Source: (Marshall 1996, pp. 21–25)
Film
- The House of Mirth, a 1918 silent film adaptation (6 reels) (of the 1905 novel) directed by French film director Albert Capellani, starring Katherine Harris Barrymore as Lily Bart. It is considered to be a lost film.
- The Glimpses Of The Moon, a 1923 silent film adaptation (7 reels) (of the 1922 novel) directed for Paramount Studios by Allan Dwan, starring Bebe Daniels, David Powell, Nita Naldi and Maurice Costello. It is considered to be a lost film.
- The Age of Innocence, a 1924 silent film adaptation (7 reels) (of the 1920 novel) directed for Warner Brothers by Wesley Ruggles, starring Beverly Bayne and Elliott Dexter. It is considered to be a lost film.
- The Marriage Playground, a 1929 talking film adaptation (70 minutes) (of the 1928 novel The Children) directed for Paramount Studios by Lothar Mendes, starring rising star Fredric March in leading role (as Martin Boyne), Mary Brian (as Judith Wheater), and Kay Francis (as Lady Wrench).
- The Age of Innocence, a 1934 film adaptation (9 reels / circa 80–90 minutes) (of the 1920 novel) directed for RKO Studios by Philip Moeller, starring Irene Dunne and John Boles.
- Strange Wives, a 1934 film adaptation (8 reels / 75 minutes) (of the 1934 short story Bread Upon the Waters) directed for Universal by Richard Thorpe, starring Roger Pryor (as Jimmy King), June Clayworth (as Nadja), and Esther Ralston (as Olga). It is considered to be a lost film.
- The Old Maid, a 1939 film adaptation (95 minutes) (of the 1924 short novella) directed by Edmund Goulding starring Bette Davis.
- A 1944 film version of the 1911 novel Ethan Frome starring Joan Crawford was proposed, but never came to fruition.[76]
- The Children (115 minutes) directed by Tony Palmer and released in 1990, starring Ben Kingsley and Kim Novak.
- Ethan Frome (99 minutes) directed by John Madden and released in 1993, starring Liam Neeson and Patricia Arquette.
- The Age of Innocence (138 minutes) directed by Martin Scorsese and released in 1993, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder and Michelle Pfeiffer.
- The Reef (88 minutes) directed by Robert Allan Ackerman and released in 1999.
- The House of Mirth (140 minutes) directed by Terence Davies and released in 2000, starring Gillian Anderson as Lily Bart.
Television
- The Touchstone, a live broadcast on CBS April 1951. First Wharton adaptation on television.
- "Grey Reminder"—the April 30, 1951 episode of NBC's Lights Out—is an adaptation of Wharton's story, "The Pomegranate Seed," starring Beatrice Straight, John Newland, Helene Dumas and Parker McCormick.[77][78]
- Ethan Frome, a 1960 (CBS) TV US adaptation, directed by Alex Segal, starring Sterling Hayden as Ethan Frome, Julie Harris as Mattie Silver and Clarice Blackburn as Zenobia Frome.
- Looking Back, a 1981 TV US loose adaptation of two biographies of Edith Wharton: A Backward Glance, Wharton's own 1934 autobiography & Edith Wharton, a 1975 biography by R.W.B. Lewis (1976 Bancroft Prize-winner).
- The House of Mirth, a 1981 TV US adaptation, directed by Adrian Hall, starring William Atherton, Geraldine Chaplin and Barbara Blossom
- The Buccaneers, a 1995 BBC mini-series, starring Carla Gugino and Greg Wise
- The Buccaneers, a 2023 Apple TV+ streaming series. Starring Kristine Frøseth.
Theater
- The House of Mirth was adapted as a play in 1906 by Edith Wharton and Clyde Fitch[79][80]
- The Age of Innocence was adapted as a play in 1928. Katharine Cornell played the role of Ellen Olenska.
- The Old Maid was adapted for the stage by Zoë Akins in 1934. It was staged by Guthrie McClintic and starred Judith Anderson and Helen Menken.[81] The play was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in May 1935.[82] When published, the play had both Akins and Wharton's names on the copyright.[83]
- Shadow of a Doubt made its world stage premiere in 2023 directed by Peter Hinton-Davis produced by the Shaw Festival. The show was designed by Gillian Gallow (Set & Costume) Bonnie Beecher (Lighting) and HAUI (Live Video) and starred Katherine Gautier as Kate Derwent.[84]
Ballet
- Ethan Frome was adapted by Cathy Marston as a one-act ballet titled Snowblind for the San Francisco Ballet. The ballet premiered in 2018, with Ulrik Birkkjaer as Ethan, Sarah Van Patten as Zeena and Mathilde Froustey as Mattie.[85]
