Biography
Edna Ferber (August 15, 1885 – April 16, 1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels include the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big (1924), Show Boat (1926; made into the celebrated 1927 musical), Cimarron (1930; adapted into the 1931 film which won the Academy Award for Best Picture), Giant (1952; made into the 1956 film of the same name) and Ice Palace (1958), which also received a film adaptation in 1960. She helped adapt her short story "Old Man Minick", published in 1922, into a play (Minick) and it was thrice adapted to film, in 1925 as the silent film Welcome Home, in 1932 as The Expert, and in 1939 as No Place to Go.
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Filmography
all 31
Movies 31
Writer 16
self 1
Writer
Dinner at Eight (1989)
Movie
Writer
Show Boat (1989)
Movie
Novel
Cimarron (1960)
Movie
Novel
Ice Palace (1960)
Movie
Novel
Giant (1956)
Movie
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Writer
So Big (1953)
Movie
Writer
Show Boat (1951)
Movie
Writer
No Place to Go (1939)
Movie
Theatre Play
Stage Door (1937)
Movie
1
Novel
Show Boat (1936)
Movie
1
Writer
Glamour (1934)
Movie
Theatre Play
Dinner at Eight (1933)
Movie
4
Novel
So Big! (1932)
Movie
Writer
The Expert (1932)
Movie
Novel
Cimarron (1931)
Movie
Original Story
Hard to Get (1929)
Movie
Writer
Show Boat (1929)
Movie
Writer
The Home Girl (1928)
Movie
Writer
Gigolo (1926)
Movie
Writer
Classified (1925)
Movie
Theatre Play
Welcome Home (1925)
Movie
Novel
So Big (1924)
Movie
Writer
No Woman Knows (1921)
Movie
Writer
A Gay Old Dog (1919)
Movie
Information
Known For
Writing
Gender
Female
Birthday
1885-08-15
Deathday
1968-04-16 (82 years old)
Birth Place
Kalamazoo, United States
Relatives
Janet Fox
Citizenships
United States
Residences
New York City · Appleton · Kalamazoo, United States of America
Awards
Michigan Women's Hall of Fame, Distinguished Americans series, Pulitzer Prize for the Novel, Pulitzer Prize for Novels
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