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Salka Viertel

Actor / Screenwriter | * 06/15/1889 († 89, 10/20/1978) | Sambir (Ukraine)
Salka Viertel (June 15, 1889 – October 20, 1978) was an Austrian actress and Hollywood screenwriter. While under contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from 1933 to 1937, Viertel co-wrote the scripts for many movies, particularly those starring her close friend Greta Garbo, including Queen Christina (1933) and Anna Karenina (1935). She also played opposite Garbo in MGM's German-language version of Anna Christie in 1930. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | History

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A shy California farm girl falls head-over-heels in love with Barry Burnett, a fugitive from a chain gang building a road through the wilderness. ...

Deep Valley

NR

1947 | 3.0/5 | 1h 44min
Drama
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Queen Christina of Sweden is a popular monarch who is loyal to her country. However, when she falls in love with a Spanish envoy, she must choose between the throne and the man she loves. ...

Queen Christina

NR

1933 | 3.5/5 | 1h 39min
Drama, History, Romance / Love
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A young woman reunites with the father she's not seen since early childhood, also falls in love with a sailor who wishes to marry her, and eventually is forced to reveal to each man about her dark pas ...

Anna Christie

Certification unknown

1930 | 3.8/5 | 1h 25min
Drama
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A 1929 American pre-Code drama film with fantasy elements that was released by Fox Film Corporation in the Fox Movietone sound-on-film system on December 1, 1929. ...

Seven Faces

Certification unknown

1929 | 1h 18min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Movies with Salka Viertel as Actress(4)

as Mrs. Taylor1931 The Holy Flames
1931 The Costume Falls
as Marthy1930 Anna Christie
as Catherine of Russia1929 Seven Faces

Movies with Salka Viertel as Crew(9)

Writing/Writer1959 Prisoner of the Volga
Writing/Writer1954 Loves of Three Queens
Writing/Screenplay1947 Deep Valley
Writing/Screenplay1941 Two-Faced Woman
Writing/Writer1937 Conquest
Writing/Screenplay1935 Anna Karenina
Writing/Screenplay1934 The Painted Veil
Writing/Story1933 Queen Christina
Writing/Screenplay1933 Queen Christina

Full Name: Salka Viertel
Born: Saturday, 06/15 1889 (June) in Sambir (Ukraine)
Died: Friday, 10/20 1978 (October) in Klosters (aged: 89)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Spouses (current/former): Berthold Viertel
Children: Peter Viertel, Hans Viertel
Siblings: Eduard Steuermann, Rosa Gielen, Zygmunt Steuermann
Father: Joseph Steuermann
Mother: Auguste Steuermann
Salka Viertel frequently works together with these people:
Greta Garbo (6x, Actress)
Herbert Stothart (5x, Crew)
Cedric Gibbons (4x, Crew)
Adrian (4x, Crew)
Douglas Shearer (4x, Crew)
S. N. Behrman (4x, Crew)
William H. Daniels (4x, Crew)
Reginald Owen (3x, Actor)
Edwin B. Willis (2x, Crew)
Anton Pointner (2x, Actor)
Murray Cutter (2x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:261092, Added: 08/09/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024