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Lombardy Hotel, 111 E 56th St, New York, NY 10022
218 E North St, Appleton, WI 54911
50 Central Park West, New York, NY 10023
730 Park Ave, New York, NY 10021
Edna
Ferber (August 15, 1885[1]
– April 16, 1968) was an American
novelist,
short
story writer and
playwright. Her novels included the
Pulitzer Prize-winning
So Big (1924),
Show Boat (1926; made into the celebrated
1927
musical),
Cimarron (1929; made into the
1931 film which won the
Academy Award for Best Picture),
Giant (1952; made into the
1956 Hollywood movie) and Ice Palace (1958),
filmed in 1960.
Ferber never married, had no children, and is not known to have engaged in a romance or sexual relationship.[4] In her early novel Dawn O'Hara, the title character's aunt is said to have remarked, "Being an old maid was a great deal like death by drowning – a really delightful sensation when you ceased struggling." Ferber did take a maternal interest in the career of her niece Janet Fox, an actress who performed in the original Broadway casts of Ferber's plays Dinner at Eight and Stage Door.
Playwright Noel Coward bumped in to Ferber who was wearing one of her tailored suits. Coward looked her over and said, "Edna, you almost look like a man." Ferber looked Coward over and said, "So do you"
Ferber died at her home in New York City, of stomach cancer,[5] at the age of 82.
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