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Edna Ferber

Writer, Additional Credits
Born August 15, 1885Died April 16, 1968 (82 years)
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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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Come and Get It

Known For

  • Giant
  • Cimarron
  • Dinner at Eight
  • Show Boat
  • Stage Door
  • So Big!
  • Cimarron
  • Saratoga Trunk
  • Show Boat
  • Come and Get It
  • The Royal Family of Broadway
  • Dinner at Eight

Filmography

1989
1971
Great Performances (TV Series) · as Novel
1960
Cimarron · as Novel
1960
Ice Palace · as Novel
1956
Giant · as Novel
1951
Show Boat · as Novel
1948
1945
Saratoga Trunk · as Novel
1936
1936
Show Boat · as Novel
1934
1932
So Big! · as Novel
1931
Cimarron · as Novel
1929

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