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<ownershipDocument>
    <schemaVersion>X0101</schemaVersion>

<documentType>4</documentType><periodOfReport>2003-05-09</periodOfReport>
<issuer><issuerCik>0000065984</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>ENTERGY CORP /DE/</issuerName>
<issuerTradingSymbol>ETR</issuerTradingSymbol></issuer><reportingOwner><reportingOwnerId><rptOwnerCik>0001057586</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>MURRILL PAUL W</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>  </rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>  </rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>  </rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>  </rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>  </rptOwnerZipCode>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
<reportingOwnerRelationship>
<isDirector>1</isDirector><isOfficer>0</isOfficer><isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner><isOther>0</isOther></reportingOwnerRelationship></reportingOwner><nonDerivativeSecurity><securityTitle><value>Entergy Common Stock</value></securityTitle><transactionDate><value>2003-05-09</value></transactionDate><transactionCoding><transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType><transactionCode>A</transactionCode><equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved><footnoteId id="F1"/></transactionCoding><transactionAmounts><transactionShares><value>150</value></transactionShares><transactionValue><value>48.52</value></transactionValue><transactionAcquiredDisposedCode><value>A</value></transactionAcquiredDisposedCode></transactionAmounts><postTransactionAmounts><sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction><value>7540</value></sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction></postTransactionAmounts><ownershipNature><directOrIndirectOwnership><value>I</value></directOrIndirectOwnership><natureOfOwnership><value>Note 1</value></natureOfOwnership></ownershipNature></nonDerivativeSecurity><footnotes><footnote id="F1">Awarded but deferred under the Company's Stock Plan for Outside Directors.  The closing price on the day of grant was $48.52.  The filing individual has indirect ownership of 4,800 shares, which he has deferred, and has direct ownership of 2,740 shares.</footnote></footnotes><ownerSignature><signatureName>Christopher T. Screen for Paul W. Murrill</signatureName><signatureDate>2003-05-13</signatureDate></ownerSignature></ownershipDocument>

