Edna Ferber
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- August 15, 1885
- Died
- April 16, 1968 (aged 82)
- Birthplace
- Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
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. From Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Show Boat
Movie · Writer
Dinner at Eight
Movie · Theatre Play
The Royal Family
Movie · Writer
Cimarron
Movie · Novel
Ice Palace
Movie · Novel
Giant
Movie · Novel
So Big
Movie · Author
Show Boat
Movie · Novel
Saratoga Trunk
Movie · Novel
No Place to Go
Movie · Theatre Play
Stage Door
Movie · Theatre Play
Show Boat
Movie · Novel
Come and Get It
Movie · Novel
Glamour
Movie · Writer
Dinner at Eight
Movie · Theatre Play
So Big!
Movie · Novel
The Expert
Movie · Theatre Play, Story
Cimarron
Movie · Novel
The Royal Family of Broadway
Movie · Author
Hard to Get
Movie · Original Story
Show Boat
Movie · Writer
Mother Knows Best
Movie · Writer
The Home Girl
Movie · Story
Gigolo
Movie · Novel
Welcome Home
Movie · Theatre Play
So Big
Movie · Novel
No Woman Knows
Movie · Novel
A Gay Old Dog
Movie · Story
Our Mrs. McChesney
Movie · Theatre Play