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Edna Ferber

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 27

TMDB ID: 18739

IMDb ID: nm0272209

Known for: Writing

Born: August 15, 1885

Died: April 16, 1968

Age: 82

Place of birth: Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1918 - 1989

Years active: 72

Average TMDB rating: 6.63

Wikidata: Q283496

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Novel (12)Theatre Play (7)Writer (4)Author (2)Original Story (1)Story (1)

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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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