scheming understudy
hasGender female
hasNotableScene accepting theatre award at film's end
confrontation with Addison DeWitt in hotel room
hasOccupation actress
hasTrait ambitious
calculating
manipulative
influenced later portrayals of ambitious actresses in film and television
initiallyAppearsAs devoted fan of Margo Channing
languageOfWork English
manipulates Addison DeWitt
Karen Richards
Lloyd Richards
Margo Channing
medium cinema
narrativeRole antagonist
protagonist
partOf 20th Century Fox film catalog
portrayedBy Anne Baxter
risesIn theatre world
screenTimeContext majority of All About Eve
seeksToReplace Margo Channing
settingContext New York theatre scene
symbolizes duplicity
ruthless ambition in show business

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Karen Richards
acquaintanceOf
All About Eve
mainCharacter
Margo Channing
rival

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