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<ownershipDocument>
    <schemaVersion>X0201</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType><periodOfReport>2003-11-30</periodOfReport>
    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000065984</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>ENTERGY CORP /DE/</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>ETR</issuerTradingSymbol></issuer><reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001103735</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>REILLEY DENNIS H</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>39 OLD RIDGEBURY ROAD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>DANBURY</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CT</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>06810</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
            <reportingOwnerRelationship>
<isDirector>1</isDirector><isOfficer>0</isOfficer><isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner><isOther>0</isOther></reportingOwnerRelationship></reportingOwner><nonDerivativeTable><nonDerivativeTransaction><securityTitle><value>Entergy Common Stock</value></securityTitle><transactionDate><value>2003-11-30</value></transactionDate><transactionCoding><transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType><transactionCode>A</transactionCode><equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved><footnoteId id="F1"/></transactionCoding><transactionAmounts><transactionShares><value>150</value></transactionShares><transactionPricePerShare><value>52.86</value><footnoteId id="F1"/></transactionPricePerShare><transactionAcquiredDisposedCode><value>A</value></transactionAcquiredDisposedCode></transactionAmounts><postTransactionAmounts><sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction><value>2700</value></sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction></postTransactionAmounts><ownershipNature><directOrIndirectOwnership><value>I</value></directOrIndirectOwnership><natureOfOwnership><value>Note 1</value></natureOfOwnership></ownershipNature></nonDerivativeTransaction></nonDerivativeTable><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 $52.86. The filing individual has indirect ownership of 2,100 shares, which he deferred, and has direct ownership of 600 shares.</footnote></footnotes><remarks/><ownerSignature><signatureName>Christopher T. Screen for  Dennis H. Reilley</signatureName><signatureDate>2003-12-02</signatureDate></ownerSignature></ownershipDocument>

