Sonya Levien

from Russia

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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.

Timeline

1962Aged 74

  • Poster for State Fair

    Adaptation

1960Aged 72

  • Poster for Pepe

    Story

1957Aged 69

  • Poster for Jeanne Eagels

    Screenplay

1956Aged 68

  • Poster for Bhowani Junction

    Screenplay

1955Aged 67

  • Poster for Hit the Deck

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Interrupted Melody

    Writer

  • Poster for Oklahoma!

    Screenplay

1954Aged 66

  • Poster for The Student Prince

    Screenplay

1952Aged 64

  • Poster for The Merry Widow

    Screenplay

1951Aged 63

  • Poster for Quo Vadis

    Screenplay

1948Aged 60

  • Poster for Three Daring Daughters

    Screenplay

1947Aged 59

  • Poster for Cass Timberlane

    Adaptation

1946Aged 58

  • Poster for The Green Years

    Screenplay

1945Aged 57

  • Poster for The Valley of Decision

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Rhapsody in Blue

    Story

  • Poster for State Fair

    Adaptation

1943Aged 55

  • Poster for The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

    Story

1941Aged 53

  • Poster for Ziegfeld Girl

    Screenplay

1939Aged 51

  • Poster for The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Drums Along the Mohawk

    Screenplay

1938Aged 50

  • Poster for In Old Chicago

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Four Men and a Prayer

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Kidnapped

    Writer

  • Poster for The Cowboy and the Lady

    Screenplay

1936Aged 48

  • Poster for Paddy O'Day

    Story

  • Poster for The Country Doctor

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Reunion

    Writer

1935Aged 47

  • Poster for Navy Wife

    Writer

  • Poster for Here's to Romance

    Story

1934Aged 46

  • Poster for As Husbands Go

    Writer

  • Poster for Change of Heart

    Screenplay

1933Aged 45

  • Poster for Cavalcade

    Continuity

  • Poster for State Fair

    Screenplay

  • Poster for The Warrior's Husband

    Writer

  • Poster for Berkeley Square

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Mr. Skitch

    Writer

1932Aged 44

  • Poster for After Tomorrow

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Tess of the Storm Country

    Writer

1931Aged 43

  • Poster for The Man Who Came Back

    Writer

  • Poster for Daddy Long Legs

    Writer

  • Poster for The Brat

    Writer

  • Poster for Surrender

    Writer

  • Poster for Delicious

    Writer

1930Aged 42

  • Poster for Song o' My Heart

    Screenplay

  • Poster for So This Is London

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Liliom

    Dialogue

  • Poster for Lightnin'

    Writer

1929Aged 41

  • Poster for The Younger Generation

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Trial Marriage

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Behind That Curtain

    Writer

  • Poster for Lucky Star

    Writer

  • Poster for They Had to See Paris

    Scenario Writer

  • Poster for Frozen Justice

    Writer

  • Poster for South Sea Rose

    Writer

1928Aged 40

  • Poster for A Ship Comes In

    Writer

  • Poster for The Power of the Press

    Writer

1927Aged 39

  • Poster for The Princess from Hoboken

    Writer

  • Poster for The Heart Thief

    Writer

  • Poster for A Harp in Hock

    Writer

1926Aged 38

  • Poster for Why Girls Go Back Home

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Christine of the Big Tops

    Writer

1925Aged 37

  • Poster for Salome of the Tenements

    Writer

1923Aged 35

  • Poster for The Snow Bride

    Writer

  • Poster for The Exciters

    Writer

1922Aged 34

  • Poster for The Top of New York

    Story

  • Poster for Pink Gods

    Writer

1921Aged 33

  • Poster for Cheated Love

    Writer

  • Poster for First Love

    Story

1919Aged 31

  • Poster for Who Will Marry Me?

    Story

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