Sonya Levien
Personal information
- Known for
- Writing
- Known credits
- 71
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- December 25, 1888
- Died
- March 20, 1960
- Place of birth
- Panimunik, Russia Empire
- Also known as
- Sonya HoveyСоня Левин
Biography
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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.
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Filmography
Writing
69 titles
1960
