Edna Ferber

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

Birth Location Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Born 1885-08-15
Died 1968-04-16

Movies

The Ten-Year Lunch as Herself (archive footage)
1987

Movies

1989
1977
Cimarron Novel
1960
Ice Palace Novel
1960
Giant Novel
1956
So Big Author
1953
Show Boat Novel
1951
1945
No Place to Go Theatre Play
1939
Stage Door Theatre Play
1937
1936
Show Boat Novel
1936
Glamour Writer
1934
Dinner at Eight Theatre Play
1933
So Big! Novel
1932
The Expert Story
1932
The Expert Theatre Play
1932
Cimarron Novel
1931
Show Boat Writer
1929
1928
Gigolo Novel
1926
Welcome Home Theatre Play
1925
So Big Novel
1924
1921
1919
Our Mrs. McChesney Theatre Play
1918