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Sonya Levien

Screenwriter / Film Director / Journalist / Writer / Jurist | * 12/25/1888 († 71, 03/19/1960) | Russia (Russia)
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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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Comedies

Known for these Movies & Shows

The children of Iowa farmers find love, with mixed results, at the state fair. ...

State Fair

NR

1933 | 3.1/5 | 1h 37min
Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
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Interrupted Melody is the inspirational filmed biography of world-renowned Australian soprano Marjorie Lawrence. She’s a foremost Wagnerian, equal to the vocal and physical demands of the composer� ...

Interrupted Melody

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1955 | 2.7/5 | 1h 46min
Drama, Music
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This joyous celebration of frontier life combines tender romance and violent passion in the Oklahoma Territory of the 1900s with a timeless score filled with unforgettable songs. Rodgers and Hammerste ...

Oklahoma!

G

1955 | 3.3/5 | 2h 25min
Western, Music, Romance / Love
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Loosely traces the life of tenor Enrico Caruso (1873-1921). He loves Musetta, in his home town of Naples, and then Dorothy, the daughter of one of the Metropolitan Opera's patrons. Caruso is unaccepta ...

The Great Caruso

Certification unknown

1951 | 2.9/5 | 1h 49min
Drama, Music
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Awards & Nominations for Sonya Levien

Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
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Movies with Sonya Levien as Crew(71)

Writing/Adaptation1962 State Fair
Writing/Story1960 Pepe
Writing/Screenplay1957 Jeanne Eagels
Writing/Screenplay1956 Bhowani Junction
Writing/Screenplay1955 Hit the Deck
Writing/Screenplay1955 Oklahoma!
Writing/Writer1955 Interrupted Melody
Writing/Screenplay1954 The Student Prince
Writing/Screenplay1952 The Merry Widow
Writing/Screenplay1951 Quo Vadis
Writing/Screenplay1948 Three Daring Daughters
Writing/Adaptation1947 Cass Timberlane
Writing/Screenplay1946 The Green Years
Writing/Adaptation1945 State Fair
Writing/Story1945 Rhapsody in Blue
Writing/Screenplay1945 The Valley of Decision
Writing/Story1943 The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Writing/Screenplay1941 Ziegfeld Girl
Writing/Screenplay1939 Drums Along the Mohawk
Writing/Screenplay1939 The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Writing/Screenplay1938 Kidnapped
Writing/Writer1938 Kidnapped
Writing/Screenplay1938 In Old Chicago
Writing/Screenplay1938 Four Men and a Prayer
Writing/Screenplay1938 The Cowboy and the Lady
Writing/Story1936 Paddy O'Day
Writing/Screenplay1936 The Country Doctor
Writing/Writer1936 Reunion
Writing/Story1935 Here's to Romance
Writing/Writer1935 Navy Wife
Writing/Writer1934 As Husbands Go
Writing/Screenplay1934 Change of Heart
Writing/Writer1933 Mr. Skitch
Directing/Continuity1933 Cavalcade
Writing/Screenplay1933 State Fair
Writing/Screenplay1933 Berkeley Square
Writing/Writer1933 The Warrior's Husband
Writing/Screenplay1932 After Tomorrow
Writing/Writer1932 Tess of the Storm Country
Writing/Screenplay1932 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Writing/Writer1931 The Brat
Writing/Writer1931 Delicious
Writing/Writer1931 Daddy Long Legs
Writing/Writer1931 Surrender
Writing/Writer1931 The Man Who Came Back
Writing/Screenplay1930 Song o' My Heart
Writing/Screenplay1930 Liliom
Writing/Dialogue1930 Liliom
Writing/Screenplay1930 So This Is London
Writing/Writer1930 Lightnin'
Writing/Writer1929 South Sea Rose
Writing/Writer1929 Frozen Justice
Writing/Writer1929 Behind That Curtain
Writing/Screenplay1929 They Had to See Paris
Writing/Screenplay1929 Trial Marriage
Writing/Screenplay1929 The Younger Generation
Writing/Writer1929 Lucky Star
Writing/Writer1928 The Power of the Press
Writing/Writer1928 A Ship Comes In
Writing/Writer1927 The Princess from Hoboken
Writing/Writer1927 The Heart Thief
Writing/Writer1927 A Harp in Hock
Writing/Screenplay1926 Why Girls Go Back Home
Writing/Writer1926 Christine of the Big Tops
Writing/Writer1925 Salome of the Tenements
Writing/Writer1923 The Exciters
Writing/Story1922 The Top of New York
Writing/Writer1922 Pink Gods
Writing/Story1921 First Love
Writing/Writer1921 Cheated Love
Writing/Story1919 Who Will Marry Me?

Full Name: Sonya Levien
Born: Tuesday, 12/25 1888 (December) in Russia (Russia)
Died: Saturday, 03/19 1960 (March) in Los Angeles (aged: 71)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: English (EN)
Other names for Sonya Levien (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Sonya Hovey"
Sonya Levien frequently works together with these people:
S. N. Behrman (12x, Crew)
Louis De Francesco (10x, Crew)
Frank Borzage (7x, Crew)
Charles Farrell (7x, Actor)
Janet Gaynor (7x, Actress)
William S. Darling (7x, Crew)
Oscar Hammerstein II (7x, Crew)
Bess Flowers (6x, Actress)
Cedric Gibbons (6x, Crew)
Peter Brunelli (6x, Crew)
Warner Baxter (6x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:532397, Added: 10/09/2018, Last updated: 03/27/2024