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Edna Ferber

Edna Ferber

Known For Writing
Birthday Aug 15, 1885
Died Apr 16, 1968 (82)
Birthplace Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Popularity 0.1 (history)
Updated Aug 09, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Aug 09, 2025
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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.

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Dinner at Eight

Dinner at Eight

1989

Writer

The Royal Family

The Royal Family

1977

Writer

Cimarron

Cimarron

1960

Novel

Ice Palace

Ice Palace

1960

Novel

Giant

Giant

1956

Novel

So Big

So Big

1953

Author

Show Boat

Show Boat

1951

Novel

Saratoga Trunk

Saratoga Trunk

1945

Novel

No Place to Go

No Place to Go

1939

Theatre Play

Stage Door

Stage Door

1937

Theatre Play

Show Boat

Show Boat

1936

Novel

Come and Get It

Come and Get It

1936

Novel

Glamour

Glamour

1934

Writer

Dinner at Eight

Dinner at Eight

1933

Theatre Play

So Big!

So Big!

1932

Novel

The Expert

The Expert

1932

Story, Theatre Play

Cimarron

Cimarron

1931

Novel

Show Boat

Show Boat

1929

Writer

Hard to Get

Hard to Get

1929

Original Story

The Home Girl

The Home Girl

1928

Story

Mother Knows Best

Mother Knows Best

1928

Writer

Gigolo

Gigolo

1926

Novel

Welcome Home

Welcome Home

1925

Theatre Play

So Big

So Big

1924

Novel

No Woman Knows

No Woman Knows

1921

Novel

A Gay Old Dog

A Gay Old Dog

1919

Story

Our Mrs. McChesney

Our Mrs. McChesney

1918

Theatre Play

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