Sonya Levien
Personal Info
Know For
Writing
Gender
Female
Birthday
1888-12-25 (72 years old)
Deathday
1960-03-20
Place of Birth
Panimunik, Russia Empire
Also known As
Sonya Hovey
Соня Левин
Sonya Levien
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sonya Levien (born Sara Opesken; 25 December 1888 – 19 March 1960) was a Russian-born American screenwriter. She became one of the highest earning female screenwriters in Hollywood in the 1930s and would help a number of directors and film stars transition from silent films to talkies. In 1955 she received an Academy Award for her screenplay Interrupted Melody.
Production
1951
as Screenplay
1939
as Screenplay
1941
as Screenplay
1962
as Adaptation
1955
as Writer
1945
as Story
1945
as Screenplay
1943
as Story
1929
as Writer
1954
as Screenplay
1939
as Screenplay
1946
as Screenplay
1938
as Screenplay
1957
as Screenplay
1948
as Screenplay
1938
as Screenplay
1933
as Screenplay
1934
as Screenplay
1933
as Screenplay
1933
as Writer
1932
as Writer
1928
as Writer
1938
as Screenplay
1947
as Adaptation
1936
as Writer
1930
as Dialogue
1930
as Screenplay
1956
as Screenplay
1931
as Writer
1931
as Writer
1929
as Writer
1935
as Writer
1934
as Writer
1955
as Screenplay
1929
as Writer
1933
as Writer
1936
as Screenplay
1936
as Story
1932
as Screenplay
1930
as Writer
1929
as Writer
1960
as Story
1931
as Writer
1931
as Writer
1928
as Writer
1931
as Writer
1938
as Writer
1938
as Screenplay
1945
as Adaptation
1925
as Writer
1952
as Screenplay
1929
as Screenplay
1955
as Screenplay
1919
as Story
1929
as Screenplay
1930
as Screenplay
1927
as Writer
1926
as Writer
1921
as Writer
1926
as Screenplay
1930
as Screenplay
1921
as Story
1932
as Screenplay
1927
as Writer
1933
as Continuity
1935
as Story
1922
as Writer
1927
as Writer
1922
as Story
1923
as Writer
1929
as Scenario Writer
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