Edna Ferber
Writing
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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Notable Works
Prominent titles featuring Edna Ferber
Filmography
Acting (1)
1987
The Ten-Year Lunchas Herself (archive footage)
6.5
Production & Directing (30)
1989
Dinner at EightTheatre Play
5.5
1989
Show BoatWriter
1977
The Royal FamilyWriter
8.0
1960
CimarronNovel
6.2
1960
Ice PalaceNovel
6.3
1956
GiantNovel
7.6
1953
So BigAuthor
5.5
1951
Show BoatNovel
6.2
1945
Saratoga TrunkNovel
6.1
1939
No Place to GoTheatre Play
8.0
1937
Stage DoorTheatre Play
7.1
1936
Come and Get ItNovel
6.8
1936
Show BoatNovel
6.7
1934
GlamourWriter
4.3
1933
Dinner at EightTheatre Play
6.8
1932
So Big!Novel
5.8
1932
The ExpertTheatre Play
7.3
1932
The ExpertStory
7.3
1931
CimarronNovel
5.5
1930
5.9
1929
Hard to GetOriginal Story
7.0
1929
Show BoatWriter
6.8
1928
The Home GirlStory
8.0
1928
Mother Knows BestWriter
9.0
1926
GigoloNovel
7.0
1925
Welcome HomeTheatre Play
7.0
1924
So BigNovel
9.0
1921
No Woman KnowsNovel
9.0
1919
A Gay Old DogStory
10.0
1918
Our Mrs. McChesneyTheatre Play