Margaret Anderson in Father Knows Best

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fictional character television character

Margaret Anderson in Father Knows Best is the sensible, nurturing mother and homemaker who anchors the Anderson family in the classic American television sitcom.

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Observed surface forms (4)

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Margaret Anderson (Father Knows Best) 0
Betty Anderson (Father Knows Best) 1
Kathy Anderson (Father Knows Best) 1

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
television character ⓘ
adaptationOf Margaret Anderson in Father Knows Best self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Margaret Anderson (Father Knows Best radio character)
appearsIn Father Knows Best ⓘ
Father Knows Best ⓘ
surface form: Father Knows Best (TV series, 1954–1960)
basedOn traditional mid-20th-century American housewife archetype ⓘ
characterTrait nurturing ⓘ
patient ⓘ
sensible ⓘ
supportive ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
familyName Anderson ⓘ
firstAppearanceInMedium Father Knows Best ⓘ
surface form: Father Knows Best (radio series)
genreOfWork American television sitcom ⓘ
givenName Margaret ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
medium television ⓘ
narrativeFunction family anchor ⓘ
voice of reason ⓘ
networkDebut 1954 ⓘ
occupation homemaker ⓘ
originalNetwork CBS ⓘ
NBC ⓘ
parentOf Margaret Anderson in Father Knows Best self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Betty Anderson (Father Knows Best)

Bud Anderson (Father Knows Best) ⓘ
Margaret Anderson in Father Knows Best self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kathy Anderson (Father Knows Best)
partOf Anderson family (Father Knows Best) ⓘ
portrayedBy Jane Wyatt ⓘ
Jean Vander Pyl (radio) ⓘ
June Whitley (radio) ⓘ
roleInFamily homemaker ⓘ
mother ⓘ
setting Springfield (fictional town in Father Knows Best) ⓘ
spouseOf Jim Anderson (Father Knows Best) ⓘ
timePeriodOfFictionalUniverse 1950s ⓘ

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Margaret Anderson in Father Knows Best → adaptationOf → Margaret Anderson in Father Knows Best self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Margaret Anderson (Father Knows Best)
this entity surface form: Margaret Anderson (Father Knows Best radio character)
Jane Wyatt → characterRole → Margaret Anderson in Father Knows Best ⓘ
Margaret Anderson in Father Knows Best → parentOf → Margaret Anderson in Father Knows Best self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Margaret Anderson (Father Knows Best)
this entity surface form: Betty Anderson (Father Knows Best)
Margaret Anderson in Father Knows Best → parentOf → Margaret Anderson in Father Knows Best self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Margaret Anderson (Father Knows Best)
this entity surface form: Kathy Anderson (Father Knows Best)