Edna Ferber

Birthday: 15 August 1887, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

Edna Ferber was born on August 15, 1887 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA. She is known for her work on Giant (1956), Stage Door (1937) and Show Boat (1951). She died on April 16, 1968 in New York City, New ...Show More

[from her autobiography "A Peculiar Treasure", describing her reaction to "Ol' Man River" from "Show Show more [from her autobiography "A Peculiar Treasure", describing her reaction to "Ol' Man River" from "Show Boat", based on her best-selling novel] The music mounted, mounted, and I give you my word my hair stood on end, the tears came to my eyes, I breathed like a heroine in a melodrama . . . This was great music. This was music that would outlast your day and my day. Hide

It's terrible to realize you don't learn how to live until you're ready to die and, then it's too la Show more It's terrible to realize you don't learn how to live until you're ready to die and, then it's too late. Hide

Roast beef, medium, is not only a food. It is a philosophy. Roast beef, medium, is not only a food. It is a philosophy.

[on her acclaimed novel "So Big"] The title had been only a tentative working one. While the title e Show more [on her acclaimed novel "So Big"] The title had been only a tentative working one. While the title exactly expressed the book's theme, it seemed in itself to be pretty stomach-turning and I didn't for a moment mean to keep it. Hide

[replying to Noël Coward, who once encountered her when she was wearing a tailored suit and said, " Show more [replying to Noël Coward, who once encountered her when she was wearing a tailored suit and said, "You look almost like a man"] So do you. Hide

Living in the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causes you Show more Living in the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causes you to bump into people not going your way. Hide

Edna Ferber's FILMOGRAPHY

as Creator (2)

Giant

Cimarron