Sonya Levien

Personal Info

Known For

Writing

Known Credits

1

Gender

Female

Birthday

1888-12-25

Deathday

1960-03-20 (71 years old)

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.

Known For

The Oscars
6.9%

The Oscars

Mar 19, 1953

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Acting

1953
The Oscars as Self

Directing

1933
Cavalcade as Continuity

Writing

1962
State Fair as Adaptation
1960
Pepe as Story
1957
Jeanne Eagels as Screenplay
1956
Bhowani Junction as Screenplay
1955
Oklahoma! as Screenplay
1955
Interrupted Melody as Writer
1955
Hit the Deck as Screenplay
1954
The Student Prince as Screenplay
1952
The Merry Widow as Screenplay
1951
Quo Vadis as Screenplay
1948
Three Daring Daughters as Screenplay
1947
Cass Timberlane as Adaptation
1946
The Green Years as Screenplay
1945
State Fair as Adaptation
1945
Rhapsody in Blue as Story
1945
The Valley of Decision as Screenplay
1943
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday as Story
1941
Ziegfeld Girl as Screenplay
1939
The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Screenplay
1939
Drums Along the Mohawk as Screenplay
1938
The Cowboy and the Lady as Screenplay
1938
Kidnapped as Screenplay
1938
Kidnapped as Writer
1938
Four Men and a Prayer as Screenplay
1938
In Old Chicago as Screenplay
1936
Reunion as Writer
1936
The Country Doctor as Screenplay
1936
Paddy O'Day as Story
1935
Here's to Romance as Story
1935
Navy Wife as Writer
1934
Change of Heart as Screenplay
1934
As Husbands Go as Writer
1933
Mr. Skitch as Writer
1933
Berkeley Square as Screenplay
1933
The Warrior's Husband as Writer
1933
State Fair as Screenplay
1932
Tess of the Storm Country as Writer
1932
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm as Screenplay
1932
After Tomorrow as Screenplay
1931
Delicious as Writer
1931
Surrender as Writer
1931
The Brat as Writer
1931
Daddy Long Legs as Writer
1931
The Man Who Came Back as Writer
1930
Lightnin' as Writer
1930
Liliom as Screenplay
1930
Liliom as Dialogue
1930
So This Is London as Screenplay
1930
Song o' My Heart as Screenplay
1929
South Sea Rose as Writer
1929
Frozen Justice as Writer
1929
They Had to See Paris as Scenario Writer
1929
Lucky Star as Writer
1929
Behind That Curtain as Writer
1929
Trial Marriage as Screenplay
1929
The Younger Generation as Screenplay
1928
The Power of the Press as Writer
1928
A Ship Comes In as Writer
1927
A Harp in Hock as Writer
1927
The Heart Thief as Writer
1927
The Princess from Hoboken as Writer
1926
Christine of the Big Tops as Writer
1926
Why Girls Go Back Home as Screenplay
1925
Salome of the Tenements as Writer
1923
The Exciters as Writer
1922
Pink Gods as Writer
1922
The Top of New York as Story
1921
First Love as Story
1921
Cheated Love as Writer
1919
Who Will Marry Me? as Story
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