Personal Info
Gender:Unspecified
Birth Date:1888-12-25 00:00:00
Birth Place:Panimunik, Russia Empire
Known For:Writing
Death Date:1960-03-20 00:00:00
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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.
Filmography (40)
⭐ 6.6
In Old Chicago
screenplay1938
⭐ 5.5
A Ship Comes In
writer1928
⭐ 6.2
State Fair
screenplay1933
⭐ 5
Navy Wife
writer1935
⭐ 3.7
Behind That Curtain
writer1929
⭐ 4.6
Hit the Deck
screenplay1955
⭐ 5.9
They Had to See Paris
scenario writer1929
⭐ 6.1
The Student Prince
screenplay1954
⭐ 5.9
Three Daring Daughters
screenplay1948
⭐ 5.5
Cass Timberlane
adaptation1947
⭐ 5.5
Cavalcade
continuity1933
⭐ 5.5
Interrupted Melody
writer1955
⭐ 6.3
Change of Heart
screenplay1934
Here's to Romance
story1935
Reunion
writer1936
⭐ 6.6
State Fair
adaptation1945
⭐ 7.4
The Valley of Decision
screenplay1945
⭐ 6.5
Four Men and a Prayer
screenplay1938
⭐ 10
Cheated Love
writer1921
The Snow Bride
writer1923
⭐ 9
The Exciters
writer1923
⭐ 10
The Top of New York
story1922
⭐ 7
Pink Gods
writer1922
⭐ 10
The Heart Thief
writer1927
⭐ 5.8
After Tomorrow
screenplay1932
⭐ 8
Who Will Marry Me?
story1919
⭐ 10
First Love
story1921
⭐ 7.3
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
screenplay1939
⭐ 8
The Princess from Hoboken
writer1927
⭐ 7
So This Is London
screenplay1930
Why Girls Go Back Home
screenplay1926
⭐ 8
Christine of the Big Tops
writer1926
⭐ 6.6
Oklahoma!
screenplay1955
Salome of the Tenements
writer1925
⭐ 6.4
The Power of the Press
writer1928
⭐ 1
Frozen Justice
writer1929
⭐ 7
Tess of the Storm Country
writer1932
⭐ 6.6
Rhapsody in Blue
story1945
⭐ 6.3
The Cowboy and the Lady
screenplay1938
⭐ 8
As Husbands Go
writer1934